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California advocacy and California climate change policy, natural climate solutions

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Midwestern regional issues

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Energy efficiency and decarbonization, buildings, food and agriculture, industrial policy and hydrogen

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Water, Canada, toxics

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Emerging climate and energy policy

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Lands, oceans, wildlife, liquefied natural gas (LNG)

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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.

N.C. House Majority Overrides Governor Cooper’s Budget Veto

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
After explicitly proclaiming there would be no votes this week – and with only half of the General Assembly present – the North Carolina House majority voted to override Governor Roy Cooper’s budget veto today. Under the majority-backed budget, approved…

Canada Pledges to Pursue Strong Clean Car Standards

Press ReleaseCanada, California
Canada and California announced that they would work together to pursue cleaner vehicles, further isolating the Trump administration and its misguided plan to roll back clean car standards.

Canada's Recovery Measures for Endangered Killer Whales a Positive Step

Press ReleaseCanada
A coalition of six conservation groups commend the federal government’s new measures to support Southern Resident killer whale recovery. The measures are the boldest yet; greater whale-watching restrictions, expanded voluntary slow downs for international shipping and the creation of no-vessel…

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…

North Carolina Hog Permit Fails to Protect Environment and Public Health

Press ReleaseNorth Carolina
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today issued the Swine General Permit, in addition to two other permits for animal operations. While the permit takes some steps in the right direction, it fails to adequately protect the environment and continues…

Canadian Logging Company Attack on Environmentalists’ Free Speech Fails

Press ReleaseCanada
In a victory for free speech, a U.S. federal court dismissed all claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in a lawsuit brought by a Canadian logging company against environmental groups Greenpeace and Stand.earth, advocates seeking to…

Canada Urged to Expand Fisheries Closures to Save North Atlantic Right Whale

Press ReleaseCanada
Wildlife and animal-protection groups submitted recommendations today urging Canada’s fishery management agency to continue and expand protections for critically imperiled North Atlantic right whales. Following an unprecedented 12 right whale deaths in Canadian waters in 2017, Fisheries and Oceans Canada…