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Illinois Cracks Down on Stacking Polluters in Overburdened Communities as Washington Retreats

Press ReleaseChicago
After decades of fighting to keep polluting industries out of their overburdened neighborhoods, Chicago's Southeast Side environmental justice community helped push the Illinois General Assembly to pass landmark environmental justice legislation. The measure, which now heads to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s…

Clean Air Act Rollback Proposal Would Harm People's Health While Denying Basic Rights to Public Participation

BackgrounderUnited States, UtahIsabel Friedman
Federal and state governments must not risk communities' health by letting wealthy corporations and major polluters build first and ask permission later.
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Community Wins Fight for the Illinois Environmental Justice Act

Ed Board MemoIllinoisGina Ramirez
For the first time, the people who breathe the air get a real seat at the table.

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FEMA Moves to Update Flooding Rules for Homes

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Federal Emergency Management Agency took an important step toward updating building requirements for homes in flood zones, which would help protect homeowners and reduce repeated flood damages for houses facing increased risk of flooding.

COP15: China Announces Steps to Help Address the Biodiversity and Climate Crises

Press ReleaseChina
During global biodiversity talks at COP15 in Kunming, China, on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a new international fund to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, and stronger protections within China’s national park system, which provides habitat for 30…

Colorado Energy Office Report a Green Light for Clean Trucks

Press ReleaseColorado
The Colorado Energy Office released a report prepared by MJ Bradley & Associates showing that adopting two new policies to get clean trucks on the road can save Coloradans up to $20.4 billion over the next 30 years. The Advanced…

EPA Moves to Usher in Safer Consumer Products Free from Super-polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will issue rules to speed the transition away from super-pollutant hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in refrigeration, air conditioners, heat pumps, insulation and aerosols where climate-friendlier alternatives are available.

Governor Cooper Must Sign Revised Energy Bill

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB951, a bill that was previously a give-away to Duke Energy and the fracked gas industry, but has since undergone intense revisions. If signed, the bill would codify parts of Governor Cooper’s Clean…

Biden Moves to Undo Trump’s Harmful NEPA Rules

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Biden administration took a first step to partially reverse rules from President Trump that undercut the ability of people to have a say in proposed pipelines, incinerators, and other government-approved projects.

California Bans PFAS in Paper-Based Food Packaging

Press ReleaseCalifornia
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law today banning the use of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in paper-based food packaging and to require disclosure of toxic substances in cookware.

Groups Call on Federal Regulators to Urge Banks to Assess Climate Risks

Press ReleaseUnited States
Federal regulators should immediately add climate risk to their oversight of the nation’s banks and urge banks to begin addressing climate-related risks of damage resulting from wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and the transition away from industries relying on fossil fuels, according…

PJM Reverses Policy Designed to Stymie Clean Energy

Press ReleaseUnited States
In a significant victory for clean energy and customers’ pocketbooks, PJM’s proposal to minimize the controversial Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), which artificially raises prices on state-supported energy resources, went into effect today. The revised rates represent a significant victory…

NRDC Delivers Comments to EPA Urging Strong Car Standards

Press ReleaseUnited States
NRDC President Manish Bapna and leaders from other public interest groups met with EPA Administrator Michael Regan today to deliver tens of thousands of public comments urging the agency to enact strong clean car standards.

EPA’s Fast Move on HFCs Benefits Jobs, Health and Climate

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to finalize rules Thursday implementing the core requirements of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, passed on a bipartisan basis by Congress last year to transition away from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are potent climate…

Biden Pledges to Double U.S. International Climate Finance

Press ReleaseUnited States
At the United Nations today, President Biden announced that the United States will double its contribution to international climate finance as a part of the Paris agreement effort to help developing countries reduce climate emissions and adapt to the impacts…

The U.S. Should Raise its International Climate Finance to $12 Billion Per Year

Press ReleaseUnited States
Leading aid, development, faith-based, and environmental groups today are urging the Biden Administration to commit to significantly increase the U.S. contribution in international climate finance, which would be used to protect vulnerable countries, spur greater climate action and persuade other…