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Senator Ayotte Joins Majority of U.S. Republicans in Backing Clean Power Plan

October 26, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 26, 2015) – Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) over the weekend expressed her support for the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The following is a statement by David Doniger, director of the Climate and Clean Air Program at the…

Michigan's Attorney General Joins Lawsuit to Block U.S. Carbon Pollution Rules

October 23, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 23, 2015) – Taking sides with corporate polluters seeking to overturn the Obama Administration’s plan to curb carbon pollution from power plants, Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette will join a lawsuit to block the Clean Power Plan. The…

Legal Experts: Landmark Climate Plan Likely to Withstand Polluters’ Court Challenges

October 22, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 22, 2015) – The rash of lawsuits by polluters and their allies triggered by publishing the Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register are highly unlikely to derail the landmark climate plan, key legal experts said Thursday…

Retrofit Chicago Commercial Buildings Initiative Recognizes Energy Efficiency Leaders Across the City

October 21, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 21, 2015) – Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative has announced awards honoring buildings and individuals who are achieving measurable energy performance improvement and advancing the effort to improve energy efficiency throughout the City of Chicago. “Chicago has one…

Canada’s New Government Should Advance Clean Energy, Climate Action

October 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2015) –The following is a statement by Anthony Swift, Canada Project Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the just-concluded federal elections in Canada: “The new Liberal government in Ottawa has an unprecedented opportunity to move…

Subway Announces Plans to Eliminate Antibiotics Use in U.S. Meat Supplies

October 20, 2015 Press Release

MILFORD, CT (October 20, 2015) – Subway—the world’s largest fast food chain—today announced a detailed plan to eliminate antibiotics use in all of its U.S. meat supplies. The announcement comes after NRDC launched a campaign targeted at the sandwich giant…

Missouri Attorney General "Putting Pollution Before People" By Joining Anti-Clean Power Plan Lawsuit

October 9, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 9, 2015) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced he will oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan today by joining a lawsuit challenging it in federal court. The historic carbon pollution protections, ordered by a…

California Poised to Set Strictest Antibiotics Standards for Livestock Use in the Nation

October 9, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (October 9, 2015) – By the end of the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown will announce his decision on legislation by Sen. Jerry Hill that sets the strictest limits in the U.S. on the misuse and overuse of antibiotics…

Exporting U.S. Crude Oil Would Boost Climate Pollution and Risks to Communities

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) –The following is a statement by Franz Matzner, director of the Beyond Oil Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on a pending House bill—which faces a presidential veto—to remove the four-decade-old prohibition on U.S. exports…

Clean Water Rule Decision Delays Enforcement but Reinforces Need for Protections

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) – A federal court decision handed down today temporarily delays enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule, which guarantees pollution protections for tens of millions of acres…

Michigan Governor Recommends Flint Reconnect to Detroit Water To End Lead Contamination Crisis

October 8, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In the wake of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation that the City of Flint reconnect to the Detroit water system to stem its lead-contamination woes, leaders from the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council today…

Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Climate Commitments

October 8, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK, NY (October 8, 2015) — Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced four actions New York State will take to combat climate change, in a speech delivered alongside former Vice President Al Gore. These efforts have the potential to cut…

California Governor Signs Historic Clean Energy Legislation

October 7, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (October 7, 2015) – California Governor Jerry Brown today signed a landmark law cementing California’s climate leadership into the next decade. Senate Bill 350 (de León and Leno) sets the most aggressive combined clean energy targets in the world…

Groups Petition EPA for Emergency Response to Flint, MI Drinking Water Contamination

October 1, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In response to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a coalition of local citizens and national groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to take emergency action to secure safe, lead-free water for the City’s…

New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health

October 1, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 1, 2015) – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb). The following is a statement by John Walke…

Ohio’s Energy Policies Today Determine State’s Future

September 30, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (September 30, 2015) – The Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee released a highly anticipated report today outlining their recommendations on the fate of Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency polices. Following is a comment from Samantha Williams, attorney and…

New "Waste Free Kitchen Handbook" Out Today

September 29, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every year—but a…

Shell's Decision to Halt Arctic Drilling Is Good News For Our Climate

September 28, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 28, 2015) — Royal Dutch Shell's decision to halt oil drilling in the Arctic, after its exploratory well failed to yield enough oil and gas to make its mission worth the tremendous risk and cost, is a watershed…

U.S.-China Agreement Signals China to Cut Carbon Pollution, Boost Clean Energy

September 25, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (September 25, 2015) –The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the agreement to address climate change announced today by the United States and China: “This is strong medicine. China is…

New EPRI-NRDC Report Finds Widespread Adoption of Electric Transportation Could Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Improve Air Quality

September 17, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Sept. 17, 2015 – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released today an analysis that finds widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead…