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Governor Whitmer Puts Families First in State of the State Address

January 28, 2021 Press ReleaseMichigan

Governor Gretchen Whitmer in her State of the State address prioritized a multibillion-dollar pandemic relief plan to help Michigan families recover from the pandemic. Michigan families came first during her address that framed a common ground approach to confront the…

Court Settlement: EPA Must Evaluate Impacts of Harmful Pesticide on Imperiled Species

January 28, 2021 Press ReleaseChicago

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reached an agreement that requires the agency to evaluate the impacts of imidacloprid, one of the most commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides, on endangered and threatened bees, butterflies, birds…

NRDC Expands Regional Food Matters Project to Reduce Food Waste in 5 Great Lakes Cities and Counties

January 19, 2021 Press ReleaseChicago, Cincinnati, Madison, Detroit, Ohio

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Great Lakes region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on projects previously launched in the Mid-Atlantic…

Water Shutoff Moratorium Passes Michigan House: Next Stop, Governor Whitmer’s Desk

December 17, 2020 Press ReleaseMichigan

Water insecurity is an issue statewide for rural and urban communities

P&G Shareholders Deliver Overwhelming Vote for Better Forest Sourcing

October 13, 2020 Press ReleaseCincinnati

Investors at Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) annual shareholder meeting today sent a clear directive to the company that it needs to address its forest sourcing, with 67% of shareholders voting for a resolution that calls on the company to eliminate…

Gov. Whitmer Issues Most Ambitious Action on Climate in the Midwest, Advocates Call for Additional Community Centered Climate Solutions

September 23, 2020 Press ReleaseMichigan

Gov. Whitmer issued an executive order today that commits Michigan to the most ambitious path to combat the climate crisis in the Midwest to date. The order sets a goal of dramatically cutting carbon pollution and achieving carbon-neutrality across the…

Lightfoot Administration Announces Start of Lead Water Pipe Replacement Program

September 10, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

The Lightfoot administration announced today that it will begin a program to replace lead service lines next year. Chicago code required lead service lines far longer than most American cities, until 1986, leaving Chicago with the dubious distinction of having…

NAFTA Study Confirms Canadian Tar Sands Pollution; Should Trigger Enforcement

September 4, 2020 Press ReleaseCanada

A new review by the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) concluded in an assessment released this week cites “scientifically valid evidence” that toxic pollution from tailing ponds operated by tar sands oil operations are…

Chicago Southeast Side Residents to Mayor: Deny General Iron’s Move if You are Serious about Equity

July 27, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Chicago officials released a report over the weekend that highlights the disproportionate air pollution burden faced by the city’s communities of color in the South and West Sides and promised a new “reform agenda” in response.

Ohio Needs a New Energy Vision

July 24, 2020 Press ReleaseOhio

In response to an alleged bribery scandal, Governor Mike DeWine has joined a chorus of bi-partisan Ohio legislators in calling for the repeal of the controversial House Bill 6 that bails out the state’s nuclear fleet, funnels money to a pair…

Court Upholds California’s Coordination with Quebec to Cut Climate Pollution

July 17, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia, Canada

A federal district court has affirmed that California’s coordination with Quebec to reduce dangerous climate pollution is constitutional, rebuffing the last remaining claim in a lawsuit filed by the Trump Administration last year.

New Report: Canada’s Climate Goals Undermined by “Logging Loophole”

July 16, 2020 Press ReleaseCanada

Canada’s ambitious climate goals are threatened by a “logging loophole” that allows industrial logging to clearcut the carbon-rich boreal forest, unleashing emissions neither adequately counted nor regulated under current law, according to a new analysis released today by Nature Canada…

Another Chicago Southeast Side Little League Field with Dangerous Levels of Toxic Metals

July 15, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Tests show another Southeast Side little league field with  dangerously high levels of heavy metals that may result in a federal clean-up.

IEPA Approves General Iron’s Move from Affluent Lincoln Park to Vulnerable Community of Color

June 25, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

The Illinois EPA today granted a permit allowing the notorious polluter, General Iron, to move its operation from the affluent Lincoln Park neighborhood to the working class community of color in Chicago’s Southeast Side.

Southeast Siders Call on Mayor Lightfoot for Moratorium on Any Approvals for Metals Recyclers During Pandemic

May 29, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Southeast Side residents are calling on Mayor Lightfoot to place a moratorium during the pandemic on all approvals needed for the construction or operation of new or expanded metal recycling facilities. General Iron, the notorious Lincoln Park metal shredder that…

Southeast Side Groups React To General Iron Incident

May 18, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

A coalition of community groups fighting the relocation of a controversial metal shredding operation from the North Side of Chicago to the Southeast Side of the city had a very simple reaction to the explosions that rocked the General Iron facility earlier today:  “Don’t…

City of St. Louis Becomes the First in the Midwest to Pass a Building Energy Performance Standard

May 7, 2020 Press ReleaseMissouri

Mayor Lyda Krewson has signed an ambitious bill that would require buildings in the City of St. Louis to meet energy efficiency standards and establishes resources to help building owners achieve the savings that come with decreased energy usage. The…

Detroit Residents Face Water Shut-offs, But Indebted Coke and Pepsi’s Taps Never Run Dry

April 23, 2020 Press ReleaseDetroit

National Moratorium on Water Shut-offs Boosted by New Investigation From Consumer Reports

Sens. Duckworth and Durbin Call on USEPA to Monitor Chicago Southeast Side Metal Scrappers

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin urged USEPA Region 5 today to require four metals facilities on Chicago’s Southeast Side, a heavily burdened environmental justice community, to install monitors for toxic metals and other air pollutants. In the past year…

Alberta Announces Massive Subsidies for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

March 31, 2020 Press ReleaseAlberta

The government of Alberta announced today that it is making a direct investment of more than $1 billion into the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and a further $4.2 billion in loan guarantees. NRDC will continue to fight this project…