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Exporting U.S. Crude Oil Would Boost Climate Pollution and Risks to Communities

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) –The following is a statement by Franz Matzner, director of the Beyond Oil Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on a pending House bill—which faces a presidential veto—to remove the four-decade-old prohibition on U.S. exports…

Clean Water Rule Decision Delays Enforcement but Reinforces Need for Protections

October 9, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2015) – A federal court decision handed down today temporarily delays enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Clean Water Rule, which guarantees pollution protections for tens of millions of acres…

It's Time to Fix the Trash Clean-Up Plan for the Anacostia River

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogBecky Hammer

The Cheese Stands Alone--Energy Mandates Committee Makes Unpopular and Unsupported Recommendations, Gets Denounced by Many Across Ohio

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogSamantha Williams

South Carolina floods a wake-up call for the future

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogRob Moore

Heat Exchange

October 8, 2015 Latest NewsIndiaBrian Palmer

An Indian public-health official thinks the United States could learn a thing or two from her country about dealing with climate change (and vice versa).

Locking Horns

October 8, 2015 DispatchAfricaAustin Merrill

As poaching pushes the rhino toward extinction, South Africa considers a radical solution: Legalize the very thing that is killing them. It'd make some people very rich. But would it doom the species?

The Point of No Return

October 8, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesChelsey B. Coombs

A new study shows cacti face high extinction threats, a fact that should poke us into action.

Michigan Governor Recommends Flint Reconnect to Detroit Water To End Lead Contamination Crisis

October 8, 2015 Press Release

CHICAGO – In the wake of Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s recommendation that the City of Flint reconnect to the Detroit water system to stem its lead-contamination woes, leaders from the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council today…

Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Climate Commitments

October 8, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK, NY (October 8, 2015) — Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced four actions New York State will take to combat climate change, in a speech delivered alongside former Vice President Al Gore. These efforts have the potential to cut…

The Need for Updated Federal Flood Risk Standards

October 8, 2015 Expert BlogJoel Scata

Governor Brown Signs Pathbreaking Climate and Clean Energy Legislation

October 7, 2015 Expert BlogAnnie Notthoff

California Governor Signs Historic Clean Energy Legislation

October 7, 2015 Press ReleaseCalifornia

SACRAMENTO (October 7, 2015) – California Governor Jerry Brown today signed a landmark law cementing California’s climate leadership into the next decade. Senate Bill 350 (de León and Leno) sets the most aggressive combined clean energy targets in the world…

A Letter from the Future on Climate Change

October 6, 2015 Expert BlogShelley Poticha

HFC Super-Pollutants: NRDC Petitions EPA to "SNAP" Away Powerful Heat-Trapping Chemicals

October 6, 2015 Expert BlogDavid Doniger

With the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, we filed a petition with the EPA to end certain uses of the super greenhouse gas known as hydrofluorocarbons.