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UN General Assembly Reinforces Accountability for Climate Polluters

Press ReleaseNew York, International
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution yesterday affirming the International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have an obligation to reduce carbon pollution within their borders and are legally responsible to live up to climate pledges, while reducing…
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How Solar Will Keep the ACs Humming This Summer: Key Takeaways from NERC’s Summer Assessment

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesChristy Walsh, Dr. Yamit Lavi
New, clean energy is critical to keeping the lights on and air conditioners humming.
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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

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Interior Department Flips Sage Grouse Protectors the Bird

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Interior took steps to invalidate key pieces of a locally-driven plan developed across 11 states to protect the greater sage grouse, an iconic bird surviving on just half of its historic Western range. U.S. Secretary…

New Study Faults Biomass Industry Greenwashing Scheme

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK – A four-year-old biomass certification program has led to increased carbon dioxide emissions, accelerated the loss of natural forests, and created negative impacts on local communities – the very results it was designed to avoid, according to a…

Trump Administration Stripping Protection for Clean Water

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WASHINGTON – At a hearing today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt indicated that the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will send to the Federal Register today a proposal to repeal the Clean Water Rule.

Carp CRAP! - Asian Carp Found Beyond Last Line of Defense Near Great Lakes

Press ReleaseChicago
CHICAGO – Reports of an Asian carp caught today in the Chicago Area Waterways beyond the electric barrier—the last line of defense to prevent the invasive fishes from gaining access to Lake Michigan—illustrate the dangers of continued inaction, according to…

Too Soon to Declare Victory for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed Endangered Species Act protections for the Yellowstone population of grizzly bears today, according to multiple news reports, creating new risks for the still-threatened bears.

Trump Launches All-out Assault on Our Health, Environment and Climate

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President Trump reportedly will sign an executive order Tuesday directing his administration to rewrite the Clean Power Plan; roll back carbon standards for new power plants; stop the current court cases; throw out the government’s method for counting the benefits…

Trump Order is Opening Move in Major Attack on Monuments

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President Trump is scheduled to issue an executive order tomorrow directing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review all designations of land under the Antiquities Act dating back to 1996 and including more than 100,000 acres of land.

NRDC, Partners Poised to Defend New England Ocean Monument in Court

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WASHINGTON – Three environmental groups, along with a naturalist in Maine who leads whale watch tours, are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit challenging President Obama’s creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Fishing groups sued earlier…