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NRDC President: World Leaders Must Commit to Climate Solutions

September 23, 2014 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 23, 2014) – Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued the following statement as world leaders gather today for a special United Nations Climate Summit, two days after more than 310,000 people marched in…

NRDC President: Historic March Calls for Immediate, Decisive Action on Climate

September 21, 2014 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 21, 2014) – Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council retiring in December after forty years with the organization, issued the following statement today as she joined more than 100,000 people in New York City…

Bill to Restore Clean Energy Tax Incentives Would Cut Air Pollution, Save Jobs

September 19, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 19, 2014) – Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) today introduced a bill aimed at restoring a suite of clean energy and energy efficiency tax incentives.

Whale Woes: NRDC Petitions for Endangered Species Act Protections

September 18, 2014 Press Release

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2014) —The Gulf of Mexico’s only non-migrating great whales are in big trouble, which is why the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to add the region’s Bryde’s (pronounced BROO-dus)…

Study: Mid-Atlantic Utility Customers Could Miss Out on $1.3 Billion Savings Opportunity

September 17, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 17, 2014) – Electric customers in 13 Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia could miss out on as much as $1.3 billion in bill utility savings over the next three years because their regional transmission grid operator…

Public Views Can Ensure Most Effective Carbon Pollution Standards

September 16, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 16, 2014) – David Doniger, director of the Climate and Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued this statement today in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement that it will extend the public…

Climate Change Expected to Raise U.S. Wildfire Costs by $10 Billion- $60 Billion per Year in Just Four Decades

September 16, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 16, 2014) – Climate change could take a serious toll on the U.S. economy by expanding by 50 percent the area that wildfires burn —and raising projected damages by tens of billions of dollars a year by 2050…

America Must Stay on Track to First-Ever Curbs on Climate Pollution

September 11, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 11, 2014) – Franz Matzner, the associate director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued this statement today in response to a letter from several senators asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to extend the…

Climate Deniers Are Uninterested in Debating the Need to Address Climate Change, Public Health

September 2, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 2, 2014) -- The following is a statement from Ed Chen, federal communications director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in response to an announced Republican congressional investigation of NRDC’s role in combating climate change and protecting public…

California Legislature Sends a Bumper Crop of Environmental Legislation to Governor Brown for Signature

August 30, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (August 30, 2014) – Californians can breathe easier today knowing that the state legislature passed groundbreaking policies to protect public health and clean up our environment.

Updated Illinois Fracking Rules: While Improved, They Don’t Make Fracking Safe

August 29, 2014 Press Release

CHICAGO (August 29, 2014) – In response to a historic volume of public comments, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources released updates to their highly controversial draft regulations governing fracking in the state today. In their initial read through of…

America’s Data Centers Consuming Massive and Growing Amounts of Electricity

August 26, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (August 26, 2014) – Much of the massive amounts of electricity that America’s data centers devour to support our business and online activity is being wasted running computer servers doing little or no work most of the time…

India’s Burgeoning Solar and Wind Energy Markets to Boost Employment, Finance a Concern – Mr. Suresh Prabhu

August 25, 2014 Press Release

New Delhi (25 August 2014) – Mr. Suresh P. Prabhu, head of the Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, and former Union Minister, released a series of reports on Renewable Energy Jobs and Finance published…

FERC Order 1000: Unanimous Court Decision a Victory for Clean Energy, Consumers

August 15, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Aug. 15, 2014) – A three-judge federal appeals court today upheld the Federal Energy Commission (FERC) Order 1000, a set of reforms issued two years ago that require large-scale regional planning of the nation’s electric grid and more clean…

Conan O’Brien Urges Californians to Save Water During Historic Drought

August 5, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (Aug. 5, 2014) – Iconic comedian and television talk show host Conan O’Brien and sidekick Andy Richter may always be looking for laughs, but they’re taking California’s historic drought seriously by joining the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)…

EPA Endorses New & Improved Beach Water Quality Safety Threshold

July 31, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 31, 2014) – In a move designed to protect more than 180 million people who visit America’s coastal and Great Lakes beaches every year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced stronger National Beach Guidance for all…

Review Period for Deeply Flawed Bay Delta Conservation Plan Ends Today

July 29, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2014) – The opportunity for public input on the controversial, poorly-designed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) ends today after a 228-day public review and comment period, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The proposed…

NRDC Report Helps Guide Major Fuel Buyers to Sustainable Biofuels Procurement

July 29, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 29, 2014)—Amid increasing interest in alternative transportation fuels, a new report shows how federal agencies and other large commercial customers can buy sustainably produced biofuels and avoid those linked to major deforestation, destroyed wildlife habitat and fouled waterways.

Governor Brown Extends Climate Commitment Across Border

July 28, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (July 28, 2014) – California Governor Jerry Brown signed a climate change memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources today. This California-Mexico accord follows a series of MOUs Governor Brown has signed with leaders…

GAO Report: Drinking Water at Risk from Underground Fracking Waste Injection

July 28, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (July 28, 2014) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s program to protect drinking water sources from the underground injection of fracking waste needs improvement, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Underground injection of fracking waste has…