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EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.
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The Cost of the United States’ Dependence on Oil

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The country's entire economy is more vulnerable to oil price and supply shocks. In a global market, that means there’s one solution: Reduce dependence on oil.

Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands Rule

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and grazing across 245 million acres of public lands.

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With Spanberger’s Signature, Virginia Finalizes Return to RGGI

Press ReleaseRichmond (Virginia)
After three years in limbo, the Commonwealth has re-secured its place in the multi-state electricity cap-and-invest system known as RGGI, with Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signature on House Bill 397/Senate Bill 802

Groups Push to Block Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan

Press ReleaseArctic
Updated complaint restarts paused litigation and challenges Interior’s 2025 move to readopt Trump‑era program opening all 1.56 million acres of the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing.

D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments on FERC’s MVP Southgate Pipeline Approval 

Press ReleaseVirginia, North Carolina
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to extend the construction deadline for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate project through Virginia and North Carolina.

New Arctic Oil-Drilling Lease Sale OK’d

Press ReleaseArctic
The Interior Department finalized a legally mandated decision to hold a lease sale for oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge, one of the nation’s most pristine and treasured wildlife refuges.

NRDC Launches Ads to Support Climate Standards

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan
These proposed EPA standards target the two largest sources of carbon emissions—and build on the historic investments passed by Congress last year that will support clean energy and cleaner vehicles.

Attacks on Clean Cars Law Rejected by the Virginia Senate

Press ReleaseVirginia
Today the Virginia Senate defeated the last of eight bills aimed at repealing the Clean Cars Virginia program. The program set standards for vehicle manufacturers to deliver cars that emit less carbon pollution and smog-forming pollutants; and requires a gradually-rising…

Destructive Alaska Oil Expansion Has No Place in Energy Future

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Biden administration is expected to take a step toward a massive expansion of oil drilling on Alaska’s Western slope, according to media reports, with the imminent release of a final environmental impact statement on ConocoPhillips’ destructive Willow project.

EPA Protects Bristol Bay, Alaska with Pebble Mine Veto

Press ReleaseAlaska
The Biden Administration today dealt a blow to the massive and controversial gold and copper mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska called the Pebble Mine. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Final Determination under Section 404(c) of the Clean…

Youngkin’s Air Board Action Endangers Virginia’s Climate Progress

Press ReleaseVirginia
The Air Pollution Control Board voted to advance a proposed regulation today attempting to undo Virginia’s Regional Greenhouse Initiative (RGGI) law. Two board members abstained from voting due to their concerns about Youngkin’s legal authority to override Virginia’s RGGI law…

Manchin Asks to Withdraw Radical Pipeline Measure

Press ReleaseVirginia, West Virginia
In a stunning last-minute reversal in the lead up to a vote on a federal government spending measure, Senator Joe Manchin has requested the withdrawal of his controversial proposed text that would have rubber stamped the Mountain Valley Pipeline and…

Congress Should Reject Radical Permitting Proposal

Press ReleaseVirginia, West Virginia
Senator Joe Manchin’s legislative text on fossil fuel infrastructure permitting, released after weeks of speculation about a potential measure, is similar to proposals already made public, but significantly worse in that it adds draconian new language mandating permitting of the…