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DOE Issues Needless Efficiency “Rules” That Will Waste Water and Energy

December 15, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today needlessly established new classes of household washers and dryers that would not be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards, and also separately issued a new definition of showerheads to skirt…

New Report Backs Bold NV Climate Strategy

December 3, 2020 Press Release

RENO — The State of Nevada Climate Initiative released a State Climate Strategy today. The release of the Climate Strategy follows a broad and inclusive stakeholder process and comes a few weeks after the release of a separate report published…

Groups Sue Energy Dept. for Failure to Update 25 Overdue Efficiency Standards

November 9, 2020 Press Release

Inaction Costs Consumers at Least $22 Billion, Adds 80 Million-Plus Tons of Carbon Pollution

DOE Issues Needless Dishwasher Classification That Won’t Save Water or Energy

October 23, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today needlessly established a new class of residential dishwashers that would not be subject to any water or energy efficiency standards, undermining three decades of energy efficiency progress for consumers and the environment.

NRC Moves to Issue Weak Uranium Mining Rules

October 23, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission took action yesterday to start work on a rulemaking that could prevent a future Environmental Protection Agency from ending the wanton contamination of groundwater across the Mountain West generated by uranium mining.

EPA’s New Drinking Water Rule Leaves Millions of Toxic Lead Pipes in the Ground to Contaminate a Generation of Children

September 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A draft of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final revision of the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revealed today indicates the agency will significantly weaken public health protections against lead contaminated drinking water being delivered to millions…

Governor Newsom Announces a Suite of Climate Actions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Sacramento – Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California will ensure 100 percent electric passenger vehicles by 2035, as well as a host of additional actions.

EPA’s Policy of Ignoring Pollution Comes to an End

August 31, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today marks the end of an Environmental Protection Agency non-enforcement policy that gave industries permission to stop monitoring and reporting pollution for reasons related to COVID-19—with no requirement to notify EPA or the public. This unnecessary policy put…

Groups Will Sue Unless DOE Updates 26 Overdue Energy Efficiency Standards

August 10, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Six environmental and consumer groups warned the U.S. Department of Energy today that they will sue the agency if it does not meet its legal responsibility to review and update overdue energy efficiency standards for an unprecedented 26…

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Harmful NEPA Rules

August 6, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence community input.

EPA Gives Uranium Miners Free Pass to Pollute

July 23, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency signed away its authority to regulate water pollution from uranium mining today, providing a gift to the destructive and unregulated industry at the cost of water quality across the Mountain West.

Pipeline Backers Face More Obstacles Despite Court Win

June 15, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today with respect to management of the Appalachian Trail for a crossing of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but the fracked gas pipeline still faces many obstacles due to its threats to the…

NJ Adopts Major Energy Efficiency Framework

June 10, 2020 Press Release

TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) today released the final implementation order for its “Energy Efficiency and Peak Demand Reduction” programs, which will put the state on a pathway to achieve its 2050 climate and…

EPA Slashes State and Tribal Clean Water Rights

June 1, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation today that undermines states’ and tribes’ authority to protect clean water within their borders, a change that would help fossil-fuel companies and developers to the detriment of the rest of us.

Trump Administration Sued for Gutting Clean Car Standards

May 27, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Environmental advocates filed lawsuits today in federal court against the Trump administration for its illegal rollback of clean car and fuel economy standards. The administration’s rule is based on massive technical and economic errors – and fails to…

EPA’s Wheeler Must Account for Increasing Our Exposure to Pollutants

May 20, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON — When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler testifies today before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, he has some serious explaining to do.

City of St. Louis Becomes the First in the Midwest to Pass a Building Energy Performance Standard

May 7, 2020 Press Release

ST LOUIS, MO – Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed an ambitious bill that would require buildings in the City of St. Louis to meet energy efficiency standards and establishes resources to help building owners achieve the savings that come with…

Coalition Sues to Stop Clean Water Rollbacks

April 29, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the Trump administration’s unlawful move to gut protections for many of America’s streams and wetlands.

NRDC Sues Over Department of Energy’s New Rule Hampering Energy-Saving Standards

April 14, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today over its new energy efficiency standards-setting process that will impede future efforts to make America’s appliances and equipment more efficient, significantly harming consumers…

EEFA Issues Pandemic Response Guidance for Under-Resourced Communities

April 7, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON – With under-resourced communities facing severe short- and long-term impacts from the COVID-19 crisis, the Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) project today released Pandemic Response Guidance to highlight recommended actions for local and state policymakers to take for protection…