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EPA Greenlights More Toxic Tailpipe Pollution

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed delaying new standards that would limit toxic tailpipe pollution that cause soot and smog.
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The Cost of the United States’ Dependence on Oil

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAlexandra Adams
The country's entire economy is more vulnerable to oil price and supply shocks. In a global market, that means there’s one solution: Reduce dependence on oil.

Trump Administration Repeals Landmark Public Lands Rule

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Department of the Interior repealed the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule, eliminating the regulatory requirement that conservation be weighed alongside mining, drilling, timber, and grazing across 245 million acres of public lands.

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Governor Cooper Must Sign Revised Energy Bill

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly has passed HB951, a bill that was previously a give-away to Duke Energy and the fracked gas industry, but has since undergone intense revisions. If signed, the bill would codify parts of Governor Cooper’s Clean…

NRDC Reacts to Secret Duke Energy Bill in North Carolina

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
A bill drafted by Duke Energy behind closed doors with legislators was unveiled on Tuesday. The bill would mandate the construction of new natural gas plants, locking North Carolina into dirty energy generation for decades. The bill also decreases utility…

NC DEQ Nominee’s Record Should be Focus

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The nomination of Dionne Delli-Gatti to lead the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was rejected by a state Senate committee today. Governor Roy Cooper appointed Delli-Gatti as head of the DEQ in February 2021 after Michael Regan was named…

NRDC Launches Regional Food Matters Project to Reduce Food Waste in 5 Southeastern Cities

Press ReleaseTennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced the expansion of the Food Matters Project in the Southeast region with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste throughout the region. Building on five years of partnership on the project, Nashville will…

NAFTA Study Confirms Canadian Tar Sands Pollution; Should Trigger Enforcement

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…

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

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…

With Atlantic Coast Pipeline Canceled, Time to Pivot to Clean Energy

Press ReleaseWest Virginia, North Carolina, Virginia
Faced with rising costs and opposition, the builders of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline reportedly are canceling the project that would have traveled 600 miles from West Virginia through Virginia into North Carolina.

Senators Stand for the Climate in Opposing USMCA

Press ReleaseUnited States, Mexico, Canada
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he voted against the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement today on the grounds that it doesn’t combat dangerous climate change.

Trade and Climate Protection Must Go Hand-in-Hand

Press ReleaseUnited States, Mexico, Canada
The House of Representatives passed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade accord that failed to address the urgency of combating dangerous climate change.

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.

Governor Cooper Must Veto NC Farm Act

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The North Carolina General Assembly today voted to approve the Farm Act, which creates a loophole in a decades-old law that prevents industrial hog facilities in the state from making big changes to their facilities if those changes fail to…