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Major Poll Shows African Americans Strongly Back Climate Action, Believe Shifting to Clean Energy Will Create Jobs, Hold Down Electric Bills

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) –Two-thirds of African Americans believe global warming is a serious problem, they want action more than the population at large and they overwhelmingly support the Clean Power Plan to address the growing climate crisis, a major…

Eighteen States Join Case to Defend Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4, 2015) – The attorneys general of 18 states today launched a coordinated effort to defend the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan against legal challenge by Big Polluters and their allies seeking to block the first-ever limits…

EPA Conducted a Methodical Review of Pebble Mine Project, NRDC Analysis Finds

November 4, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 4, 2015) – An October 6 report signed by former Defense Secretary William Cohen that questioned the Environmental Protection Agency’s conduct in reviewing the Pebble Mine mineral exploration project is riddled with specious arguments and misstatements, an analysis…

Attorney General Miller Stands Up for Iowans by Helping to Protect the Clean Power Plan

November 4, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO (November 4, 2015) – Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a group of attorneys general filing a motion supporting the Clean Power Plan. The historic effort to slash carbon pollution from power plants, the single largest source of…

Regional Electricity Markets Needed

November 3, 2015 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

New York Should Veto Offshore LNG Terminal in Favor of Offshore Wind Power

November 2, 2015 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

Angelenos: Water Bill Increases Are About More than Your Conservation

November 2, 2015 Expert BlogJohanna Dyer

Global Anti-Poaching Act Expected to Pass House Today

November 2, 2015 Expert BlogElly Pepper

Down in the Dumps

November 2, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

As megafauna (and their huge fecal deposits) disappear, so do their important contributions to the earth’s nutrient cycle.

GOP Leaders Intensify Assault on Protections against Carbon Pollution, Dirty Drinking Water and Smog

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (November 2, 2015) -- The anti-public health, anti-environment Republican leadership in Congress is planning its most intense assault yet on environmental protections. Starting as early as tomorrow and continuing through November, they plan votes in both chambers to block…

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Still Should be Rejected

November 2, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2015) -- TransCanada today asked the Obama Administration to pause its review of its proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement by Anthony Swift, director of the Canada Project at the Natural Resources…

Scaling Up Green Bond Markets for Sustainable Development

November 1, 2015 Resource

This November 2015 Public Sector Guide offers detailed action plans and best-practice examples on how to scale green bond markets. It is the result of a partnership between the Climate Bonds Initiative and the UNEP Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial…

Beating the Heat in Dubai: Alternative Air Conditioning Refrigerants Show Big Gains at High Temperature

November 1, 2015 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

Why NRDC Opposes the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

October 30, 2015 Expert BlogDoug Obegi

Scaling Heat Resilience Plans as Temperatures Rise in Indian Cities of Ahmedabad and Nagpur

October 30, 2015 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal