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NRDC Releases Report on PFOA, Urging Prompt Regulation

February 27, 2018 Expert BlogKimberly Ong

The production and use of PFOA and PFOS was so widespread that it can be found in the blood of 98% of all people worldwide.

City Energy Project Mayors Support the Clean Power Plan

February 27, 2018 Expert BlogKimi Narita, Emily Barkdoll

Over 230 mayors from across the United States, including a significant majority of those participating in City Energy Project, strongly oppose EPA’s proposed repeal of Clean Power Plan, the first national limit on carbon emissions for existing power plants.

Report: Drinking Water, Wetlands, Rivers, Trout & Chesapeake Bay Threatened by Proposed Pipelines in Virginia

February 27, 2018 Press ReleaseVirginia

Two proposed major gas pipelines could contaminate the drinking water supplies of thousands of Virginians from one end of the Old Dominion to the other, a new report released today shows, twin threats that were insufficiently explored by the Trump…

NRDC Expert to Congress: Undercutting Environmental Laws Won’t Speed Energy Infrastructure

February 27, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

The primary barrier to modernizing America’s electricity transmission infrastructure is not the bedrock environmental regulations that President Trump is trying to undercut, but a fragmented planning process, Natural Resources Defense Council Attorney Jennifer Chen told Congress today.

Ryan Zinke’s Disastrous Year, By the Numbers

February 26, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

Zinke’s first year as secretary of the Interior Department has been a disaster for the environment and Americans who value it. The numbers don’t lie.

Northam Must Act to Protect Clean Water from Pipelines

February 26, 2018 Expert BlogAmy Mall

Following Spills, Ohio Wants to Reroute the Rover Pipeline but Lacks the Muscle

February 26, 2018 DispatchOhioSusan Cosier

High-profile disasters on the controversial pipeline prompted the feds to temporarily halt construction, but the state demands a more permanent solution.

Judge Orders Trump Administration to Release Missing Keystone XL Records

February 26, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

The ruling is encouraging news in the long-fought battle against the controversial tar sands pipeline.

Court Avoids Weighing in on Trump’s Attack on Regulations

February 26, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

A federal judge today dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Public Citizen and the Communication Workers of America.

Alaska's Previously Defeated Pebble Mine Project Has a New Investor

February 23, 2018 Latest NewsAlaskaCourtney Lindwall

The proposed mine, resurrected by EPA administrator Scott Pruitt last year, now has financial backing from Canada's First Quantum Minerals.

Federal Court Reinstates Key Methane Rule, Calls Zinke’s Delay “Baseless”

February 23, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

The safeguard, which targets methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is now back in full effect.

To Save Cities, Invest in Mass Transit

February 23, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

The Department of Transportation’s TIGER program helps communities thrive by funding innovative transportation projects. Congress shouldn’t let Trump do away with it.

State of Emergency for Atlantic Whales

February 23, 2018 Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw

Something disturbing is happening off our Atlantic coast. Unprecedented numbers of great whales are washing up dead on our shores.

Court Halts Trump Climate Rollback on Public Lands—Again

February 23, 2018 Expert BlogMeleah Geertsma

Our federal courts have blocked the Trump administration’s second attempt to hit the ‘stop’ button on critical protections against harmful air pollution and waste of natural resources from oil and gas operations on public lands nationwide.

NY Spurs Community Solar by Upping Project Size Threshold

February 22, 2018 Expert BlogSneha Ayyagari, Miles Farmer

In a win for solar power in New York, the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) released an order expected to encourage more communities to pursue shared solar projects by increasing the maximum size of community solar projects eligible for credits…