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Clean Air Act Rollback Proposal Would Harm People's Health While Denying Basic Rights to Public Participation

BackgrounderUnited States, UtahIsabel Friedman
Federal and state governments must not risk communities' health by letting wealthy corporations and major polluters build first and ask permission later.

Illinois Cracks Down on Stacking Polluters in Overburdened Communities as Washington Retreats

Press ReleaseChicago
After decades of fighting to keep polluting industries out of their overburdened neighborhoods, Chicago's Southeast Side environmental justice community helped push the Illinois General Assembly to pass landmark environmental justice legislation. The measure, which now heads to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s…
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Community Wins Fight for the Illinois Environmental Justice Act

Ed Board MemoIllinoisGina Ramirez
For the first time, the people who breathe the air get a real seat at the table.

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Transforming Transportation in Mid-Atlantic & Northeast Gets Underway

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia
Twelve eastern states and the District of Columbia today announced a major advance in creating a regional clean transportation policy that will improve public transportation, reduce pollution and improve the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans.

PA Lawmakers Vote to Expand Clean Transportation

Press ReleasePennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Senate’s Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee today voted to advance the Pennsylvania Clean Transportation Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan effort to significantly advance electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations across the state while helping tackle one of the…

Pennsylvania Moves to Join RGGI in Fight Against Climate Change

Press ReleasePennsylvania
Governor Tom Wolf today directed the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop a pathway for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – a multi-state effort designed to cut carbon pollution from power plants across the…

Northam Delays Bold Climate Action, Virginians at Risk

Press ReleaseVirginia
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam today signed into law a state budget containing a terrible measure that delays a bold plan to combat climate change and impedes Virginia from linking to the successful nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. He had until…

Governor Wolf Unveils Climate Action Plan, Joins U.S. Climate Alliance

Press ReleasePennsylvania
Governor Tom Wolf today announced that Pennsylvania will join the United States Climate Alliance – a bipartisan coalition of 24 states dedicated to achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Accord. In addition, the Governor also released the Commonwealth’s new…

Virginia Advances Climate Action, but Snags Remain

Press ReleaseVirginia
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board today finalized a groundbreaking climate plan to reduce carbon pollution from Virginia’s power plants three percent annually over the next decade. The plan also allows power plants to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas…

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…

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Introduces Regressive Bill to Prop Up Nuclear Power

Press ReleasePennsylvania
State Representative Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) today introduced legislation to add nuclear power to the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS). The legislation fails to set limits on carbon pollution or raise renewable energy targets – nor does it require nuclear…

NRDC Statement on Governor Northam

Press ReleaseVirginia
Following is a statement from Dawone Robinson, Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Director of Energy Affordability at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “Governor Northam can no longer lead the Commonwealth of Virginia and should step down knowing that Lt. Governor Fairfax will be…

Virginia Board Approves More Air Pollution in Minority Community

Press ReleaseVirginia
After twice delaying action to gather more demographic information, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board today voted to approve an air pollution permit that Dominion Energy needs to build a gas compressor station in the African American community of Union…

Virginia Air Board Delay Shows More Troubles for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Press ReleaseVirginia
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board today delayed, for the second time, its decision on an air pollution permit that Dominion Energy needs to build a gas compressor station in Union Hill for its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, raising further…

Pennsylvanians Voted for a Clean Energy Economy

Press ReleasePennsylvania
Pennsylvania voters yesterday ushered in a slate of pro-environment members to the General Assembly, signaling that it’s time for the Keystone State to take decisive action to grow a clean energy future for all.

NRDC Tool Reveals Virginia Delegation’s Stances on Offshore Drilling

Press ReleaseVirginia
The Natural Resources Defense Council is launching a new digital tool today to help the American people track where their governors and members of Congress stand on the Trump administration’s proposal to expose nearly all of our coasts to offshore oil and…

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.