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In Major Reversal, Trump Administration Stalls Pebble Mine

August 24, 2020 Press ReleaseAlaska

The Army Corps of Engineers today said the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, would inflict “unavoidable adverse impacts” and lead to “significant degradation” to water and marine life. The agency gave its backers 90 days to come up…

Trump Administration to Withdraw Disgraceful Pendley Nomination

August 15, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The White House reportedly intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley for director of the Bureau of Land Management. Pendley, who has made racist statements and is an advocate for selling off public lands, would remain in an…

Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Harmful NEPA Rules

August 6, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A broad coalition of justice and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its regulations that would gut environmental reviews and silence community input.

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 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…

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.

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.

House to Enact Major Land and Water Conservation Law

July 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The House today is scheduled to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, which will permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund—a move NRDC has long advocated. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a companion bill in June, and President Trump indicated…

YOUGOV POLL: Just 23% of Britons Believe Burning Wood for Electricity Should be Classified as ‘Renewable Energy’

July 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited Kingdom

A new online YouGov poll has found fewer than one in four Britons (23%) think electricity generated by burning wood from forests should be classified as ‘renewable energy,’. Additionally, 55% also disagreed with the Government’s continued subsidies for this dirty…

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…

New Report: Canada’s Climate Goals Undermined by “Logging Loophole”

July 16, 2020 Press ReleaseCanada

Canada’s ambitious climate goals are threatened by a “logging loophole” that allows industrial logging to clearcut the carbon-rich boreal forest, unleashing emissions neither adequately counted nor regulated under current law, according to a new analysis released today by Nature Canada…

Court Rejects Trump Administration Effort to Roll Back Methane Rule

July 16, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a major victory in the fight to curb the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions, a federal court in California has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind the 2016 Methane Waste Prevention Rule, calling the agency action “backwards,”…

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.

Keystone XL Faces New Legal Challenge Over Faulty Review by BLM

July 14, 2020 Press ReleaseMontana

Conservation and landowner groups filed a new lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to be constructed on federal lands.

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.

Toilet Paper and Climate Change: NRDC’s Updated “Issue With Tissue” Ranks Brands on Sustainability

June 24, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today released an updated analysis of the climate impacts caused by the “tree to toilet” pipeline destroying the climate-critical Canadian boreal forest. The “Issue with Tissue 2.0” report includes a new sustainability ranking for toilet…

Cut Carbon Not Forests: Hard-Hitting Campaign Urges UK Policymakers to Build a True Clean Energy Economy and End Dirty Biomass Subsidies

June 22, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited Kingdom

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups have launched Cut Carbon Not Forests, a hard-hitting campaign to expose the UK’s wasteful subsidies for companies that burn trees for electricity and to put pressure on policymakers to support reform. In the face…

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…