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New York State Legislature Passes Offshore Drilling Ban

February 5, 2019 Press ReleaseNew York

The New York State Senate today passed legislation blocking any offshore drilling activity off the state’s coastline, including pipeline permits and state leases that could potentially support oil and gas development.

Trump Nominates Another Industry Lobbyist as Secretary of Interior

February 4, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

President Trump today nominated acting Secretary David Bernhardt as the next Secretary of the Interior.

EPA Expected to Punt on Protecting Millions from Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water

January 28, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to issue standards that would protect the public from a group of dangerous chemicals called perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) that are present at unsafe levels in drinking water, according to a report today…

Canadian Logging Company Attack on Environmentalists’ Free Speech Fails

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseCanada

In a victory for free speech, a U.S. federal court dismissed all claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company against environmental groups Greenpeace and Stand.earth, advocates seeking to…

Vineyard Wind, Conservation Groups Reach Historic Agreement to Protect Right Whales

January 23, 2019 Press ReleaseMassachusetts

Vineyard Wind and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Wildlife Federation, and Conservation Law Foundation today entered into an unprecedented agreement to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

NRDC Sues Interior Department for Failure to Protect Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Endangered Pollinator Lacks Critical Habitat Necessary for its Survival

January 15, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, against the United States Department of the Interior for its failure to designate critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumble…

Energy Department Wants to Abandon Radioactive Waste

January 9, 2019 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups ripped into the Department of Energy today for its plan to give itself the authority to abandon or improperly dispose of high-level radioactive waste. More than 100 million gallons of this…

China Customs Cracks Down on Trafficking of Totoaba Swim Bladders

January 4, 2019 Press ReleaseChina, Mexico

The smuggling of endangered species’ organs threatens the vaquita

EPA Moves to Sabotage Mercury Health Protections

December 28, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to sabotage federal Mercury & Air Toxics Standards that have helped Americans avoid major health complications and premature death.

True War on Lead Must Be Comprehensive

December 19, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today released an action plan to reduce childhood lead exposure.

Report: Giraffes Among Ten Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration

December 18, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Securing Protections for the Long Necks Is Crucial to Its Survival

Report: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Among Ten Species Imperiled by the Trump Administration

December 18, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Securing Its Habitat Is Crucial to Its Recovery

Don’t Let the $139,000 Door Hit You on the Way Out, Secretary Zinke

December 15, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Ryan Zinke, who will leave his post as Secretary of the Interior by the end of the year, had no business leading that agency.

Trump to Move to Increase Water Pollution

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Trump Administration will propose today to gut key safeguards in the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers are set to issue a proposed rule that would exempt oil drillers, industrial sites, developers and…

Farm Bill Negotiators Ditch Environmental Rollbacks

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Congressional negotiators released a compromise farm bill today that largely steers clear of undercutting bedrock environmental protections.

Groups Sue Feds to Stop Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean

December 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

First Step Toward Offshore Drilling Jeopardizes Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, Puts Marine Life at Risk

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Failure to Protect Giraffes

December 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Conservation groups today sued the Trump administration for its failure to consider protections for Africa’s rapidly dwindling giraffe population under the Endangered Species Act.

Zinke Move Threatens Western Sage Grouse to Advance Oil and Gas Leasing

December 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

In a sweeping decision that threatens massive swaths of land, hundreds of species and precious wildlife habitat, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today moved to roll back a conservation plan for the greater sage grouse on western U.S. lands.

Trump Administration to OK Blasting for Oil and Gas in Atlantic

November 30, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Seismic Testing, First Step Toward Offshore Drilling, Threatens Marine Wildlife and Fisheries

Court of Appeals Upholds U.S. Ban on Mexican Seafood Imports to Save Vaquita

November 28, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States, Mexico

In a victory for one of Earth’s most endangered marine mammals, a third U.S. court decision today upheld a four-month-old ban on importing Mexican shrimp and other seafood caught with gillnets that drown vaquita porpoises.