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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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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.

Pennsylvania General Assembly 0 for 2 on Nuclear Subsidy Legislation

Press ReleasePennsylvania
State Senator Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster) introduced legislation today to add a new “tier” for nuclear power to the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS). Like a similar bill introduced in the state House last month, the legislation is seriously flawed…

Bernhardt Is Unfit to Lead Interior

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the nomination of David Bernhardt to become Interior Secretary.

Slash Allowable Levels of PFAS in Michigan’s Drinking Water: NRDC Analysis

Press ReleaseMichigan
Less than a week after Governor Whitmer called for state agencies to act on PFAS chemicals contaminating the state’s water, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released an extensive scientific analysis that supports establishing strict standards for these chemicals in…

New Federal Bill Would Ban Chlorpyrifos

Press ReleaseUnited States
U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) today reintroduced a 2017 bill that would protect children nationwide by banning chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities—from use on U.S. fruits and vegetables. It joins a similar House measure introduced earlier this year by…

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…

“Strong Opening Steps” on Climate

Press ReleaseUnited States
Like our lovely cherry blossoms, ideas for combating climate change are bursting from one end of the Capitol to the other.

GOP Leadership Has No Plan for Climate Action

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Senate is voting on the Green New Deal resolution proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Ma.) to combat climate change.

EPA Action Likely to Weaken Safeguards for Formaldehyde

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a list of chemicals it intends to prioritize for evaluation. Far from being a sign of progress, the move will almost certainly result in weaker protections for formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen.

NRDC Celebrates 30 Years of Environmental Victories in Southern California

Press ReleaseLos Angeles
This month, NRDC’s Los Angeles office celebrates 30 years of protecting Southern California’s natural habitats, communities, and resources. California has been at the vanguard of environmental policy for decades, passing first-of-its-kind policies that have served as models across the nation…

Trump Sage Grouse Policy is Industry Giveaway

Press ReleaseUnited States
Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today is finalizing the agency’s plan for managing the greater sage grouse, among other species, on some 11 million acres of Western lands.