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EPA Lists Two PFAS “Forever Chemicals” as  Hazardous Under Superfund Law

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON ­– Two toxic “forever chemicals” are now listed as hazardous substances under Superfund law by the Biden administration. The final rule announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) marks the first time since 1980 that the EPA…

EPA Restricts Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found In Drinking Water

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restricted six toxic PFAS chemicals found in drinking water today, the first time the agency has regulated these ubiquitous "forever chemicals" in water.

EPA Issues Awards for Crucial Clean Energy Finance Program

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the award winners for two of three grant competitions it held last year to distribute funds from a $27 billion financing program created by the Inflation Reduction Act known as the…

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Groups Challenge Seismic Oil and Gas Testing in the Gulf of Mexico

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GREENBELT, MD – NRDC and partner groups Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Surfrider Foundation sued the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) today over a Trump administration decision to allow extensive seismic…

Biden Administration Set to Reverse Trump Efforts to Weaken ESA

Press ReleaseUnited States
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (“Services”) today announced they will propose changes to Endangered Species Act regulations. The changes are designed to reverse, in part, a set of five regulations enacted by…

Groups File Petition to Save the Gulf of Mexico Whale from Ship Strikes

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WASHINGTON – NRDC and partners filed a petition today with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within the core habitat of the…

Proposed Bill Will Protect Imperiled Species as Planet Faces Extinction Crisis

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WASHINGTON – Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nebraska) today reintroduced a revised version of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), as one-third of wildlife species in the U.S face extinction, and up to one million species throughout the…

Brenda Mallory and Janet McCabe Highly Qualified to Join Biden’s Team

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WASHINGTON –The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to vote today on two of President Biden’s highly qualified nominees— Brenda Mallory to be Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Janet McCabe to be Deputy…

High Court Refuses Case on President’s Power to Create Monuments

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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case challenging the legality of establishing marine national monuments under the Antiquities Act. In a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, Chief Justice Roberts indicated that while the case potentially…