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Clean Air Act Rollback Proposal Would Harm People's Health While Denying Basic Rights to Public Participation

BackgrounderUnited States, UtahIsabel Friedman
Federal and state governments must not risk communities' health by letting wealthy corporations and major polluters build first and ask permission later.

Illinois Cracks Down on Stacking Polluters in Overburdened Communities as Washington Retreats

Press ReleaseChicago
After decades of fighting to keep polluting industries out of their overburdened neighborhoods, Chicago's Southeast Side environmental justice community helped push the Illinois General Assembly to pass landmark environmental justice legislation. The measure, which now heads to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s…
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Community Wins Fight for the Illinois Environmental Justice Act

Ed Board MemoIllinoisGina Ramirez
For the first time, the people who breathe the air get a real seat at the table.

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NRDC Files Suit to Maximize Water Savings from California Water Grants

Press ReleaseCalifornia
OAKLAND, CALIF. (May 29, 2015) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed suit on Thursday against the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to ensure that $200 million of grant funding has maximum water-saving impact by making sure that…

Interior Dept. Announces Plan to Save the Greater Sage-Grouse

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WASHINGTON (May 28, 2015) -- The Interior Department today unveiled a plan to protect and preserve the habitat of the greater sage-grouse, an iconic species of the West that is threatened by commercial development and energy projects.

NRDC Applauds EPA’s Proposed Uranium Mining Standards, Seeks Improvements

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WASHINGTON (May 27, 2015)--The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to protect groundwater from the hazards of in-situ leach (ISL) uranium mining is a good first step, but needs significant improvements before it becomes final, the Natural Resources Defense Council said today…

Michigan Craft Brewers Raise a Glass to EPA’s Clean Water Rule

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CHICAGO (May 27, 2015) – Acknowledging the critical role of clean water for both brewers and the communities in which they operate, seven brewers in Michigan are raising a glass in support of EPA’s Clean Water Rule, announced today.

Good-bye Polystyrene Tray. Hello Compostable Plate.

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK (May 20, 2015) – The Urban School Food Alliance (Alliance), a coalition of the largest school districts in the United States that includes New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami-Dade, Dallas and Orlando, announced that it will start…

Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Along Santa Barbara’s Coast

Press ReleaseCalifornia
LOS ANGELES (May 19, 2015) — A pipeline burst along Santa Barbara’s coast today, spilling an estimated 21,000 gallons of toxic crude oil in Santa Barbara’s waters and creating a four-mile oil slick.

NRDC honors Senator Barbara Boxer as a Force for Nature

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SAN FRANCISCO (May 15, 2015) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will honor Senator Barbara Boxer tomorrow for her lifetime of trailblazing environmental achievements at the 15th “Forces for Nature” benefit. Her work will be celebrated at the Four…

House Bill to Thwart Clean Water Rule Deserves a Veto

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WASHINGTON (May 12, 2015) -- The House is expected this evening to approve legislation designed to eviscerate an impending Clean Water rule by the Obama Administration that would restore protections to tens of millions of acres of wetlands and thousands…

NRDC’s Award-Winning Film WILD THINGS to Premiere on Pivot

Press ReleaseCalifornia
LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2015) – The award-winning documentary film, Wild Things, produced by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will premiere on Participant Media’s television network, Pivot, as part of “Doc Watch:” Wednesdays on May 13 at 9 p.m…

Senate Proposal Would Block Clean Water Protections

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WASHINGTON (April 30, 2015) -- A dozen senators led by John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today introduced a bill to block the Clean Water Rule, an Obama Administration initiative to protect millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of streams that feed…

Governor Brown Announces 2030 Statewide Climate Pollution Limit

Press ReleaseCalifornia
LOS ANGELES (April 29, 2015) – Speaking before the annual Navigating the American Carbon World conference, Governor Brown issued a historic new executive order to reduce California’s carbon pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The order will…