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State Polls Show Public Opposes GOP’s “Just Say No” Push on Climate

March 12, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (March 12, 2015) – Large majorities of Americans in four key states wholeheartedly want their leaders to design a state-specific plan to meet new federal standards curbing dangerous carbon pollution from power plants, bipartisan polling released today shows.

Oregon Advances Climate Leadership with Clean Fuels Program

March 11, 2015 Press Release

SALEM, OR (March 11, 2015) – Governor Kate Brown signed into law today Senate Bill 324 extending Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard. The standard requires the oil industry to cut carbon pollution from transportation fuels by 10% over the next ten…

Illinois Derailment Makes Bomb-train Risk Clear for Land of Lincoln

March 6, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (March 6, 2015) – A train containing 103 cars full of oil from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota derailed yesterday near Galena, IL along the Mississippi River.

Chicago Petcoke: Big Announcements Mark Improvement, but Not an End to the Problem

February 25, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 25, 2015) – A series of announcements last week regarding Chicago’s controversial petcoke piles signal significant changes coming to the city’s Southeast Side, where the oil refining waste has been mounded in close proximity to homes, parks and…

California Climate Plan’s Auction Results Show Carbon Caps Move Us Toward a Cleaner Future

February 25, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (February 25, 2015) – The California Air Resources Board announced today the results of the first carbon auction with polluting fuels such as gasoline included under the cap. For the first time, the oil industry joined other major industries…

City of Chicago Denies Petcoke Enclosure Delay Request

February 16, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 16, 2015) – Today, the City of Chicago denied a request from KCBX to delay enclosure of their controversial petcoke piles on the city’s Southeast Side.

President Will Veto Congressional Keystone XL Interference Bill

February 11, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 11, 2015) – The House today gave final congressional approval to legislation that would force approval of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, sending the measure to President Obama who already promised to veto it. Danielle Droitsch…

Leading Scientists, Economists Urge Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline

February 11, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (February 11, 2015) – More than 90 leading scientists and economists today called on President Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, once and for all. They did so in a in a letter that comes…

Do It Faster and Cheaper: NRDC Response to Ameren’s Carbon Report

February 11, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (February 11, 2015) — Ameren released a report today highlighting their potential response to the historic Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s electric generating sector. Following are comments in reaction From Rebecca Stanfield, Midwest policy…

NRDC Airline Scorecard: First-ever ranking of Airline Biofuel Use

February 3, 2015 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO (February 3, 2015) – Air travel emits more than 650 million metric tons of carbon pollution annually – equivalent to the pollution from 136 million cars– making the increased use of sustainable biofuels a critical to reducing the…

EPA Paves Way for President to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

February 3, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON D.C. (February 3, 2015) – The Environmental Protection Agency today published its comments on the State Department’s analysis of the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Danielle Droitsch, Canada Project director at the Natural Resources…

Keystone Bill Deserves Veto

January 29, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 29, 2015) – The Republican-controlled Senate today passed legislation to force approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, a bill that will be dead-on-arrival at the White House. But the weeks-long, misguided congressional attempt to usurp presidential…

Senate Keystone XL Pipeline Bill Not in the National Interest

January 8, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 8, 2015) – As the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee begins work on a bill to force congressional approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Danielle Droitsch, Canada Project director at the Natural Resources Defense Council…

Putting the National Interest First

January 6, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (January 6, 2015) - The White House today announced that President Obama would veto legislation designed to force approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline before he can make a judgment as to whether it’s in the national…

REPORT: Five Major Health Threats from Fracking-Related Air Pollution

December 16, 2014 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO (December 16, 2014) – A growing body of evidence shows that people both near and far from oil and gas drilling are exposed to fracking-related air pollution that can cause at least five major types of health impacts…

ALEC Conference's Agenda For State Lawmakers Is “Limited Government, Unlimited Pollution”

December 2, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 2, 2014 -- When state lawmakers gather in Washington, D.C. tomorrow for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) States & National Policy Summit, they will be asked to embrace a climate-science denying, pro-polluter agenda “to gut…

REPORT: EPA Can Quickly Cut Dangerous Methane Pollution from Oil and Gas Industry in Half

November 20, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 20, 2014) — A new report from leading climate advocates today shows how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can cut climate warming methane pollution in half, while dramatically reducing harmful, wasteful air pollution from the oil and…

Federal Court Tosses Shell Oil Company’s Preemptive Suit Against Environmental Groups

November 12, 2014 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SAN FRANCISCO (November 12, 2014) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected today a Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. and Shell Offshore Inc. lawsuit that attempted to prevent environmental groups from challenging its oil drilling plans…

NRDC Report Exposes Big Oil’s Smoke and Mirror Tactics

November 6, 2014 Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO (November 6, 2014) – Major oil companies are propping up at least eight front groups in a last-ditch campaign to subvert California’s climate action law requiring them to pay for their carbon pollution beginning in January 2015, while…

NRDC, Nine other Environmental Groups File Lawsuits Challenging NRC Failure to Comply with 2012 Court Ruling on Nuclear Waste Storage

October 29, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 29, 2014) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council and nine other environmental groups filed separate lawsuits today in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) decision to proceed…