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Trump Energy EO and Keystone XL: “The Industry and the World Have Moved On”

January 24, 2025 Press ReleaseNebraska, North Dakota, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota

The Trump administration released an executive order this week that attempts to reinstate a cross-border permits to help “restart” the Keystone XL pipeline—a controversial project that the developer walked away from in 2021 after more than a decade of fighting.

Over 185 Community, Business, and Environmental Organizations Oppose Proposed Wood Pellet Projects in California   

January 22, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Draft environmental impact report on two proposed Drax plants that would produce more than one million metric tons of wood pellets per year draw comments from over 45,000 individuals.

Trump's Offshore Drilling Rollback Threatens Oceans, Coastal Economies, and Communities

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump’s rollback of offshore drilling protections prioritizes Big Oil profits over ocean health and coastal economies.

EPA to Investigate Civil Rights Complaint on Cumulative Air Pollution in Albuquerque

January 21, 2025 Press ReleaseAlbuquerque, New Mexico

In response to a complaint by filed by the Los Jardines Institute and NRDC, the EPA has opened a federal civil rights investigation into whether the city of Albuquerque and its Environmental Health Department are violating the rights of its…

President Trump’s Energy EO: “There Is No Energy Emergency. There Is a Climate Emergency”

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

According to media reports, President Trump declared an energy emergency, launching a wholesale rollback of successful climate and energy policies that are already creating jobs, cutting consumer costs, and strengthening the economy.

Trump Pulls United States Out of Paris: Cutting “U.S. Climate Leadership Adrift”

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseInternational, Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said today he would withdraw U.S. participation from the landmark 2015 Paris cliate agreement, the framework for global efforts to combat the climate crisis.

Trump Will Resume LNG Export Approvals

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump announced a new executive order that would allow more LNG export facility approvals.

Trump Moves to Deny Americans Cleaner Vehicles

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

President Trump announced executive actions today that could severely curtail the availability of federal incentives for electric vehicles and lead to the dismantling of standards that are helping drive the clean vehicle transition and saving drivers money at the pump.

Trump’s Wrong Turn on Wind Energy

January 20, 2025 Press ReleaseMidwest, United States, Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas

President Trump announced today that he was halting new leasing for wind projects while fast-tracking plans to have more production of oil and gas on federal lands and waters.

Doug Burgum’s Nomination Raises Concerns For Our Public Lands

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Zeldin Acknowledges Need for Climate Action

January 16, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Lee Zeldin, the nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate panel today that fossil fuel emissions are causing climate change, a contrast with President-elect Trump’s frequent statements that climate change is a hoax.

Trump’s Marching Orders for Secretary of State on Climate: Abandon Ship

January 15, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

The confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio, was held today.

Wright Champions Fossil Fuels in DOE Confirmation Hearing  

January 15, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Chris Wright, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, was questioned in a confirmation hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today, where he denied the existence of dirty energy, minimized the impact of wildfires…

Biden Announces Offshore Leasing Ban

January 6, 2025 ReactionWashington

President Biden permanently banned new oil and gas leasing today from United States’ waters off the Atlantic coast, the Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and an area in Alaska’s Bering Sea.

Treasury Issues Final Guidance on Hydrogen Tax Credits

January 3, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington

The U.S. Department of Treasury released final guidance today for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 45V clean hydrogen tax credit.

Jimmy Carter was Four Decades Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

Former President Jimmy Carter has died. 

NRDC Budget CR Reaction

December 20, 2024 ReactionWashington, D.C.

Hours before a critical budget deadline, Congress passed a stripped-down temporary funding measure to avert a government shutdown.

EPA OKs California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

December 18, 2024 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted California a waiver to allow it to implement its Advanced Clean Cars II vehicle emissions standards.

New DOE Study Reveals LNG Exports Pose Major Risks

December 17, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States, International

A long-awaited study from the U.S. Department of Energy highlights the devastating environmental and economic impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

EPA Takes Landmark Step to Protect Public from Cancer-causing Toxic Chemical

December 9, 2024 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule banning the cancer-causing solvent trichloroethylene, which is used in adhesives, paint strippers, and dry cleaning.