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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The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and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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NRDC Defends WHO’s Cancer Research Arm from GOP, Industry Attack

Press ReleaseUnited States
A GOP and agrochemical industry effort to discredit and defund the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency is a threat to public health, Dr. Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the House Science Committee…

NRDC, Partners Sue Trump to Block Revocation of Bears Ears Monument

Press ReleaseUtah
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance—together with Earthjustice on behalf of nine other groups—today filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from revoking Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument

GOP’s Tax Scam Raids America’s Last Wildland

Press ReleaseArctic
Congress has passed a $1.5 trillion package of tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy that opens the way for oil exploration and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—America’s last truly wild place.

Trump to Issue Orders Ripping Apart Utah National Monuments

Press ReleaseUtah
President Trump is set to issue orders from Salt Lake City today abolishing Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, two of the nation’s most treasured public lands. The move would strip essential protections from more than 2 million…

No Route Is Safe for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

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The Nebraska Public Service Commission today approved an alternate route for the proposed controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through Nebraska that will require significant additional examination and analysis.

Commerce Ducks Public in Reporting on Drilling and Marine Areas

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WASHINGTON - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly has submitted an analysis to White House officials on the potential for oil and gas development in some of the nation’s most cherished and protected publicly owned waters. The move comes after extensive…

Pruitt Purges Independent Scientists to Make America Toxic Again

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today announced a new policy to exclude any scientists who receive a research grant from EPA – typically academic scientists not affiliated with private companies – from serving on EPA science panels and advisory…

Utah Lawmaker Seeks to Gut Historic Conservation Law

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WASHINGTON – The House Natural Resources Committee is holding a markup today on an extreme bill introduced by its chairman, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) to gut the Antiquities Act, a century-old conservation law. The proposal would dramatically diminish protection available…