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NRDC’s Gina McCarthy on President Trump’s Dirty Water Rule

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump administration is set to issue rules that would gut critical safeguards in the Clean Water Act, upending decades of protections for streams, wetlands, lakes and rivers, according to news reports. These bodies of water filter pollution, serve as…

New Federal Rule Undermines Illinois’ Clean Energy, Increases Costs

Press ReleaseIllinois
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today imposed rules on the country’s largest wholesale electricity market, which includes Northern Illinois, that will reward fossil fuel generators with billions of dollars in unnecessary payments from electricity customers. The order could prevent power…

FERC Undermines Clean Energy, Increases Costs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will impose rules on the 13-state PJM region, which runs from North Carolina through parts of Illinois, that could force customers to pay billions of dollars more to gas and coal power plants.

Tax Package is a Missed Opportunity on Clean Energy

Press ReleaseUnited States
The tax package negotiated by lawmakers and the White House as a part of the year-end funding bills lacks many critical ingredients that would spur adoption of electric vehicles, solar power, energy efficiency, and energy storage needed to address the…

100% Clean Economy Bill Curbs Climate Danger

Press ReleaseUnited States
Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) and more than 150 original cosponsors today introduced the “100% Clean Economy Act of 2019,” a bill that responds to the impacts of climate change by moving the United States to a 100 percent clean economy…

NRDC Report: EU Subsidies Lead to Forest Destruction

Press ReleaseInternational
European nations are wasting $7 billion a year on subsidies for the burning of wood for power or heat, a notoriously dirty source of energy that the European Union has allowed to be counted as clean energy.

Automakers Attack States’ Authority to Curb Climate Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
As California suffers another season of devastating fires, automakers including General Motors, Toyota, and Chrysler’s parent FCA joined a lawsuit in support of the Trump administration’s effort to strip California and other states of their long-held authority to address climate…

Michigan’s Lead Drinking Water Protections Upheld By Court

Press ReleaseMichigan
The effort to squash Michigan’s Lead and Copper Rule, passed to prevent future disasters like Flint’s lead drinking water crisis, was rejected today by the Michigan Court of Claims. The ruling ended all legal claims outlined in the complaint from…

EPA Weakens Lead Drinking Water Protections

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency today is proposing changes to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), a complex, outdated national standard for controlling lead levels in drinking water.

Pennsylvania Moves to Join RGGI in Fight Against Climate Change

Press ReleasePennsylvania
Governor Tom Wolf today directed the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop a pathway for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – a multi-state effort designed to cut carbon pollution from power plants across the…