NRDC and 25 environment and public interest groups sent a letter on June 22, 2023 to leaders of key federal agencies urging them to impose the highest possible safety and environmental standards available for construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline...
NRDC, as part of a coalition of 36 organizations, submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS. Also included as exhibits are technical comments and further review of EPA’s quantified health...
NRDC and partners submitted extensive technical comments on EPA's reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter (soot).
Comments submitted by NRDC and jointly with Con Edison to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority on the Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan.
On May 28, 2020, NRDC filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit challenging the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas...
On April 20, 2020, NRDC filed a request for rehearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of FERC’s decision to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline.
The Natural Resources Defense Council joined a coalition of groups that filed an initial opening legal brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case, “American Lung Association v. United States Environmental Protection...
NRDC submitted the following comments urging the administration to change course from its proposal to limit environmental review and public participation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Rather than promote NEPA’s values of informed and inclusive decision making, CEQ’s...
A letter by 180 groups to members of the House of Representatives, dated February 7, urging them to cosponsor a resolution by Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) to strongly protect at least 30% of lands and 30% of ocean areas by...
A letter by 180 groups to members of the House of Representatives, dated February 7, urging them to cosponsor a resolution by Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) to strongly protect at least 30% of lands and 30% of ocean areas by...
NRDC, Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Task Force, and other groups submitted public comments November 19, 2019, opposing EPA’s proposal to review methane pollution standards for new sources in the oil and gas industry.
NRDC and our partners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against EPA for unlawfully repealing the agency’s Clean Power Plan replacing it with the so-called ACE Rule, which will produce only minor reductions...
NRDC and nine other civil rights, faith-based, and community groups filed an Amicus brief April 12, 2019 challenging FERC’s approval of the Atlantic Coast pipeline on environmental justice grounds before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The...
Letter and comments from NRDC Senior Attorney Jon Devine to EPA’s Michael McDavit and Army Corps of Engineers’ Jennifer Moyer, on behalf of NRDC, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Environmental Law and Policy Center, and New Jersey Conservation Foundation opposed...
NRDC, Clean Air Task Force, and other groups submitted public comments March 18, 2019, opposing EPA’s proposal to review carbon pollution standards for new coal-fired power plants.