The Department of Energy abandoned a project that would bring clean steel production to Ohio by allowing the Cleveland-Cliffs facility in Middletown to instead keep its old, coal-based blast furnace.
Following a recent GAO opinion, Utah's federal delegation is preparing to introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to erase the Bureau of Land Management's 2025 Bears Ears National Monument Management Plan.
After a quarter century of fighting to keep these wild lands and others safe from road construction and logging, NRDC’s battle for the Roadless Rule presses on.
Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order implementing the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Principles, which will require data center projects to bring the power they need, including clean energy, in order to qualify for faster state permits needed for…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order adopting key safeguards for the permitting of new sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed and directing state agencies to draft legislation that would make those protections permanent.
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today announced that Liane Randolph will serve as a strategic advisor, bringing decades of climate and energy policy leadership to support the organization’s work during a critical period of the clean energy transition.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 decision to list two toxic “forever chemicals” — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law.
The Trump administration wants to gut the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which would open up tens of millions of acres of our national forests to destructive logging, drilling, and road building. Make your voice heard in opposition to the Trump…
USDA releases rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, stripping longstanding protections from 45 Million Acres of the National Forest System
Consumer, environmental, and health advocates celebrated the California Energy Commission’s adoption today of first-in-the-nation efficiency standards for replacement tires. The standards will save drivers about $180 in gasoline costs over the lifetime of a set of replacement tires by ensuring…