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Groups Plan to Sue City of Newark, Jersey State Official Over Lead in Drinking Water

April 24, 2018 Press ReleaseNewark

With lead levels in Newark, New Jersey drinking water dangerously high—nearly twice the federal action level—the Newark Education Workers Caucus (NEW Caucus) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today announced plans to sue the City of Newark and the Acting…

An Attack on Our Natural Heritage

April 24, 2018 Fact SheetUnited StatesBrad Sewell, Molly Masterton

H.R. 200 would undermine bedrock conservation laws and make it much harder to protect special ocean places and imperiled ocean wildlife.

Video: Leadership in Urban Climate Action―Beat the Heat

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogIndiaAnjali Jaiswal, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz

The Earth Care Awards recently awarded the joint efforts of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the Indian Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, and NRDC for the groundbreaking Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan.

Court Upholds CA Reliance on Expert Science Against Monsanto

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogAvinash Kar

A Win for Cleaner Cars: Court Upholds Fuel Economy Standard Penalties for Automakers

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The decision overturns the Trump administration’s attack on rules that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ramp up innovative efficiency technologies.

Groups Plan Lawsuit in Response to High Lead Levels in Newark's Drinking Water

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

NRDC and NEW Caucus intend to sue the city, as well as officials of the city and state for violating the federal drinking water law.

Groups Announce Intent to Sue for Lead in Drinking Water

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesSara Imperiale

Newark, New Jersey's drinking water lead levels are among the highest recorded by a large water system in the United States in recent years.

Preferred Route Rejected: Line 3 Has Its Own Problems

April 24, 2018 Expert BlogJosh Axelrod

Enbridge's new Line 3 through Minnesota faces a major setback. All three new tar sands pipelines are now stuck behind a growing number of hurdles.

Pruitt Scorns Science Once Again

April 24, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, announced today that the EPA would ignore scientific studies if they don’t conform to a set of arbitrary and implausible specifications.

New York Denies Water Quality Certification to NESE Pipeline

April 23, 2018 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

New York Denies Water Quality Certification to NESE Pipeline Without Prejudice--What Does This Mean?

The Impact a Wisconsin LCD Plant May Have on the Great Lakes Is Not Crystal Clear

April 23, 2018 DispatchWisconsinSusan Cosier

We know Foxconn wants to take water from Lake Michigan, but what might it leave behind?

Pruitt’s Scorched-Earth Approach to Our Forests

April 23, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency's administrator, said today that when forest materials are burned to produce electricity the EPA would deem that to be carbon neutral.

Victory! Feds Ordered to Reinstate Updated CAFE Penalties

April 23, 2018 Expert BlogUnited StatesIrene Gutierrez

In a win for consumers and the environment, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of NRDC, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, and overturned a Department of Transportation attempt to indefinitely delay penalties on automakers for…

Pebble Mine Opponents to Army Corps: Wrong Mine, Wrong Place

April 20, 2018 Expert BlogTaryn Kiekow Heimer

No Pebble Rally in Anchorage, Alaska

Cuomo Launches Ambitious Energy Efficiency Plan

April 20, 2018 Expert BlogDonna De Costanzo, Jackson Morris

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released a nation-leading energy efficiency initiative that will cut customers’ bills and power plant emissions, create thousands of new jobs, and lay the foundation to meet New York’s clean energy and climate pollution reduction goals.