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New York Leads Again on Climate with Curbs on Harmful HFCs

September 10, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

New York state officials today announced plans to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in the state. HFCs are a group of strong greenhouse gas pollutants used often in cooling systems.

Mayor Pugh Announces Plan to Reduce Wasted Food in Baltimore and Feed More Residents in Need

September 5, 2018 Press ReleaseBaltimore

City Sets 2040 Goal to Reduce Residential Food Waste by 80% and Commercial Food Waste by 50%

California Legislature Approves Bill Reducing Super-polluting HFCs in Major Cooling Systems

August 30, 2018 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The California Legislature today approved the California Cooling Act, which will lead to the replacement of super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons with climate friendlier coolants in new refrigerators, air conditioners, and other products, and in supermarkets and other large buildings. The bill sent to Gov…

Southeast Side Residents Condemn City’s Zoning Rules that Pave the Way for Dirty Industry like General Iron and Others to Move to Their Community

July 30, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Southeast Side residents and advocates held a press conference today in response to General Iron’s announced plans to move its Lincoln Park metal shredder, cited last week by the EPA for air pollution violations, to a new facility on Chicago’s Southeast Side. Residents at…

EPA Cited General Iron, Southeast Side Residents Concerned About Health Threats

July 27, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited General Iron today for excessive air pollution, failing to install adequate pollution controls, and for not obtaining the correct air permit today. Since 2016, the EPA has conducted several inspections at the facility…

NRDC Unveils Regional Roadmap to Fix Transportation, Cut Pollution, Build Livable Communities

July 19, 2018 Press ReleaseConnecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, D.C.

The Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a roadmap for fixing a broken transportation system in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic region that is contributing to climate change, air pollution, overcrowded highways, deteriorating public transit systems, lost economic opportunities, rural…

Denver Releases Action Plan to Reduce Wasted Food, Feed More Residents in Need

June 28, 2018 Press ReleaseDenver

Collaboration with NRDC, The Rockefeller Foundation Will Help Meet Goals of Denver Food Vision

Chicago Officials Propose Expanding Petcoke Regulations to Manganese Handling, Residents Say it’s not Enough

June 8, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Chicago Health Officials Hosted a Public Meeting on the Southeast Side to Hear Comments on Additional Regulations for Manganese Handling

Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces the American Cities Climate Challenge to Support Mayors Tackling Climate Change in the United States

June 1, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Today, Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and co-chair of America’s Pledge, announced the $70 million American Cities Climate Challenge, a major new effort to expedite progress in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while…

Report: Facing $1 Trillion in Water Infrastructure Costs, States Aren’t Leveraging Federal Dollars to Weather Coming Storms

May 15, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

With water infrastructure costs expected to exceed $1 trillion, a new report shows that only a few states are adequately leveraging federal dollars to shrink the infrastructure funding gap.

Southeast Siders Call for Moratorium After Soil Samples Show Substantial Manganese Contamination

May 11, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Community Leaders, City Officials, and Federal Agencies Discussed Soil Samples Results Showing High Levels of Manganese at Southeast Side Public Meeting

Soil Samples Show Dangerously High Levels of Manganese on Southeast Side Homes

May 1, 2018 Press ReleaseChicago

Chicago Department of Public Health Disclosed High Levels of Manganese from Soil Samples and Recommends EPA Take Action

Los Angeles Endorses New Blueprint for Making City a National Leader in Transportation

April 12, 2018 Press ReleaseLos Angeles

A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, endorsed by the City of Los Angeles, offers cutting-edge recommendations for tackling the city’s notorious transportation challenges, as technology in the form of rides-on-demand and autonomous vehicles revolutionizes how people move…

Trump’s Misdirection on Infrastructure

April 9, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The White House announced a plan today that it claims would lead to speedier environmental reviews for infrastructure projects. This memorandum just institutes a bipartisan law from 2015, which the administration has so far failed to implement.

New EPA Guidelines Will Worsen Air Pollution Across the U.S.

March 13, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today issued a memorandum that will allow industrial polluters to significantly increase air pollution that threatens public health nationwide.

Democrats Release a Robust Infrastructure Plan

March 7, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Senate Democrats released their proposal today to boost investments in infrastructure by $1 trillion over the next decade.

NRDC Expert to Congress: Undercutting Environmental Laws Won’t Speed Energy Infrastructure

February 27, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The primary barrier to modernizing America’s electricity transmission infrastructure is not the bedrock environmental regulations that President Trump is trying to undercut, but a fragmented planning process, Natural Resources Defense Council Attorney Jennifer Chen told Congress today.

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Fails the Nation’s 21st Century Needs

February 11, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The White House unveiled President Trump’s infrastructure plan this weekend, one that falls woefully short of providing the critical upgrades our nation needs and sacrifices critical environmental protections.

Infrastructure Lags from Paltry Funding, Not Environmental Review

January 29, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

With President Trump expected to tout an infrastructure plan in his State of the Union address, Scott Slesinger, legislative director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, told Congress in written testimony today it is systematic underfunding of transportation, sewer and…

EPA to Allow Greatest Rise of Hazardous Air Pollutants in U.S. History

January 25, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it will allow hundreds of U.S. industrial facilities to dramatically increase their emissions of the most toxic air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act.