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Groups Sue After Trump Gave OK for 68 Coal Plants to Ignore Clean Air Act Standards

June 12, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

A coalition filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its illegal use of presidential exemptions that allowed 68 coal-fired power plants to postpone complying with tighter standards under the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS).

Senate Committee Pushes Extreme Land Sell-off in Reconciliation

June 12, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released legislative text for a sweeping budget bill that would mandate public land sales and open vast swaths of public lands and oceans to fossil fuel and industrial development.

Trump Sides with Oil Industry in Signing Standards Repeal

June 12, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia, United States

President Trump signed measures meant to halt the enforcement of existing standards from California and other states that limit the pollution from cars and trucks.

It’s Time for California to Act on Nitrogen Pollution

June 12, 2025 Expert BlogCaliforniaArohi Sharma, Dr. Daniel Rath

This year marks a turning point in the fight to protect communities from climate and health harms.

Neonicotinoids 101: The Effects on Humans and Bees

June 11, 2025 ExplainerUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

What you need to know about the toxic insecticide that’s decimating populations of pollinators.

Global Leaders Hit Major Milestones at U.N. Ocean Conference

June 11, 2025 Expert BlogInternationalNewara Brosnan-Faltas

UNOC delivers big wins for the ocean, including the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean and new high seas treaty ratification announcements.

Maine People’s Alliance and NRDC v. HoltraChem Manufacturing Co. LLC, and Mallinckrodt US LLC

June 11, 2025 Court CaseMaineActive

In 2000, NRDC and the Maine People’s Alliance sued Mallinckrodt—a former owner of a plant that contaminated the Penobscot River with toxic mercury—to seek a cleanup.

EPA Proposes Repeal of Power Plant Pollution Standards  

June 11, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to repeal critical standards for power plant air pollution, endangering millions of Americans.

Michigan’s Opportunity to Cash In on Waste

June 10, 2025 BackgrounderMichiganAndrea Collins

A proposed increase to Michigan’s waste disposal surcharge could fund recycling and waste prevention efforts—especially food waste reduction—throughout the state.

Global Leaders Launch High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean at UN Ocean Conference in Nice

June 10, 2025 Press ReleaseInternational

Panama, Canada, and 35 other countries commit to tackling underwater noise pollution to protect marine life.

Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG: Wrong Project, Wrong Place

June 10, 2025 Expert BlogMexicoJoel Reynolds

A massive project falters under the weight of high-cost, low-demand LNG and growing condemnation of the risks to the region’s biodiversity.

North Carolina House Revives Construction Fees, Abandons Carbon Reductions for Duke Energy

June 10, 2025 Press ReleaseNorth Carolina

The North Carolina House of Representatives advanced Senate Bill 266, the latest legislative measure to allow Duke Energy to charge customers construction fees for future power plants and remove carbon reduction goals.

The Social Burden of PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in New York

June 9, 2025 BackgrounderNew YorkKate Donovan, Dr. Anna Reade

PFAS-related health care impacts in the state are likely to cost billions of dollars unless swift and comprehensive actions are taken to reduce New Yorkers’ exposure.

New Yorkers Deserve to Know that Gas Stoves Emit Dangerous Pollutants

June 6, 2025 Expert BlogNew YorkRich Schrader

The New York Healthy Homes Right to Know Act would require signage and labels that detail the health risks of using a gas stove.

The Trump Administration Seeks to Undo Protections for Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

June 5, 2025 Latest NewsArctic, AlaskaJenny Shalant

The government is backtracking on the Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, threatening biodiversity and the cultural traditions of Indigenous Peoples who’ve relied on these lands for generations.