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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.

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.

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

Press ReleaseUnited States
EPA’s "PFAS OUT" substitute program is just a PR stunt.

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Dominion Plans to Shut One of Largest U.S. Biomass Plants

Press ReleaseVirginia
Dominion Energy said it intends to shutter one of the largest wood-burning power plants in the U.S., underscoring the increasing competitiveness of wind and solar power in our nation’s energy mix.

NRDC is Ready for Pruitt’s Departure from EPA

Press ReleaseUnited States
Scott Pruitt never should have been appointed as Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the first place. After his disastrous appearance on Capitol Hill today, it’s clearer than ever that his days are numbered.

Pruitt Scorns Science Once Again

Press ReleaseUnited States
Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, announced today that the EPA would ignore scientific studies if they don’t conform to a set of arbitrary and implausible specifications.

Pruitt’s Scorched-Earth Approach to Our Forests

Press ReleaseUnited States
Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, said today that when forest materials are burned to produce electricity the EPA would deem that to be carbon neutral.

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…

Pruitt Has Forfeited the Public’s Trust

Press ReleaseUnited States
News reports in recent days reveal a disturbing pattern in which career professionals at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been demoted, reassigned or fired after questioning the lavish spending or spurious security practices of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

NRDC to track 4 clean energy technologies Trump Administration wants to ignore

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Natural Resources Defense Council today launched a new initiative to track the historic development of wind and solar power, LED light bulbs, and electric vehicles — four highly successful clean energy technologies that have benefited from federal R&D investment—now…

Trump’s Misdirection on Infrastructure

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.