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Labeling Lies: Circular Meets Cynical

August 28, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesRachel Fullmer, Daniel Rosenberg, Renée Sharp

Two bills are championing anti-consumer, misleading policies tied to the promotion of a massive increase in plastic production and incineration under the false branding of “recycling.”

California Legislature Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseSacramento

Today, the California Legislature passed the Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313), authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park). This popular, commonsense legislation will offer California homeowners the choice and the support needed to electrify their homes.

Trump Administration Pushing to Hand Piece of Yosemite to Private Developer

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

According to a report by NOTUS, the Trump administration has spent more than a year pressing the National Park Service to trade away a strip of land inside Yosemite National Park so a Nevada-based developer can build a private road into…

Lawsuit Seeks to Block EPA From Abandoning Health of Clevelanders

August 27, 2026 Press ReleaseCleveland

Groups challenge EPA's decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass.

Straight Answers on the Rising Costs of Trump’s Assault on Clean American Power

August 26, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAmanda Levin

The administration's policies are driving up electricity bills, toxic air pollution, health costs, and climate-wrecking carbon emissions while undercutting American jobs, investment, and energy security. 

Let’s Get Georgia Moving

August 25, 2026 BackgrounderGeorgiaPatrick King II

Georgia’s continued economic success depends on a transportation system that moves both people and goods efficiently. To do this, it must have a dedicated source of recurring state funding for public transit operations.

NRDC Report: How Trump’s Actions Are Hiking Utility Bills and Destroying Investments

August 25, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The full suite of President Trump’s actions is set to destroy a massive $700 billion in new power investments over the next decade, leading utility bills to spike by an average of $230 a year, while old, dirty coal plants…

Lowndes County, Alabama Residents Call for Accountability and Transparency Around Proposed 800-Acre Data Center

August 25, 2026 Press ReleaseAlabama

Lowndes County residents presented the County Commission with a petition Monday night, asking for details on a proposed 800-acre hyperscale data center, Project Red Clay, in their community.

NRDC Challenges the EPA’s Free Pass to Cleveland Polluters 

August 25, 2026 Press ReleaseCleveland

NRDC lawsuit says the EPA ignored affordable smog controls available to some of the area’s worst polluters.

Clean Steel in Ohio Abandoned

August 21, 2026 Press ReleaseOhio

The Department of Energy abandoned a project that would bring clean steel production to Ohio by allowing the Cleveland-Cliffs facility in Middletown to instead keep its old, coal-based blast furnace.

Bears Ears Faces Third Front in Coordinated Attack

August 20, 2026 ReactionWashington, D.C.

Following a recent GAO opinion, Utah's federal delegation is preparing to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to erase the Bureau of Land Management's 2025 Bears Ears National Monument Management Plan.

Trump Administration Guts 25-Year-Old Roadless Rule, Opening Roughly One-Fourth of National Forests to Logging and Drilling

August 18, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

USDA releases rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, stripping longstanding protections from 45 Million Acres of the National Forest System

Minnesota Executive Order Protects Boundary Waters After Congress Strips Federal Safeguards

August 18, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Minnesota

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order adopting key safeguards for the permitting of new sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed and directing state agencies to draft legislation that would make those protections permanent.

NRDC Announces Liane Randolph as Strategic Advisor

August 18, 2026 ReactionSan Francisco

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today announced that Liane Randolph will serve as a strategic advisor, bringing decades of climate and energy policy leadership to support the organization’s work during a critical period of the clean energy transition. 

Court Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous Substances

August 18, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 decision to list two toxic “forever chemicals” — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law.

Conservationists Blast Federal Proposal to Bulldoze Forestlands 

August 18, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

U.S. Forest Service announces proposal to rescind Roadless Rule, threatening millions of acres of national forestlands

To Manage Data Center Challenges, Governor Shapiro Signs Executive Order on “GRID” Principles

August 18, 2026 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order implementing the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Principles, which will require data center projects to bring the power they need, including clean energy, in order to qualify for faster state permits needed for…

California’s Landmark Tire Efficiency Standards Will Reduce Fueling Costs and Pollution

August 17, 2026 Press ReleaseSacramento

Consumer, environmental, and health advocates celebrated the California Energy Commission’s adoption today of first-in-the-nation efficiency standards for replacement tires. The standards will save drivers about $180 in gasoline costs over the lifetime of a set of replacement tires by ensuring…

Transparency, Accountability Needed in Open AI Contract with Georgia Power

August 13, 2026 Press ReleaseAtlanta

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club and SACE (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to formally object to Open AI’s contract for electric service with Georgia Power.

New Poll: 77% of MI Republicans and 87% of Democrats Agree on Water Affordability

August 13, 2026 Press ReleaseMichigan

At a time of deep partisan division, a new statewide poll has found that Michiganders from all political stripes overwhelmingly support making water affordable for every resident, as well as the implementation of a new low-income water affordability program.