Media Center

Featured Press Releases & Media Resources

Skip carousel items

“Deeply Disappointing” New York State Enacted Budget Weakens its Climate Law

Press ReleaseNew York, Albany
New York State’s finalized Fiscal Year 2027 budget includes substantial rollbacks to the state’s landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), but retains some important climate protections.

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…
The NRDC logo on dark blue background

How Solar Will Keep the ACs Humming This Summer: Key Takeaways from NERC’s Summer Assessment

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesChristy Walsh, Dr. Yamit Lavi
New, clean energy is critical to keeping the lights on and air conditioners humming.

Media Contacts

To arrange for interviews with or comments from any of our lawyers, scientists, or analysts, please contact one of our press officers. If you are not a member of the press, please write to us at nrdcinfo@nrdc.org, or see our contact us page.

Kari Birdseye

kbirdseye@nrdc.org
California advocacy and California climate change policy, natural climate solutions

Jesús Canchola Sánchez

jcanchola@nrdc.org
Midwestern regional issues

Emily Deanne

edeanne@nrdc.org
Energy efficiency and decarbonization, buildings, food and agriculture, industrial policy and hydrogen

Mark Drajem

mdrajem@nrdc.org
Power sector, transportation and vehicles, renewable energy, nuclear power, energy transmission, RTOs, and siting

Leslie Edwards

ledwards@nrdc.org
Southeastern regional issues

Janet Fang

jfang@nrdc-china.org
China-based climate, energy and wildlife

Margie Kelly

mkelly@nrdc.org
Water, Canada, toxics

Ivan Moreno

imoreno@nrdc.org
Environmental justice and Chicago-based environmental issues

Ben Schaefer

bschaefer@NRDC.org 
Emerging climate and energy policy

Andrew Scibetta

ascibetta@NRDC.org
Lands, oceans, wildlife, liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Rita Yelda

ryelda@nrdc.org
Eastern regional issues

Viewing 181 - 200 of 349

Active filters:

Remove all filters

Filter Results

Pruitt Moves to End Protections from Waste Dumping

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.

Hawaii Bans Pesticide Toxic to Kids, While Pruitt’s EPA Refuses

Press ReleaseHawaii
Hawaii Governor David Ige today signed a bill that bans the use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities—in the state. Meanwhile, at the federal level, under Administrator Scott Pruitt’s leadership the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed a proposed nationwide…

First Quantum Minerals Abandons Pebble Mine

Press ReleaseAlaska
In the latest departure from the proposed Pebble Mine project near Bristol Bay, Alaska, First Quantum Minerals announced today it will terminate its agreement to invest in the dangerous mining project.

Alaska Native Leaders and Fishermen Tell First Quantum: Dump Pebble Mine

Press ReleaseAlaska
A delegation representing Alaskan business leaders, Bristol Bay Tribes, commercial fishermen and conservation organizations will appear today at the annual meeting of First Quantum Minerals to give shareholders a message: the Pebble Mine is a bad investment.

Court Knocks Down Monsanto Challenge to California Cancer Chemicals List

Press ReleaseCalifornia
Health and environmental groups defeated an effort to exclude the use of expert scientific findings to add the controversial chemical glyphosate to California's list of carcinogens today. Monsanto had been seeking to force California to remove the herbicide from the…

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…

Supreme Court Sends Clean Water Cases Back to District Courts

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Supreme Court ruled today that multiple challenges to the Clean Water Rule should be heard by district courts, reversing a prior decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio finding jurisdiction to review consolidated…