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Trump Administration Auction is a Bust, Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain for Oil Drilling Receives Few Bids

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Bureau of Land Management announced today the results for an oil and gas lease sale in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, offering for bids 58 tracts across nearly 700,000 acres.

Governor Pritzker Pauses Data Center Tax Incentives, Outlines Path Forward for Consumer and Climate Protections [NRDC Response] 

ReactionIllinois
Governor Pritzker paused data center tax incentives today and laid out a policy framework to help Illinois address the impact of data centers on the environment and communities, in the wake of inaction from the Illinois General Assembly.
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500 and Counting: Tracking an Unprecedented Assault on Public Health, the Environment, and Good Governance

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The Trump administration has taken roughly one harmful action every day since President Trump returned to office.

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NRDC Defends WHO’s Cancer Research Arm from GOP, Industry Attack

Press ReleaseUnited States
A GOP and agrochemical industry effort to discredit and defund the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency is a threat to public health, Dr. Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the House Science Committee…

Supreme Court Sends Clean Water Cases Back to District Courts

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Supreme Court ruled today that multiple challenges to the Clean Water Rule should be heard by district courts, reversing a prior decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio finding jurisdiction to review consolidated…

Much of Historic Diablo Canyon Proposal Rejected

Press ReleaseCalifornia
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today rejected much of an historic joint proposal to retire and replace the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, with lower-cost, pollution-free alternatives, instead removing critical elements to protect the climate, plant workers, and…

Commission Delays Decision on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today delayed a vote on an historic proposal to retire and replace the state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, with lower-cost, pollution-free alternatives led by energy efficiency, solar, and wind…

Consumer Agency to Ban Harmful Chemicals in Children’s Toys

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WASHINGTON – In a major victory for public health, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted today, 3-2, to ban several harmful phthalate chemicals from plastic used in children’s toys and child care articles.

Pruitt Purges Independent Scientists to Make America Toxic Again

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today announced a new policy to exclude any scientists who receive a research grant from EPA – typically academic scientists not affiliated with private companies – from serving on EPA science panels and advisory…