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UN General Assembly Reinforces Accountability for Climate Polluters

Press ReleaseNew York, International
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution yesterday affirming the International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have an obligation to reduce carbon pollution within their borders and are legally responsible to live up to climate pledges, while reducing…
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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

Trump EPA Rejects Hawaiʻi's Clean Air Plan, Preventing Utility's Own Requests to Retire Aging Oil-Burning Plants

Press ReleaseHonolulu
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rejection of Hawaiʻi's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan on Friday.

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Trump’s EPA Ignores Threat of Hazardous Spills

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency made clear today that it will continue ignoring its responsibility to curtail chemical spills from industrial facilities, a decision that is in blatant disregard of the Clean Water Act and a settlement the agency agreed to…

EPA Moves to Block States, Tribes from Protecting Waterways

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule today to strip a powerful tool under the Clean Water Act states and tribes have used to prevent federally permitted projects from harming their waterways.

Vermont Joins States Transitioning from Super Climate-polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseVermont
Vermont today joined a growing number of states keeping the U.S. on track to phase down climate-polluting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, as Gov. Phil Scott enacted a law curbing their use in home and business refrigeration systems, building chillers, insulating foams…

NRDC on WaterFix Announcement: “Successful End of Fight”

Press ReleaseCalifornia
The State of California announced the withdrawal of permits and applications for the California WaterFix Project, the proposal to construct two massive tunnels under the Delta that would cost tens of billions of dollars and divert even more water from…

Trump Tramples States’ Ability to Protect Their Water

Press ReleaseUnited States
President Donald Trump announced today that his administration would short-circuit the ability of states to weigh the risks—and curb the impacts—of projects like pipelines and dams to the lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands within their borders.

Federal Court Directs EPA to Uphold Clean Water Act in Baltimore

Press ReleaseMaryland
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated the Clean Water Act by wrongfully denying a petition by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Blue Water Baltimore, and American Rivers to regulate harmful…

New Report: Land Use Reforms Can Break Cycle of American Environmental Racism

Press ReleaseChicago
Municipal zoning laws across the country have fueled segregation and deepened environmental injustices, but grassroots organizations are now reforming zoning laws to provide protections from industrial pollution, as detailed in a new analysis released today by the Tishman Environment and…

Trump to Move to Increase Water Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Trump Administration will propose today to gut key safeguards in the Clean Water Act. The Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers are set to issue a proposed rule that would exempt oil drillers, industrial sites, developers and…

Supreme Court Whiffs on Climate Change Fight

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Supreme Court today let stand a lower court ruling that allows the continued use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful class of climate-damaging chemicals, in millions of consumer products ranging from air conditioners to aerosol sprays.

Industry and NRDC Agree on Speeding Up Phase Out of Super-Pollutant HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
Major air conditioning and refrigerator manufacturers and the Natural Resources Defense Council today agreed to support the replacement of super-polluting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, in home air conditioning systems nationwide with safer refrigerants by 2023.

Connecticut, Maryland Join States Curbing Super-Pollutant HFCs to Protect the Climate

Press ReleaseConnecticut, Maryland, New York, California
The state of Connecticut today joined Maryland, New York and California in directing their state agencies to draft standards phasing out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a group of super-polluting greenhouse gases used in commercial and residential cooling systems.

New York Leads Again on Climate with Curbs on Harmful HFCs

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.