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

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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…

California Governor Signs Historic Clean Energy Legislation

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SACRAMENTO (October 7, 2015) – California Governor Jerry Brown today signed a landmark law cementing California’s climate leadership into the next decade. Senate Bill 350 (de León and Leno) sets the most aggressive combined clean energy targets in the world…

Ohio’s Energy Policies Today Determine State’s Future

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CHICAGO (September 30, 2015) – The Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee released a highly anticipated report today outlining their recommendations on the fate of Ohio’s renewable energy and energy efficiency polices. Following is a comment from Samantha Williams, attorney and…

Virginia Can Meet and Beat Power Plant Carbon Pollution Limits

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RICHMOND (August 19, 2015) – Virginia can strike a blow against climate change and reach its new federal target for cutting power plant carbon pollution by advancing energy efficiency, boosting wind and solar power, and adopting complementary energy policies that…

The Clean Power Plan: An Idea that will Change the World

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WASHINGTON (August 3, 2015) -- The Clean Power Plan announced today by President Obama is a game-changer -- the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president, of the Natural Resources…

Canadian Energy Policy Facilitates Tar Sands Pipelines, Not Carbon Reduction

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WASHINGTON (July 17, 2015) – Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers today issued a national energy strategy, after lengthy negotiations. While the premiers added new recommendations on clean energy and energy efficiency to a tepid commitment to reduce greenhouse gas…

Senators’ Energy Principles Point our Country in the Right Direction

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WASHINGTON (June 29, 2015) – Forty-five Senators – including every Democrat - today asked the nation’s governors to join the federal government in updating energy policies. In a letter, the senators outlined a series of common-sense principles, including: investing in…

Statement on New York’s 2015 State Energy Plan

Press ReleaseNew York
ALBANY, N.Y. (June 25, 2015)—The Cuomo Administration today released New York’s 2015 State Energy Plan, after years of analysis and robust public comment.

More than 100 Leading Scientists Call for Halt to Tar Sands Oil Development

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WASHINGTON (June 10, 2015) – More than 100 leading climate scientists, economists, biologists and geophysicists today are calling for a North American moratorium on tar sands oil development and related infrastructure to avoid worsening climate change, endangering the land and…

Sen. Capito’s Bid to Kill Clean Power Plan Must be Stopped

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WASHINGTON (May 13, 2015) -- Of all the legislative attempts to thwart President Obama's historic Clean Power Plan, none is more brazen or potentially dangerous than the bill introduced today by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R.W.Va.)

Plug-in Equipment Energy Efficiency Bill Advances in California Legislature

Press ReleaseCalifornia
SACRAMENTO (April 28, 2015) – Legislation to help curb energy waste from the 50-plus plugged-in appliances, electronics, and miscellaneous electrical devices in the average California household, such as video equipment and kitchen appliances, as well as similar power-guzzling equipment in…

NRDC Statement on Mayor de Blasio’s First Sustainability Plan

Press ReleaseNew York
NEW YORK (April 22, 2015) – Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration today released its first-ever sustainability plan for New York City, One New York: The Plan for A Strong and Just City (OneNYC). The plan builds and expands on former…