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Clean Power Plan Ruling a “Huge Win” for Clean Air and Climate Action

January 21, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 21, 2016) –The U.S. Court of Appeals today rejected a stay requested by opponents seeking to block implementation of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which will cut dangerous carbon pollution from America’s power plants.

Obama Vetoes GOP bid to Kill Clean Water Rule

January 20, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 20, 2016) — President Obama has acted promptly to veto a measure passed by the Republican-led Congress designed to kill the Clean Water Rule.

House Resolution Against Clean Water Protections Puts Polluters Before People

January 13, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 13, 2016) — House Republicans today passed legislation attacking clean water protections. Today’s action—a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act –-blocks the Clean Water Rule, the Obama administration’s landmark action adopted last year. Because the Senate…

Cuomo Lays Out Promising Clean Energy, Environmental Goals in 2016 State of the State Address

January 13, 2016 Press ReleaseNew York

ALBANY, N.Y. (January 13, 2016) – Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced plans to grow the state’s clean energy economy and protect its environment in his annual State of the State address.

EPA Is “Part of the Problem” In Flint

January 13, 2016 Press ReleaseFlint

Press reports published today reveal a disappointingly passive response from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address concerns about drinking water in Flint, MI before and since the city was gripped by a lead poisoning crisis.

The President is Right – Much Work Remains After Year of Historic Progress

January 12, 2016 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC’s Suh: We Will Redouble Our Efforts in 2016

New Legislative Package Announced to Protect Californians from Air Pollution, Health Impacts of Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak

January 11, 2016 Press ReleaseCalifornia

NORTHRIDGE (January 11, 2016) – Senators Kevin de León and Fran Pavley announced a package of new legislation that builds on Gov. Brown’s state of emergency declaration to ensure protections for Californians impacted by the natural gas leak in Porter…

Cal/EPA Assessment Finds Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Poses Risks to California Children

January 11, 2016 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (January 11, 2016) – A long awaited health assessment from the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) finds that children are at risk from the dangerous agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos. The chemical is a widely-used toxic pesticide that can interfere…

New Federal Dietary Guidelines Call for Less Meat

January 7, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 7, 2016) – Many Americans, especially men and teenage boys, eat too much red meat, poultry and eggs, and should reduce their consumption, according to new federal dietary guidelines jointly released today by the U.S. Department of…

EPA Acknowledges Neonicotinoid Pesticides Harm Bees, Exposes Flawed Approval Process that Greenlights Unsafe Chemicals for Widespread Use

January 7, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 7, 2016) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first risk assessment of neonicotinoid pesticides (or neonics), which have long been associated with harm to bees and other pollinators. In the assessment, the EPA concluded that neonics…

TransCanada Seeks $15 Billion from U.S. Taxpayers for Its Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Mistake

January 6, 2016 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 6, 2016) -- TransCanada Corp. today filed suit against the United States seeking $15 billion in compensation as a result of the U.S. rejection of its Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

More than 80,000 People Urge EPA to Ban Dangerous Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

January 5, 2016 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – More than 80,000 people urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the use of the dangerous, widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos from use on all crops.

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…