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A Costly Move: EPA Abandons Endangerment Finding

February 12, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will rescind a 2009 finding that climate change is a threat to public health and welfare.

Trump EPA Misses Legal Deadline to Reduce Deadly Air Pollution

February 11, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to meet a Feb. 7 deadline to designate areas in violation of the strengthened 2024 national air quality standard for soot.

Colorado Can Join Leading States by Curbing Second “Silent Spring” Pesticide Pollution

February 11, 2026 Ed Board MemoColoradoDaniel Raichel

SB26-065 would reduce Coloradoans’ exposure to neonic pollution by adopting a model where neonic seed coatings could be used only when they’re the right solution for a verified pest problem.

POWER Act Intended to Protect Ratepayers and the Environment from Data Center Harm

February 11, 2026 Press ReleaseChicago

NRDC joined the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition today at a press conference in Chicago calling for the Illinois General Assembly to protect water, climate goals, consumers, and communities by passing the POWER (Protecting Our Water, Energy, and Ratepayers) Act.

New Data Center Bill Provides Consumer, Environmental Protections With Guardrails for Responsible Development

February 11, 2026 Press ReleaseDenver

A new bill designed to create commonsense guardrails around data center development in Colorado, protect residents and small businesses from electricity rate increases, and ensure data center developers pay their fair share was introduced today to the state legislature.

NHTSA Urged to Maintain Fuel-Economy Standards 

February 4, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

A coalition of health, consumer, and environmental groups told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that its plan to gut fuel-economy standards for cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks is irrevocably flawed and should be withdrawn. 

The Trump Administration Wants to Sell Off Our Ocean Under New Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan

January 28, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesRebecca Loomis, Valerie Cleland

The administration's proposal offers 34 new lease sales for oil and gas drilling offshore California, Alaska, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging: Cleaner Air and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country

January 28, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

The order permanently bars the U.S. Department of Transportation from withdrawing states’ funds, canceling implementation plans, or otherwise interfering with the program in violation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A Year of Betrayal: EPA Under Lee Zeldin

January 28, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJustin Bar

Administrator Zeldin has put the agency to work for polluters, putting our health and that of our children at risk.

Customer-Facing Resources Could Mitigate Data Center Grid Impacts: Kansas Shows Us How

January 26, 2026 BackgrounderKansasMcKenna Beck

The state is proving that collaboration and innovation can create solutions that protect affordability, reliability, and our climate.

5 Facts About the Endangerment Finding

January 21, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesMeredith Hankins

If the EPA scraps the endangerment finding, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being.

Governor Mikie Sherrill Jump-Starts Clean Energy Progress with Executive Orders

January 20, 2026 Press ReleaseNew Jersey

On her first day in office, Governor Mikie Sherrill signed two executive orders that address energy costs, grid reliability, and climate change.

Groups Urge Court to End Federal Ban on Clean Energy Projects

January 20, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental groups weighed in today in support of a coalition of renewable energy industry groups challenging a series of actions taken by the Trump administration to prevent federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects.

Colorado Advocates: New “Data Center Handout Bill” Misses the Mark; Proactive Protections Needed for Energy Bills, Communities, and Environment

January 20, 2026 Press ReleaseColorado

Conservation and community groups today called for policy solutions that deliver meaningful protections for Coloradans from massive data center development.

Trump’s Actions Will Raise Drivers’ Costs

January 16, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

Freedom’s just another word for paying more at the pump with the Trump administration’s moves to gut fuel economy, emissions standards.

PJM Board Announces Final Proposal to Address Data Center Demand

January 16, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

PJM fails to adequately address bill hikes and reliability risks posed by data centers.

Settlement Requires Minnesota Agriculture Agency to Account for Impacts of Toxic Neonic Seed Treatments

January 15, 2026 Press ReleaseMinnesota

A proposed settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Agriculture over the agency’s inadequate regulation of toxic neonicotinoid pesticide-coated crop seeds.

NRDC Reacts to Governor Polis’s State of the State Address

January 15, 2026 Press ReleaseColorado

In his final State of the State address, Governor Polis touted the state’s resiliency and commitments to addressing housing, transit, climate actions, and the importance of protecting pollinators.

Groups Push to Block Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

January 14, 2026 Press ReleaseArctic

Updated complaint restarts paused litigation and challenges Interior’s 2025 move to readopt Trump‑era program opening all 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing.

EPA Proposal Would Curb States’ and Tribes’ Clean Water Act Oversight

January 13, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

Planned rule attacks experts’ role in reviewing pipelines, hydropower dams, and other federally permitted projects.