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NRDC Tool Reveals California Delegation Stances on Offshore Drilling

August 15, 2018 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The Natural Resources Defense Council is launching a new digital tool today to help the American people track where their governors and members of Congress stand on the Trump administration’s proposal to expose nearly all of our coasts to offshore oil and gas drilling.

Pruitt Moves to End Protections from Waste Dumping

June 27, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

In his latest attempt to save his job, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced efforts today to limit EPA’s ability to stop highly destructive activities such as mountaintop-removal coal mining from destroying streams, estuaries or other rich water bodies.

Carbon Tax Must Include Limits on Carbon Emissions

June 20, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

A new coalition of fossil fuel companies and conservative Republican elders today launched a campaign to push for a carbon tax.

Groups Rally to Oppose Oil and Gas Drilling in the Arctic Refuge 

June 15, 2018 Press ReleaseArctic

Demonstration Marks Final DOI Scoping Hearing on Proposed Lease Sale 

Despite Pledge to Phase out Fossil Fuels, the United States Still Spends $27 Billion a Year on Subsidizing Dirty Fuels

June 4, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

New study reveals continued support for fossil fuel development by all G7 countries

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.

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Judge Hears Arguments That Administration Violated Environmental Laws, Relied on Outdated Science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

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…

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’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…

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.