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NRDC Launches Ad Campaign to Thank Clean Power Plan Supporters in Senate

December 3, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (December 3, 2015) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council has launched a six-figure digital and newspaper ad campaign to thank three key Senate Democrats for voting last month to defend the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan against Republican attack.

U.S. House Votes to Take Our Nation’s Energy Policy in the Wrong Direction

December 3, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (December 3, 2015) – The House today passed an energy bill filled with outdated energy policies that continue to favor the fossil fuel industry above all other priorities. The bill would lift the ban on crude oil exports, allow…

New York Governor Formally Sets in Motion the Process to Enact One of the Nation’s Most Aggressive Clean Energy Standards

December 2, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (Dec. 2, 2015) — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed the State Department of Public Service to design and enact a new Clean Energy Standard mandating that 50 percent of all electricity consumed in New York…

House Joins Senate in Voting to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

December 1, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (December 1, 2015) -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives today passed two resolutions to repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which sets first-ever limits on carbon pollution from our power plants – the most effective available tool to…

Five States and D.C. to Look at Options to Jointly Reduce Transportation Sector Carbon Emissions

November 24, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (November 24, 2015) – Five Northeastern states and the District of Columbia announced a commitment today to look at options to jointly reduce carbon emissions from their transportation sectors, including market-based possibilities building upon the success of the…

Alberta to Limit Carbon Emissions from Tar Sands Sector

November 22, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 22, 2015) – The provincial government of Alberta, Canada, today announced that it will limit, over time, emissions from the tar sands crude oil sector, which produces one of the dirtiest and most carbon-intensive energy sources in the…

Report: Unchecked Energy Development Threatens Wildlife, Hunting, and Tourism in Montana and Wyoming

November 17, 2015 Press Release

BOZEMAN, MT (November 17, 2015) – Hundreds of coal mining and oil and natural gas projects in the Powder River Basin area of Wyoming and Montana are destroying the habitat of some of the West’s most beloved wildlife – including…

Senate Vote to Block Clean Power Plan Shows GOP’s Lack of a Climate Plan

November 17, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 17, 2015) – The Republican-led Senate today is expected to repeal the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, which sets first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants – our best available tool to combat climate change.

Residents of Flint, Michigan, to Sue City, State over Lead in Drinking Water

November 16, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – Residents of Flint, Mich., together with the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council, today announced their intention to sue state and city officials for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amid the…

Cuomo Vetoes Port Ambrose LNG Project, Clears Way for Offshore Wind Power

November 12, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

LONG BEACH, NY (November 12, 2015) – Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced he is vetoing the proposed Port Ambrose liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility off the cost of Long Island. The Natural Resources Defense Council is part of a…

Obama Administration Announces Landmark Plan for Conservation and Renewable Energy Development in California’s Mojave Desert

November 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 10, 2015) — The Department of Interior today released a milestone plan for conservation and renewable energy development on public lands in California’s Mojave Desert.

Attorney General Miller Stands Up for Iowans by Helping to Protect the Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a group of attorneys general filing a motion supporting the Clean Power Plan. The historic effort to slash carbon pollution from power plants, the single largest source of…

Representative Nesbitt Puts Clean Energy in House Crosshairs

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) - Representative Aric Nesbitt will attempt to rush his clean energy-killing legislation out of the House committee he chairs during a hearing on Wednesday. Following is a statement by Ariana Gonzalez, Energy Policy Analyst for the…

Major Poll Shows African Americans Strongly Back Climate Action, Believe Shifting to Clean Energy Will Create Jobs, Hold Down Electric Bills

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) –Two-thirds of African Americans believe global warming is a serious problem, they want action more than the population at large and they overwhelmingly support the Clean Power Plan to address the growing climate crisis, a major…

Eighteen States Join Case to Defend Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4, 2015) – The attorneys general of 18 states today launched a coordinated effort to defend the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan against legal challenge by Big Polluters and their allies seeking to block the first-ever limits…

GOP Leaders Intensify Assault on Protections against Carbon Pollution, Dirty Drinking Water and Smog

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 2, 2015) -- The anti-public health, anti-environment Republican leadership in Congress is planning its most intense assault yet on environmental protections. Starting as early as tomorrow and continuing through November, they plan votes in both chambers to block…

Senator Ayotte Joins Majority of U.S. Republicans in Backing Clean Power Plan

October 26, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 26, 2015) – Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) over the weekend expressed her support for the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The following is a statement by David Doniger, director of the Climate and Clean Air Program at the…

Canada’s New Government Should Advance Clean Energy, Climate Action

October 20, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2015) –The following is a statement by Anthony Swift, Canada Project Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the just-concluded federal elections in Canada: “The new Liberal government in Ottawa has an unprecedented opportunity to move…

Missouri Attorney General "Putting Pollution Before People" By Joining Anti-Clean Power Plan Lawsuit

October 9, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (October 9, 2015) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced he will oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan today by joining a lawsuit challenging it in federal court. The historic carbon pollution protections, ordered by a…

Clean Water Rule Decision Delays Enforcement but Reinforces Need for Protections

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) – A federal court decision handed down today temporarily delays enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule, which guarantees pollution protections for tens of millions of acres…