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Kari Birdseye

kbirdseye@nrdc.org
California advocacy and California climate change policy, natural climate solutions

Jesús Canchola Sánchez

jcanchola@nrdc.org
Midwestern regional issues

Emily Deanne

edeanne@nrdc.org
Energy efficiency and decarbonization, buildings, food and agriculture, industrial policy and hydrogen

Mark Drajem

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Power sector, transportation and vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear power, energy transmission, RTOs, and siting

Leslie Edwards

ledwards@nrdc.org
Southeastern regional issues

Janet Fang

jfang@nrdc-china.org
China-based climate, energy and wildlife

Margie Kelly

mkelly@nrdc.org
Water, Canada, toxics

Ivan Moreno

imoreno@nrdc.org
Environmental justice and Chicago-based environmental issues

Ben Schaefer

bschaefer@NRDC.org 
Emerging climate and energy policy

Andrew Scibetta

ascibetta@NRDC.org
Lands, oceans, wildlife, liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Rita Yelda

ryelda@nrdc.org
Eastern regional issues

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Senate Panel’s Keystone XL Measure about Politics and Bad Policy

Press Release
WASHINGTON (June 18, 2014) — The Senate Energy Committee today considered yet another political ploy by some in Congress to force construction of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which will worsen climate change and jeopardize communities along its…

Clothes Dryers Cost Consumers Up to $4 Billion in Annual Energy Waste

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SAN FRANCISCO (June 12, 2014) – The clothes dryers in U.S. homes are wasting up to $4 billion worth of electricity annually because energy-saving standards for the common appliance have not been significantly updated for almost 30 years, according to…

Door Slammed On McConnell’s Anti-Climate Move

Press Release
WASHINGTON (May 29, 2014)—The Government Accountability Office ruled against Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s threat to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed pollution standards for future power plants, finding that Congress can’t act until the agency issues a final rule.

NRDC Celebrates Sustainable Food Movement at L.A. Benefit

Press ReleaseCalifornia
LOS ANGELES (May 29, 2014) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) celebrates the growth of the safe and sustainable food movement tonight at a one‐of‐a‐kind benefit featuring the work of the organization’s food and agriculture program.

Governor Christie Trying to Double Down on Climate Inaction

Press Release
TRENTON (May 27, 2014) — The Christie Administration has announced its intention to once again try to stop New Jersey from participating in a regional program that limits dangerous climate-changing pollution from power plants, despite the New Jersey legislature twice…

National Climate Assessment Highlights Urgent Need to Cut Carbon Pollution

Press Release
WASHINGTON (May 6, 2014) – The third National Climate Assessment today documents the alarming extent to which climate change already is adversely impacting Americans all across the country, underlining anew the important opportunities we have today to take strong action…

Historic Vote Will Reduce Hot Water Waste, Save Americans Money and Time

Press Release
WASHINGTON (April 30, 2014) – Plumbing inspectors, manufacturers, engineers, contractors, labor representatives and other industry technical experts in Las Vegas voted overwhelmingly yesterday to make a change to plumbing codes that will ensure hot water pipes in new homes and…

Supreme Court Ruling Protects Millions from Air Pollution

Press Release
WASHINGTON (April 29, 2014) -- The Supreme Court today upheld, by a 6-2 vote, the cross-state air pollution rule, one of the most significant health standards ever adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

NRDC, BlackRock and FTSE Jumpstart Mainstream Climate-Conscious Investing

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK (April 29, 2014) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), BlackRock and FTSE Group, the global index provider, partnered today in launching a groundbreaking equity global index series that will exclude companies linked to exploration, ownership or extraction…

Koch Brothers in Court Over Chicago's Petcoke Piles?

Press Release
CHICAGO (April 28, 2014) – Environmental groups today signaled their intention to sue the owners of two sites that together hold massive mounds of oil refining waste and coal on Chicago’s Southeast Side. The Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) and…