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Gulf of Maine Lobster Fishery Temporarily Loses Sustainable Seafood Certification

August 5, 2020 Press ReleaseMaine

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has suspended its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery after determining that the fishery was potentially jeopardizing the survival of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

Trump Administration Proposes Expanding Extinction Plan: Regulations Will Weaken Endangered Species Act and Worsen Biodiversity Crisis

July 31, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump Administration announced a new change that would continue the dismantling of the Endangered Species Act, the nation’s most effective law for protecting imperiled wildlife from extinction. The move comes after the Trump Administration finalized a first round of…

PA Senate Bill Introduced to Fight Climate Change, Support workers and low-Income Pennsylvanians

July 30, 2020 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa today introduced legislation to pave the way for a zero-emissions power sector by 2050, invest in environmental justice communities, and provide support for workers affected by the closure of power plants. The legislation…

NRDC, Healthy Gulf Sue to Protect Gulf of Mexico Whale

July 28, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Healthy Gulf filed a lawsuit today in federal court to protect the habitat of the critically endangered Gulf of Mexico whale.

Informe de NRDC: La crisis climática amenaza la salud de los trabajadores, tanto en el interior como al aire libre

July 28, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

WASHINGTON – Muchos de los trabajadores son también afectados por el COVID-19; se necesitan protecciones de salud más fuertes para los trabajadores que enfrentan esta doble crisis.

NRDC Report: How Climate Crisis Threatens Worker Health and Safety, Both Outdoors and Inside

July 28, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new report warns that the health and safety of workers across the country, both indoors and outdoors, is increasingly at risk from excessive heat, increasing air and water pollution, spreading infectious diseases, extreme weather, challenges to their mental health…

Chicago Southeast Side Residents to Mayor: Deny General Iron’s Move if You are Serious about Equity

July 27, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Chicago officials released a report over the weekend that highlights the disproportionate air pollution burden faced by the city’s communities of color in the South and West Sides and promised a new “reform agenda” in response.

Court Ruling: EPA Failed to Assess Enlist Duo’s Impact on Monarch Butterflies

July 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a victory for NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today decided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to consider harm to monarch butterflies from the destruction of milkweed in agricultural fields…

National Crises Point to Climate Solutions Addressing Racial, Economic and Environmental Justice

July 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

This year’s global pandemic, recession and national uprising against racist police violence highlight the stark need for the country to address climate change with broad solutions that put racial, economic, and environmental justice at their core, the co-authors of the…

President Trump Silences Public to Help Polluters

July 15, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump administration is set to issue rules today that could curtail the public’s right to have a say in the pipelines, highways, incinerators, and other government-approved projects that will define their neighborhoods for decades to come.

Richmond Removes Symbols of Racial Injustice

July 2, 2020 Press ReleaseRichmond (Virginia)

Confederate statues, at long last, are being removed from Monument Avenue in the city of Richmond, ending public display of symbols of racial injustice.

IEPA Approves General Iron’s Move from Affluent Lincoln Park to Vulnerable Community of Color

June 25, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

The Illinois EPA today granted a permit allowing the notorious polluter, General Iron, to move its operation from the affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood to the working class community of color in Chicago’s Southeast Side.

Study: Climate Crisis Disproportionately Harms Black Mothers and their Infants

June 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A major study published in JAMA Open Network has confirmed that an increased risk of premature births and low birth weights is significantly associated with exposure to air pollution and heat during pregnancy–and Black women were among the most vulnerable…

High Court Protections for Dreamers Affirm Core American Values

June 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a victory for just and equitable immigration policy, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Trump administration effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which provides needed protections for undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children…

NYS Legislature Passes Historic Series of Police Reforms

June 10, 2020 Press ReleaseNew York

Amid ongoing demands for justice, New York lawmakers passed a package of police reforms that aims to disrupt ways in which law enforcement misuses its power against Black communities, and helps break the patterns of systemic violence. The legislation repeals…

House Bill Advances Crucial Transportation Changes

June 3, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The House Transportation and Infrastructure committee introduced a landmark transportation reauthorization bill today that would help all communities benefit from just investments in many forms of transportation while helping to transition our country to a lower-carbon future

EPA Slashes State and Tribal Clean Water Rights

June 1, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation today that undermines states’ and tribes’ authority to protect clean water within their borders, a change that would help fossil-fuel companies and developers to the detriment of the rest of us.

Southeast Side Groups React To General Iron Incident

May 18, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

A coalition of community groups fighting the relocation of a controversial metal shredding operation from the North Side of Chicago to the Southeast Side of the city had a very simple reaction to the explosions that rocked the General Iron facility earlier today:  “Don’t…

Plan: Preventing Future Pandemics Requires Sweeping U.S. Action on Wildlife Trade

May 18, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

Conservation groups released a sweeping action plan today for the United States to dramatically crack down on wildlife trade, which is the most probable cause of the global coronavirus pandemic. Among other proposals, the action plan recommends that the United…

Court Derails Trump Administration’s Efforts to Take More Water from Bay-Delta

May 12, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The Federal Court for the Eastern District of California granted in part a preliminary injunction yesterday against the Trump Administration’s efforts to increase water diversions from California’s Bay-Delta, which threaten endangered species including winter-run Chinook salmon, Delta Smelt, and other…