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Trump Moves to Deny Americans Cleaner Vehicles

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump announced executive actions today that could severely curtail the availability of federal incentives for electric vehicles and lead to the dismantling of standards that are helping drive the clean vehicle transition and saving drivers money at the pump.

Doug Burgum’s Nomination Raises Concerns For Our Public Lands

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior.

U.S. Government Agrees to Halt Seafood Imports Tied to Deadly Bycatch of Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Mammals

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, International

Conservation groups reached an agreement today that will require the United States to stop importing seafood that does not meet U.S. standards for protecting marine mammals.

Biden Announces Offshore Leasing Ban

January 6, 2025 ReactionWashington

President Biden permanently banned new oil and gas leasing today from United States’ waters off the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and an area in Alaska’s Bering Sea.

Jimmy Carter was Four Decades Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Former President Jimmy Carter has died. 

EPA OKs California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

December 18, 2024 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted California a waiver to allow it to implement its Advanced Clean Cars II vehicle emissions standards.

President Biden Designates Frances Perkins National Monument to Honor a Trailblazer in American History

December 16, 2024 Press ReleaseMaine

This designation recognizes Perkins’s pivotal role in shaping the New Deal and advancing labor rights that continue to benefit millions of Americans today.

New Arctic Oil-Drilling Lease Sale OK’d

December 9, 2024 Press ReleaseArctic

The Interior Department finalized a legally mandated decision to hold a lease sale for oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge, one of the nation’s most pristine and treasured wildlife refuges.

Grijalva Steps Down from House Natural Resources Committee Leadership

December 2, 2024 ReactionWashington, D.C.

House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced that he would step down from his leadership role in the committee in the next Congress.

International Treaty Negotiations Fail to Stem the Tide of Plastics

December 1, 2024 ReactionInternational

Fossil fuel industry and its government sponsors block efforts to curb harmful plastics pollution found in oceans, air, and human bodies.

Cars Are Getting Cleaner, Saving Drivers Money, Report Shows

November 25, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows that cars and pickup trucks are getting dramatically cleaner, spewing less carbon, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants from their tailpipes.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Advances Critical Habitat Protection for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebees

November 25, 2024 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate critical habitat for the rusty patched bumblebee under the Endangered Species Act, awarding long overdue protections to places the critically endangered bee calls home.

General Assembly Poisons Disaster Recovery Efforts with Political Power Grabs

November 21, 2024 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The General Assembly returned for a special session this week with plans to pass a second round of Hurricane Helene recovery funding. The storm caused an estimated $53 billion in damage to Western North Carolina when it…

Historic U.S. Protections Proposed for Africa's Vanishing Giraffes

November 20, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., International

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting four species of giraffes under the Endangered Species Act—the first time these towering African mammals would receive federal safeguards.

Duffy Picked for Transportation Department

November 19, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

President-elect Trump announced that he would nominate Sean Duffy to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Lutnick Picked to Lead Department of Commerce

November 19, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Howard Lutnick is a billionaire businessman and the CEO of the global financial services firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BCG Group. If confirmed, Lutnick will oversee two organizations on Project 2025’s chopping block: the National Weather Service and NOAA.

Burgum Tapped to Lead Department of Interior

November 15, 2024 ReactionWashington, D.C.

President-elect Trump has named Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Why Cleaner Cars Are Good for America

November 15, 2024 Ed Board MemoUnited States

Reports of President-elect Trump’s plans for cars and trucks.

Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Pesticide-Treated Seeds with California Agency

November 13, 2024 Press ReleaseCalifornia

A group of environmental organizations informed a California state court today that they had reached an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to propose regulations addressing pesticide-treated seeds.

NRDC Is Ready to Defend Environmental Progress

November 8, 2024 ReactionUnited States

President-elect Donald Trump and his Project 2025 agenda have laid out a dangerous agenda to rollback protections for public health, natural resources, and the climate. If those actions violate the law, NRDC is ready to fight back in the courts.