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SEC Puts Its Head in the Sand on Climate Reporting

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed scrapping important climate disclosure rules today, a blow to investors who need to know about the risks companies face from extreme weather.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Finalizes Critical Habitat Protections for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today finalized the designation of critical habitat for the rusty patched bumblebee, securing protections for places essential to the survival of one of America's most imperiled pollinators.

New Jersey Stepping up to Establish Data Center Guardrails

Press ReleaseTrenton, New Jersey
Gov. Mikie Sherrill and state legislators outlined a promising platform today proposing protections for New Jerseyans, and their water and electricity resources, from potential data center development impacts

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Governor Cooper Must Veto NC Farm Act

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly today voted to approve the Farm Act, which creates a loophole in a decades-old law that prevents industrial hog facilities in the state from making big changes to their facilities if those changes fail to…

NRDC, Groups Sue to Force FDA to Ban Toxic Chemical in Food Packaging

Press ReleaseUnited States
Several environmental and public-health advocacy groups filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court in New York to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of a petition to ban the use of a dangerous chemical, perchlorate, in food packaging…

Michigan’s Lead Drinking Water Protections Upheld By Court

Press ReleaseMichigan
The effort to squash Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule, passed to prevent future disasters like Flint’s lead drinking water crisis, was rejected today by the Michigan Court of Claims. The ruling ended all legal claims outlined in the complaint from…

EPA Weakens Lead Drinking Water Protections

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency today is proposing changes to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), a complex, outdated national standard for controlling lead levels in drinking water.

California elimina gradualmente el uso del clorpirifos para fines de 2020

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SACRAMENTO — El Departamento de Regulación de Pesticidas de California anunció hoy que virtualmente todo uso del clorpirifos, un pesticida relacionado con problemas de aprendizaje en niños, será gradualmente eliminado en el estado para fines de 2020 bajo años de…

California Phasing Out Chlorpyrifos Use by End of 2020

Press ReleaseCalifornia
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation today announced that virtually all use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—will be phased out in the state by the end of 2020, following years of pressure from public health, farmworker…

Court Denies EPA’s Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit on the Use of Toxic Pesticides

Press ReleaseUnited States
A federal court denied the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to force the agency to include Endangered Species Act considerations in the process to approve new neonicotinoid pesticides…

Chicago Residents Hardest Hit by Pollution Call on City to Act Following Audit

Press ReleaseChicago
Environmental advocates are renewing calls for City government to address the disproportionate pollution burden for Chicago’s communities of color following a new audit from City’s Office of Inspector General. The report shows significant gaps in the City’s enforcement of air…

Pioneering Study Tallies Huge Hidden Health Costs from Climate Change

Press ReleaseColorado, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
Climate change is taking a huge toll on Americans’ health, so much so that it could constitute a public health crisis, a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the University of California, San Francisco, suggests.

Trump Moves to Halt States’ Ability to Curb Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
President Donald Trump said today his administration will move to prevent states from issuing vehicle standards that protect their citizens from harmful pollution, including the carbon dioxide causing climate change.

Trump Administration Guts Collection of Data on Toxic Chemicals

Press ReleaseUnited States
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler today announced an irresponsible plan to scale back the use of animal testing for laboratory studies on chemicals. Animal tests help scientists discover life-saving treatments and can also help identify chemicals that harm people…

Trump’s EPA Ignores Threat of Hazardous Spills

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency made clear today that it will continue ignoring its responsibility to curtail chemical spills from industrial facilities, a decision that is in blatant disregard of the Clean Water Act and a settlement the agency agreed to…

NRDC Sues EPA Over Latest Refusal to Ban Pesticide Toxic to Kids’ Brains

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from food in the U.S., according to litigation filed today in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by Earthjustice on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense…

New Bill Would Standardize Food Date Labels Nationwide to Reduce Waste

Press ReleaseUnited States
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) today introduced the Food Date Labeling Act (H.R. 3981), a bill to standardize date labels on food in order to help avoid unnecessary waste caused by consumer confusion. A companion bill…