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Trudeau’s Bad Bailout: Making a Bigger Mess of TransMountain Tar Sands Pipeline

May 29, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The Trudeau government has announced a plan for the Canadian government to buy Kinder Morgan’s existing 300,000 bpd TransMountain tar sands pipeline and the 550,000 bpd expansion project this morning, even as the pipeline was shutdown after spilling over the…

Report: Virginia Drinking Water Threatened by Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines

May 29, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

Two proposed large gas pipelines could pollute valuable groundwater that supplies drinking water across Virginia, according to a report released today by the environmental consulting firm Downstream Strategies, which was prepared for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

First Quantum Minerals Abandons Pebble Mine

May 25, 2018 Press ReleaseAlaska

In the latest departure from the proposed Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, First Quantum Minerals announced today it will terminate its agreement to invest in the dangerous mining project.

Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Rubber-stamping of Keystone XL Permit

May 24, 2018 Press ReleaseMontana

Judge Hears Arguments That Administration Violated Environmental Laws, Relied on Outdated Science

Report: Illinois Can Reliably Replace Dynegy-Vistra Coal Fleet and Save Up To $14 Billion

May 16, 2018 Press ReleaseIllinois

Report Challenges Dynegy-Vistra’s Claim that Shuttering Illinois Coal Plants Would Lead to Disastrous Power Outages

NAFTA Ruling Forces Investigation of Tar Sands Tailing Pond Pollution

May 10, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

The North American Free Trade Agreement’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has called for an investigation of Canada’s failure to enforce the nation’s Fisheries Act with respect to toxic materials leaking from massive tar sands tailings ponds. The ruling comes…

Alaska Native Leaders and Fishermen Tell First Quantum: Dump Pebble Mine

May 3, 2018 Press ReleaseAlaska

A delegation representing Alaskan business leaders, Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation organizations will appear today at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals to give shareholders a message: the Pebble Mine is a bad investment.

Northam Administration Ignores Pipeline Project’s Dangers

March 27, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

The Northam Administration has cleared the way for construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline despite the risks this project poses to the local water supply.

Virginia Board Confirms: Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Could Cost Virginians up to $2.3 billion

March 12, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

Virginia’s top economic watchdog today validated expert analysis showing that Dominion Energy’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline could cost Virginia ratepayers up to $2.3 billion, decisively refuting Dominion’s faulty claims that the pipeline would save customers on their electric bills.

Governor Cuomo Announces NY Opposition to Trump Offshore Drilling Plan

March 9, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced his state’s opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to expand oil and gas leasing to nearly all of America’s coastlines.

BC Premier Wisely Cautious About Risky Tar Sands Oil Plans

March 8, 2018 Press ReleaseCanada

Highlighting the ongoing threats from shipping diluted bitumen—or tar sands oil—a coalition of environmental and conservation organizations today welcomed a move by the premier of British Columbia to propose resolving safety and spill response concerns before a risky new Kinder…

NRDC Experts Testify Against Clean Power Plan Repeal at EPA Listening Session

February 28, 2018 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Several experts from Natural Resources Defense Council are scheduled to testify today at the EPA listening session on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, a rule that established the EPA the first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from…

Report: Drinking Water, Wetlands, Rivers, Trout & Chesapeake Bay Threatened by Proposed Pipelines in Virginia

February 27, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

Two proposed major gas pipelines could contaminate the drinking water supplies of thousands of Virginians from one end of the Old Dominion to the other, a new report released today shows, twin threats that were insufficiently explored by the Trump…

Conservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Illegal Delay to the Clean Water Rule

February 6, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation today filed a lawsuit to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from illegally delaying implementation of the Clean Water Rule. The complaint, filed in federal…

Dominion and McAuliffe Administration Agreement Shows Need for Northam to Protect Virginians

February 2, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

News reports today show that in late December 2017 the McAuliffe administration in Virginia signed a private memorandum with backers of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, including Dominion Energy, that seeks up-front payment of $58 million for potential damages from…

Trump Administration Races the Clock to Remove Protections for Clean Water

January 31, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers today will suspend the Clean Water Rule, a 2015 safeguard that protects streams, wetlands, lakes and rivers from pollution.

Trump’s Expected Fossil Fuel Boost Ignores Fast-Growing Clean Energy

January 30, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

If, as expected, President Trump touts boosting fossil fuels as the way to lift the economy in his State of the Union address tonight, he will miss the boat. In fact, the true dominance in the energy sector, already helping…

Supreme Court Sends Clean Water Cases Back to District Courts

January 22, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Supreme Court ruled today that multiple challenges to the Clean Water Rule should be heard by district courts, reversing a prior decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio finding jurisdiction to review consolidated…

FERC Rejects Illegal DOE Proposal to Prop Up Coal and Nuclear Plants

January 8, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today rejected Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s controversial proposal designed to prop up aging and financially failing coal and nuclear plants.

Trump Administration Drilling Proposal: Polluters Before People

January 4, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will announce a Draft Proposed Plan today for offshore leasing through 2022 that would subject publicly owned coastal waters to dangerous and dirty oil and gas drilling.