WASHINGTON D.C. October 25, 2017 – Nearly two-thirds of Americans are now facing increased extreme heat days, according to a new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). An interactive map of counties across the U.S. included in NRDC’s 2007-2016 analysis shows a greater than expected number of summer days with extreme heat compared […]
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Trump Administration Aims to Carve Up National Monuments for Private Profit
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2017 – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke advised President Trump to shrink the boundaries of at least four national monuments, according to a leaked memo he submitted upon concluding an agency review. Zinke also proposed subjecting several of the country’s most treasured public lands and waters to drilling, logging, commercial fishing and other destruction. Rhea […]
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Op-Ed: Doug Obegi: Goldman Sachs Underestimates WaterFix Costs for Westlands
July 19, 2017 – Doug Obegi is Senior Attorney, Water Program, Natural Resources Defense Council The Sacramento Bee reported this week that the Board of Directors of the Westlands Water District were skeptical of paying for the Delta tunnels project (WaterFix). This shouldn’t come as a surprise, given that prior analyses have shown that the project is not cost-effective, […]
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Sharon Buccino: Why Monuments Matter
April 25, 2017 – Sharon Buccino is Director, Land & Wildlife Program On Wednesday, President Trump will unveil his latest effort to undermine our bedrock environmental protections. Trump will reportedly sign an executive order requiring Interior Secretary Zinke to carry out a review of every national monument created in the past 21 years – both […]
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NRDC: Year after year, California continues to use more water than is made available by nature
SACRAMENTO, CA, April 7, 2017 – After an unusually wet winter, Governor Jerry Brown today lifted the emergency drought order for most of California – exempting Tulare, Fresno, Kings and Tuolumne counties. Brown declared the drought state of emergency action in January 2014. While surface storage and snowpack are at near-record highs, California’s groundwater remains severely […]
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Court Upholds California’s Landmark Cap-and-Trade Program
SACRAMENTO, CA, April 6, 2017- In a major victory for California’s fight against climate change, the state’s Third District Court of Appeal today forcefully rejected a challenge to the carbon auctions in California’s ambitious cap-and-trade program, a key feature of the landmark program. The 2-1 majority decision in favor of the California Air Resources Board, […]
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Flint’s Lead Pipes Will Be Replaced Under Settlement in Federal Safe Drinking Water Case
March 28, 2017 – Residents of Flint, Michigan will finally get their lead pipes replaced as the result of a settlement agreement approved by a federal judge today. The settlement will require the State of Michigan and City of Flint to replace Flint’s lead pipes within three years, and will be enforceable by the court. […]
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Extreme Bills in Senate Threaten Public Health
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2017 — The Natural Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, BlueGreen Alliance, GreenLatinos, NextGen Climate and a broad coalition representing more than 70 groups are urging the Senate to reject a multi-pronged attack on safeguards that protect Americans from dirty air, contaminated water, tainted food, and unsafe products. The Senate Committee […]
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Court Dismisses Monsanto Challenge to California Cancer Chemicals List
SAN FRANCISCO (March 13, 2017) – A California state court judge has rejected chemical maker Monsanto’s legal challenge to an important provision of Proposition 65, the 1986 voter initiative that requires California’s Governor to maintain a public list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer. Monsanto was seeking to prevent California from adding […]
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Op-Ed: Bobby McEnaney | Congress Kills BLM’s Planning 2.0 Rule
March 8, 2017 – In its march to turn the clock back, the Senate passed legislation today repealing an effort by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to improve the management of the broad array of ecological and economic resources found on the 247 million acres of public lands managed by this key agency. The […]
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Lawmakers Introduce California Environmental Defense Bill Package
SACRAMENTO, February 22, 2017 — California senators today introduced a trio of bills aimed at protecting the state’s greatest assets – its people and its natural resources – from potential threats from the Trump Administration. The California Environmental Defense Bill package includes protections for public lands, whistleblowers, data, clean air, climate, clean water, worker safety and […]
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Tar Sands Tankers in U.S. Waters Could Skyrocket 12-Fold Under Canadian Producers’ Plans
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2016 – Canadian oil producers have roared back from President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline with a scheme to send hundreds of tar sands-laden oil tankers and barges down the East and West coasts and the Mississippi River, the Natural Resources Defense Council warned in a report released […]
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NRDC Report: TransCanada’s “Reckless Plan B” Seeks Massive Tar Sands Oil Shipments via New Pipeline and Tankers
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2016 – The threat of devastating tar sands spills did not end when President Obama rejected the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline last November, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is warning today in a report that lays out TransCanada’s reckless Plan B. That scheme calls for building a pipeline to […]