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EPA Seeks to Gut PFAS Protections, Leaving Millions Exposed to Toxic Forever Chemicals in Tap Water

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to eliminate key current standards set to protect people from unsafe levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water, reversing legal protections adopted in 2024. Additionally, the EPA has reversed course and stopped…

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.

House Transportation Bill Would Stick Americans With New Fees, Higher Costs

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released legislation that would set priorities and funding for federally funded transportation over the next five years.

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NAFTA Rewrite Fails Key Climate Test

Press ReleaseUnited States, Mexico, Canada
Congress must reject a reworked North American Free Trade Agreement that fails to protect the environment and address climate change, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups said in a letter to lawmakers today.

Pioneering Study Tallies Huge Hidden Health Costs from Climate Change

Press ReleaseColorado, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
Climate change is taking a huge toll on Americans’ health, so much so that it could constitute a public health crisis, a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the University of California, San Francisco, suggests.

CITES’s Last Chance to Save the Vaquita

Press ReleaseMexico
As governments from around the world prepare to meet in Geneva for the 18th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a new report urges the imposition of trade suspensions against Mexico for…

Ohio’s HB 6 is Irresponsible Economic Policy

Press ReleaseOhio
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law today the controversial nuclear and coal bailout legislation, HB 6, soon after the bill was voted out of the State House. The legislation has also drawn strong criticism for including significant cuts to energy…

Nuevo NAFTA debería incluir compromiso al cambio climático

Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON - El Consejo para la Defensa de Recursos Naturales (o NRDC, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo hoy al Congreso de EE. UU. que debería retener votación al Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN, o NAFTA…

NAFTA Rewrite Must Include Climate Pledge

Press ReleaseUnited States, Canada, Mexico
The Natural Resources Defense Council today told Congress that it should withhold a vote for the reworked North American Free Trade Agreement unless it is amended to include a pledge that each of the three nations will adhere to the…

Ohio’s Largest Solar Farm Development Announced

Press ReleaseOhio
Following a historic announcement of projects that would more than double renewable energy in Ohio, AEP applied yesterday to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to facilitate the development of the largest solar energy farm in the state’s history through a low…

AEP Files for Largest Renewable Energy Increase in Ohio’s History

Press ReleaseOhio
American Electric Power (AEP) filed an amended Long-Term Forecast Report today at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the first step in demonstrating the need for at least 900 Megawatts of new renewable energy, which would more than double…

Court Orders Seafood Import Ban to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise

Press ReleaseMexico
Responding to a lawsuit filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Court of International Trade today ordered the Trump administration to ban seafood imports from Mexico caught with gillnets that kill the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. As few as 15 vaquita…