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On February 13, 2023, NRDC and other groups submitted public comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s updated proposed federal standards to cut dangerous methane pollution from the nation’s oil and gas industry. NRDC also submitted comments on EPA’s updated...

49 ocean NGOs wrote to President Obama, requesting that he designate New England Coral Canyons and Seamounts a national marine monument. These areas are a unique biodiversity hotspot and a place of incalculable ecological value and scientific interest deserving of...

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) submits to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) our comments concerning proposed regulation, 6 NYCRR Part 490 – Projected Sea Level Rise.Adaptation and sustainable planning are needed to minimize the impacts...

The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists petition the District of Columbia Circuit Court to review two orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 9, 2015 and May 10, 2016, approving PJM...

This community letter represents 21 environmental groups opposing the House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5538) and states their united position on key amendments. This spending bill has once again become a target for dozens of anti-environmental...

A complaint filed in D.C. District Court alleging a violation of the ESA and demanding the responsible agencies to designate critical habitat by a date certain for the Hawaiian insular false killer whale.

Backed by 16 environmental organizations, this letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid calls on the United States Senate to commit to doing its job by holding an up or down vote on the President's Supreme...

Complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed against the National Park Service, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), for alleged violations in the National Park Service’s approval of the Nobles Grade 3D...

Sixty-Day Notice to the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, pursuant to the citizen suit provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), notifying these agencies that their approval of and concurrence with the Nobles Grade 3D seismic...

Letter submitted to President Obama, signed by NRDC and 43 other organizations, opposing proposed rollbacks to the Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions that would weaken fisheries protection and threaten jobs, coast economies, and the health of our oceans.

On April 20, 2020, NRDC filed a request for rehearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of FERC’s decision to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline.

On May 28, 2020, NRDC filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit challenging the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas...

NRDC strongly urges the NJ legislature to establish mandatory protections for the residential customers of all water and wastewater utilities (whether publicly owned or privately owned), including a prohibition on shutoffs, interest charges, liens, and other collections activities during and...

Over 90 Scientists sent a letter on June 10th to the Senate Commerce Committee’s Chairman Roger Wicker and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, opposing the nomination of Nancy Beck to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Analysis of government data on commercial fishing landings and revenues since designation of Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.