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Judge Signals Wyoming’s Data Trespass Laws Likely Unconstitutional

December 29, 2015 Press Release

CHEYENNE, WY (December 29, 2015) – A federal judge noted “serious concerns and questions” about the constitutionality of Wyoming’s controversial “data trespass” laws in response to a suit from a diverse coalition of conservation, press, academic and animal-protection groups. The…

Spending Pact Contains Big Wins for Environment, But Ending Crude Oil Export Ban is a Mistake

December 16, 2015 Press ReleaseUnited States

The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the spending and tax agreement that Congress must approve and President Obama must sign in the coming days in order to keep the government…

COURT: NYCHA Violating Agreement to Repair Mold & Moisture Problems in Public Housing

December 15, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (December 15, 2015) – A federal judge today ruled the New York City Housing Authority has failed to provide timely and sufficient repairs to rampant mold and moisture problems in public housing that aggravate tenants’ asthma, as required…

NRDC President: Climate Change has “Met its Match in the Will of a United World”

December 12, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 12, 2015) – Negotiators from nearly 200 countries today released the final text on an historic agreement that sets the world on a path of reducing the dangerous carbon pollution that's driving global climate change. The Paris climate…

FDA Report Shows Livestock Antibiotics Sale Rising at Alarming Rate in Recent Years

December 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2015) – Sales of medically important antibiotics for use in raising livestock increased 3 percent from 2013 to 2014, and an alarming 23 percent in the last five years, according to an annual report released today…

Coalition Files Lawsuit to Safeguard Kern Communities from Flawed Oil & Gas Drilling Amendment

December 10, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Bakersfield, CA — A broad coalition of community and conservation groups sued Kern County today for passing a new local law intended to bypass environmental review for oil and gas projects. The new county ordinance, sponsored by the oil industry…

NRDC President: Climate Agreement Must Protect the Most Vulnerable by Aiming to 1.5 Degrees of Global Warming

December 9, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 9, 2015) – Climate negotiators from the United States, China, European Union, Canada have suggested that an international agreement on climate change should call for policies that limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Centigrade and as…

At COP21: New Resilience “Toolkit” Guides Cities Facing Rising Temperatures, Deadly Heat Waves

December 8, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 8, 2015)—Cities plagued by dangerous heat waves and soaring temperatures will be able to better protect their most vulnerable citizens with a new climate resilience toolkit released today at the Paris climate negotiations. The Natural Resources Defense Council…

Tar Sands Are Trouble! National Academy of Science Study Skewers Diluted Bitumen

December 8, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2015) – The National Academy of Sciences today released a study on diluted bitumen (or “dilbit”), a raw form of tar sands oil making its way across North America in increasing volumes, that supports alarm bells…

NRDC Thanks Rep. Dold for Clean Power Plan Vote

December 7, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (December 7, 2015) – Congressman Bob Dold (IL-10) voted against two Congressional Review Act resolutions that would have repealed the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan rule to cut dangerous carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants.

Robert Redford and Indigenous Leaders, Artists Speak Out on Climate

December 6, 2015 Press Release

PARIS (December 6, 2015) –Robert Redford and indigenous artists, activists and storytellers from across the globe took the stage today during the international climate talks in Paris at UNESCO to share captivating stories about precious places threatened by climate change…

NRDC Launches Ad Campaign to Thank Clean Power Plan Supporters in Senate

December 3, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (December 3, 2015) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council has launched a six-figure digital and newspaper ad campaign to thank three key Senate Democrats for voting last month to defend the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan against Republican attack.

House Joins Senate in Voting to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

December 1, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (December 1, 2015) -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives today passed two resolutions to repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which sets first-ever limits on carbon pollution from our power plants – the most effective available tool to…

Congress Wrong to Try to Block Federal Flood Standards, New Interactive Mapping Tool Shows

November 30, 2015 Press Release

Blocking Flood Protection Standards in face of Climate Change Would Harm Taxpayers, Communities; Top 10 States Receiving Federal Flood Funds: LA, NY, FL, TX, MS, NJ, IA, AL, NC, CA

EPA Asks Court To Nix Pesticide Linked to Butterfly Decline

November 25, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 25, 2015) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reversed course and yesterday asked a federal court to remove Dow AgroSciences’ Enlist Duo from the market. NRDC sued EPA last year to challenge the agency’s approval of Enlist Duo…

Five States and D.C. to Look at Options to Jointly Reduce Transportation Sector Carbon Emissions

November 24, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (November 24, 2015) – Five Northeastern states and the District of Columbia announced a commitment today to look at options to jointly reduce carbon emissions from their transportation sectors, including market-based possibilities building upon the success of the…

Alberta to Limit Carbon Emissions from Tar Sands Sector

November 22, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 22, 2015) – The provincial government of Alberta, Canada, today announced that it will limit, over time, emissions from the tar sands crude oil sector, which produces one of the dirtiest and most carbon-intensive energy sources in the…

Robert Redford: World Leaders Should “Take Bold Action” in Paris Climate Agreement

November 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 20, 2015) – With a crucial climate summit beginning soon in Paris, Robert Redford has released a video kicking off a citizen petition drive calling on world leaders to “take bold action” to avoid the damaging impacts of…

Report: Steam Heat Fixes to NYC Apartments Could Save Owners Nearly $150 Million Annually, Cut Climate Pollution

November 20, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (November 20, 2015) – Energy efficiency upgrades to the steam heating systems found in the vast majority of New York City apartments could save building owners $147 million in annual energy costs and maintenance savings, help the city…

NRDC Report: Can Cover Crops Combat Climate Change and Drought?

November 19, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 19, 2015) – As harvest season ends and farmers in the United States ready themselves for winter, one small change could make a huge difference in their soil’s health and the health of our climate-impacted world: planting cover…