157 News & Press Releases found
Natural Resources Defense Council News
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Health and Environmental Groups Defend Crucial Clean Power Plan in Court
Nine leading public health and environmental organizations have stepped up to defend the landmark Clean Power Plan in the federal appeals court in Washington, saying the plan is a crucial step to curb the carbon pollution from power plants that ...
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NRDC Analysis Shows EPA Can Achieve Deeper Power Plant Carbon Pollution Cuts by Adopting More Clean Energy
The Environmental Protection Agency can ramp up energy efficiency and renewable power, and achieve substantially deeper cuts in carbon pollution from power plants than it has proposed, the Natural Resources Defense Council said in public comments ...
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EPA`s Plan to Curb Carbon Pollution Can Save Billions, NRDC Finds
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to curb carbon pollution from power plants overestimates the electric power industry’s compliance costs by as much as $9 billion, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report. ...
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Senate Rejects Bid to Force Approval of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Despite strong lobbying by oil-industry allies, the U.S. Senate tonight defeated an effort to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: ...
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House Demonstrates Support for a Presidential Veto of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
The House vote today forcing approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline came with a silver lining: There are more than enough lawmakers to sustain a well-deserved presidential veto of the ill-considered legislation. The following is a statement ...
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NRDC: Senators Should Oppose Bill Forcing Approval of Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
The lame duck Senate soon may consider a bill forcing approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, thus overriding presidential authority. The following is a statement from Danielle Droitsch, director of the Canada Project at the Natural ...
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NRDC Report Exposes Big Oil’s Smoke and Mirror Tactics
Major oil companies are propping up at least eight front groups in a last-ditch campaign to subvert California’s climate action law requiring them to pay for their carbon pollution beginning in January 2015, while spending record-setting sums ...
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Consumers Need Accurate Fuel Efficiency Data
Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia today agreed to pay a record $100 million in fines to settle charges by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they cheated consumers by overstating the fuel economy of some of their most popular cars sold ...
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FRACKING REPORT: 5.4 Million Californians Now Live Within a Mile of Oil or Gas Wells, Majority are People of Color
Nearly five and a half million Californians now live within a mile of an oil or gas well, including nearly 4 million who are people of color. Approximately one-third of those living near wells, or nearly 2 million people, already live in some of the ...
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Retrofit Chicago Awards: Windy City’s Energy Efficiency Leaders
The Retrofit Chicago Commercial Building Initiative has announced its inaugural awards honoring one building and three building engineers leading the effort to unleash the power of energy efficiency across Chicago’s iconic skyline. ...
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New Report: Positive Energy Trends Continue to Bode Well for U.S. Security and the Economy
The United States is reducing oil dependence, slowing the growth of electricity needs, and making energy services more affordable to all Americans--and our smarter use of energy is the single most important contributor to these positive trends, ...
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NRDC President: “Stamp out our carbon footprint - in our lifetime”
- In an assertive bid to put the brakes on the fossil fuel pollution driving global climate change, NRDC President Frances Beinecke has called for the United States to stamp out its carbon footprint -- to become carbon-neutral -- in our lifetime. A ...
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NEW POLL: 8 in 10 New Yorkers Support State’s Fracking Moratorium
A new statewide poll of New Yorkers found that nearly eight in 10 support the state’s moratorium on fracking, amidst widespread concern over the safety of the practice. At the same time, the overwhelming majority support more renewable energy ...
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Legislative Panel Jeopardizes Action to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Health from Dangerous Carbon Pollution
A state legislative panel today made it harder to protect Pennsylvanians’ health by requiring the General Assembly to approve a state plan to curb power plant carbon pollution before it goes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ...
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New Report: India’s Expanding Solar and Wind Energy Markets Jumpstarting Job Growth
In advance of the first meeting between President Obama and newly-elected Indian Prime Minister Modi today, a new report finds that India’s rapidly growing solar and wind programs are creating enormous economic opportunity, providing ...
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ALEC’s Latest Antics: Falsely Claiming Agreement with NRDC on Environment and Energy Policies
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) released a position statement on renewables and climate change on Thursday that included the claim that its roof-top solar position is similar to those of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s ...
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Obama Administration Announces Landmark Plan for Conservation and Renewable Energy Development in California
The Department of Interior and the California Department of Natural Resources today released a first-of-its-kind plan for conservation and renewable energy development in the California desert. The draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan ...
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Bill to Restore Clean Energy Tax Incentives Would Cut Air Pollution, Save Jobs
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) today introduced a bill aimed at restoring a suite of clean energy and energy efficiency tax incentives. Franz Matzner, associate director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the ...
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Study: Mid-Atlantic Utility Customers Could Miss Out on $1.3 Billion Savings Opportunity
Electric customers in 13 Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia could miss out on as much as $1.3 billion in bill utility savings over the next three years because their regional transmission grid operator, PJM, is significantly ...
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Public Views Can Ensure Most Effective Carbon Pollution Standards
David Doniger, director of the Climate and Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, issued this statement today in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announcement that it will extend the public comment period on ...