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State Polls Show Public Opposes GOP’s “Just Say No” Push on Climate

March 12, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2015) – Large majorities of Americans in four key states wholeheartedly want their leaders to design a state-specific plan to meet new federal standards curbing dangerous carbon pollution from power plants, bipartisan polling released today shows.

Oregon Advances Climate Leadership with Clean Fuels Program

March 11, 2015 Press Release

SALEM, OR (March 11, 2015) – Governor Kate Brown signed into law today Senate Bill 324 extending Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard. The standard requires the oil industry to cut carbon pollution from transportation fuels by 10% over the next ten…

Illinois Derailment Makes Bomb-train Risk Clear for Land of Lincoln

March 6, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (March 6, 2015) – A train containing 103 cars full of oil from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota derailed yesterday near Galena, IL along the Mississippi River.

McDonald’s to Have Chicken Raised Virtually Antibiotic-Free

March 4, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (March 4, 2015) – McDonald’s – the world’s largest fast food chain – today announced that it is committing to serving chicken raised without antibiotics used in human medicine in all of their U.S. restaurants within two years…

NRDC Sues EPA to Force Action on Monarch Butterflies

February 27, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 27, 2015)—The Natural Resources Defense Council today accused the Environmental Protection Agency of dragging its feet on efforts to save the imperiled monarch butterfly and filed suit to force the agency to act.

Chicago Petcoke: Big Announcements Mark Improvement, but Not an End to the Problem

February 25, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 25, 2015) – A series of announcements last week regarding Chicago’s controversial petcoke piles signal significant changes coming to the city’s Southeast Side, where the oil refining waste has been mounded in close proximity to homes, parks and…

Ballast Water Bill Would Open Coasts and Great Lakes to Invasive Species Assault

February 25, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC (February 25, 2015) – The US Senate Commerce Committee reported a bill to the Senate that would exempt ship ballast water—the source of numerous damaging invasive species infestations in the Great Lakes, inland waterways and sensitive waters along…

California Climate Plan’s Auction Results Show Carbon Caps Move Us Toward a Cleaner Future

February 25, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (February 25, 2015) – The California Air Resources Board announced today the results of the first carbon auction with polluting fuels such as gasoline included under the cap. For the first time, the oil industry joined other major industries…

New Study: Rapid Ocean Acidification Threatens Coastal Economies in 15 States

February 23, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (February 23, 2015) – The first nationwide vulnerability assessment for ocean acidification, published today in Nature Climate Change, shows that coastal communities in 15 states that depend on the nation’s approximately $1 billion shelled mollusk (e.g., oysters and…

Cleaner Electricity Will Be More Reliable, NRDC Expert Says

February 19, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 19, 2015)—The Obama administration’s plan to cut dangerous carbon pollution from power plants is “an opportunity to both reduce air pollution and to build a more reliable, modern energy system,” an expert for the Natural Resources Defense Council…

Groups Support FERC’s Role in Enabling a Cleaner, More Efficient Energy System

February 17, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 17, 2015) -- Twelve environmental and consumer groups–-including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Sierra Club, and consumer advocate offices in six states and the District of Columbia-–today urged the Supreme Court to hear…

City of Chicago Denies Petcoke Enclosure Delay Request

February 16, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 16, 2015) – Today, the City of Chicago denied a request from KCBX to delay enclosure of their controversial petcoke piles on the city’s Southeast Side.

Clean Power Plan Poses No Problems for Electric Reliability, New Report Says

February 12, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 12, 2015)—A new consultants’ report says the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to cut climate-altering carbon pollution from power plants should pose no problems for maintaining the reliability of the electric grid. The report for the Advanced Energy…

President Will Veto Congressional Keystone XL Interference Bill

February 11, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 11, 2015) – The House today gave final congressional approval to legislation that would force approval of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, sending the measure to President Obama who already promised to veto it. Danielle Droitsch…

Leading Scientists, Economists Urge Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline

February 11, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 11, 2015) – More than 90 leading scientists and economists today called on President Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, once and for all. They did so in a in a letter that comes…

Do It Faster and Cheaper: NRDC Response to Ameren’s Carbon Report

February 11, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 11, 2015) — Ameren released a report today highlighting their potential response to the historic Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s electric generating sector. Following are comments in reaction From Rebecca Stanfield, Midwest policy…

NRDC Welcomes Debate on Need to Curb Carbon Pollution, Combat Climate Change

February 11, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 11, 2015) – At a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today, Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) accused the Natural Resources Defense Council of exerting undue influence over the Environmental Protection Agency’s…

Geoengineering: Research is Prudent, But No Substitute for Carbon Pollution Cuts

February 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 10, 2015) -- The National Research Council, the research arm of the National Academy of Sciences, today released a report on hypothetical technological fixes that might lessen some of the dangerous impacts of climate change. The following is…

Bipartisan Poll: Pennsylvanians Embrace Clean Energy & Climate Action

February 5, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2015) – A strong majority of Pennsylvanians want the state to chart its own climate and energy destiny by crafting a state-based plan to meet new federal limits on dangerous carbon pollution, a new bipartisan poll reveals…

Green Leaders Urge President to Ban Bee-Killing Insecticides

February 5, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2015) — Top officials of leading environmental groups representing millions of Americans today urged President Obama to take strong and swift action against neonicotinoid insecticides that are devastating honey bee and wild bee populations, threatening the nation’s…