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FERC’s Power Grab

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogTom Rutigliano

FERC’s latest decision threatens to reshape the politics of the entire electricity sector in ways that protect old, polluting power plants and undercut our transition to a carbon-free energy system.

FERC Sued Over Unlawful Rule that Props Up Gas, Coal Plants

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists sued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over its de facto bailout of coal and gas power plants at the expense of state clean energy…

Sens. Duckworth and Durbin Call on USEPA to Monitor Chicago Southeast Side Metal Scrappers

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseChicago

Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin urged USEPA Region 5 today to require four metals facilities on Chicago’s Southeast Side, a heavily burdened environmental justice community, to install monitors for toxic metals and other air pollutants. In the past year…

California Delivers Blow to Trump Administration’s Plan for Extinction in Bay-Delta

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseCalifornia

The California Attorney General, representing Governor Newsom and the State of California, filed a motion today in federal court for a preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of the Trump Administration’s biological opinions (permits under the Endangered Species Act) governing…

Reflections on the First Earth Day and What’s Ahead for New York

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogNew YorkRich Schrader

On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NRDC's New York Political Director reflects on attending the first Earth Day event in New York City in 1970, and far the city has come thanks to New York's leadership on climate.

Science Wins Again: Court Rejects EPA Barring Independent Scientists from Panels

April 21, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency’s policy barring independent scientists from its advisory boards clashed with federal law and ethics regulations. The case was brought by Physicians for Social Responsibility…

Standing with Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesMarc Boom

NRDC is committed to supporting measures that prioritize needed assistance for people whose health and welfare are most at risk during this crisis.

NRDC Responds to COVID-19

April 21, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesNRDC

This unprecedented public health crisis requires bold, equitable, and science-based action.

Goodbye, Ski Resort. Hello, Grizzly Bear Corridor!

April 20, 2020 DispatchCanadaJason Bittel

After three decades of legal battles, the Ktunaxa Nation tapped into Canada’s newest conservation tool to protect Indigenous lands.

La condición preexistente oculta

April 20, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesPamela Rivera

Con más de 750,000 casos confirmados de COVID-19 en los Estados Unidos, los funcionarios estatales y locales están comenzando a reconocer quienes son los más afectados por el virus.

The Hidden Pre-Existing Condition

April 20, 2020 Expert BlogUnited StatesPamela Rivera

How housing inequality is a driver for COVID-19 inequality.

Smaller Cities Like St. Louis Lead on Energy Efficiency

April 20, 2020 Expert BlogStefan Schaffer, Maria Stamas

St. Louis passed its highly ambitious Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) ordinance, making it the fourth jurisdiction in the United States and first in the Midwest to do so. Mayor Lyda Krewson is expected to officially sign the ordinance into…

The Army Corps Refinery Bailout Is Just What We Don’t Need

April 17, 2020 Expert BlogAnn Alexander

Of all the ways our tax dollars could be spent to help us, bailing out a dying industry so it can further pollute our communities in order to manufacture exports that drive climate change really ought to be low on…

Barreling in the Wrong Direction, a Decade After Deepwater

April 17, 2020 Expert BlogValerie Cleland, Jacob Eisenberg

Ten years ago, people all over the U.S. gasped in horror, glued to news broadcasts trained on the fallout from a massive oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

NRDC, Coalition Ask Court to Block EPA’s Dirty Energy Plan

April 17, 2020 Press ReleaseUnited States

A coalition of environmental and public health groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals here to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency’s “unlawful replacement” for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.