News: Media Center

12/2/2008 - EPA Allows Mining Companies to Destroy America's Streams

11/25/2008 - Leading Environmental Groups Work with Obama's Team to Tackle Top Issues

11/25/2008 - Automakers Get Third Strike in California Car Litigation

11/25/2008 - Bureau of Land Management Makes a Turkey of a Deal in Utah

11/19/2008 - New EPA Rule Leaves U.S. Waterways at Risk

11/17/2008 - Another Big Gift for Big Oil: Bush Administration Hands Out New Oil Shale Regulations

11/12/2008 - Supreme Court Limits Protection for Whales from Navy Sonar

11/5/2008 - Harmful CA Energy Props Fail on Election Day

10/30/2008 - Bush Administration Christmas Gift to Oil Companies Will be Announced on Election Day

10/24/2008 - NRDC Statement On The Reopening of Wolf Delisting in the Northern Rocky Mountains

10/22/2008 - New "Dead Zone" Report Calls for Greater Protection of Wetlands and Streams

10/21/2008 - NRDC Calls on Food and Drug Administration to Ban BPA from Food Packaging to Protect Children

10/17/2008 - Whale of a Win: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Listed As Endangered

10/16/2008 - Don't Be Fooled by Bogus Renewable Energy Measures, Say California Conservation Groups

10/15/2008 - President Signs Major Mercury Protection Bill into Law

10/15/2008 - California Climate Plan is "Irreversible Momentum" in Fight Against Global Warming, Says NRDC

10/10/2008 - A Mixed Finish for 2008 Environmental Bills in California, Says NRDC

10/8/2008 - U.S. Supreme Court to Determine Navy's Use of High-Intensity Sonar

10/7/2008 - California Environmental, Public Health Laws Inconsistently Enforced, New Report Finds

10/2/2008 - NRDC: Dirty Fuels Have No Place in Bailout Deal

9/23/2008 - Senate to Pass Clean Energy Tax Incentives Bill

7/18/2008 - Judge Reinstates Endangered Species Act Protections for Wolves

7/15/2008 - Ports Clean-Up Bill Nears Final Passage in California Legislature

6/26/2008 - California Climate Blueprint Puts State on Course to Curb Global Warming, Says NRDC

6/4/2008 - California Voters Speak Out for the Environment: Pass Prop 99, Reject Prop 98

6/2/2008 - President's Take on Global Warming Bill Same Old Sad Story

5/28/2008 - Statement of David G. Hawkins, Director of Climate Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the Markey Bill to Cut Global Warming Pollution

5/23/2008 - Federal Court Strikes Rule Exempting Oil and Gas Projects from Clean Water Rules

5/21/2008 - Senate Committee Votes to Let California Enforce Clean Cars Global Warming Law

5/13/2008 - New Analysis Shows Lieberman-Warner Bill Will Spark Major Transition to Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency

5/7/2008 - Environmental Groups Fight Attempt to Repeal Crucial Climate Provision from 2007 U.S. Energy Bill

3/12/2008 - EPA's New Smog Standards Fail To Let All Americans Breathe Easy

3/10/2008 - Environmental Groups Sue Bush Administration to Force Polar Bear Protection

2/29/2008 - EPA to California: Drop Dead

2/27/2008 - New Report Card Shows U.S. Ocean Health is Sinking

2/13/2008 - New York Becomes First City in Nation to Pass Electronics Recycling Law

2/8/2008 - Environmental Safeguards Under Attack

2/6/2008 - Navy Loses Second Sonar Case this Week

2/4/2008 - Bush Budget Rewards Relic Industries, Strapped Natural Resources Take a Hit

2/4/2008 - Federal Court Rejects Bush Sonar Waiver

2/4/2008 - Bush Budget Guts Proven Energy Savers, Gives More Handouts to Coal, Oil and Nukes

1/24/2008 - NRDC Calls For a Legacy, Not Lip Service, in Bush's Final State of the Union

1/16/2008 - Bush Attempts Illegal Override of Court Order Protecting Whales from Sonar

1/10/2008 - Budget Cuts: Californians Won't Tolerate Park and Beach Closures

1/7/2008 - Bush Administration to Miss Deadline for Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing

12/26/2007 - Bush Administration Plans to Remove Protection from Colorado's National Forests

12/19/2007 - Bush Administration Rejects California's Global Warming Clean Cars Rules

12/18/2007 - Good News, Bad News: Congress Passes Historic Clean Energy Bill, But Hands Out Billions to Dirty Industries

12/13/2007 - Senate Passes Energy Bill and Sends Final Vote Back to House

12/12/2007 - California Wins Global Warming Clean Cars Lawsuit

12/6/2007 - California Officials Set Specific Global Warming Pollution Targets for First Time

12/6/2007 - House of Representatives Gives Green Light to Energy Bill

12/5/2007 - Statement by David Hawkins, Director of the Climate Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the Climate Security Act of 2007

11/15/2007 - San Joaquin River Restoration Bill Clears First Legislative Hurdle

11/15/2007 - Court of Appeals Rejects Bush Administration's Weak Fuel Economy Standards

11/8/2007 - Feds Should Get Out of California's Way on Global Warming Rules for Cars

10/24/2007 - Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Testifies At Congressional Subcommittee Hearing On America's Climate Security Act

10/23/2007 - Bush Administration Waives Basic Public Health Laws

10/18/2007 - NRDC Celebrates 35 Years of Clean Water Protection

10/17/2007 - Statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the Introduction of America's Climate Security Act by Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner

10/17/2007 - Report Faults EPA with Failing to Protect Mississippi River

10/10/2007 - NRDC Supports National Academy of Sciences Biofuels Report

10/5/2007 - NRDC Views Dingell/Boucher White Paper as Constructive Move Toward Dealing with Global Warming

9/14/2007 - California Environmental Bills 2007

8/28/2007 - California Assembly Resolution Urges Feds to Restore Recognition to Winnemem Wintu Tribe

8/14/2007 - BLM Exempts Oil and Gas Exploration from Environmental Review

8/9/2007 - Senate Republicans Out of Step on State Budget, Says NRDC

8/6/2007 - Federal Court Blocks Use of High-Intensity Naval Sonar During Exercises off Southern California in Rich Marine Mammal Habitat

7/13/2007 - NRDC Statement on GAO Report Confirming Threats to Public Health on Nation's Beaches

5/4/2007 - New Bill Gets Biofuels Right

4/6/2007 - San Francisco Clean Construction Ordinance Paves Way for State Action to Cut Diesel Pollution

4/4/2007 - Bush Appointee Could Endanger Public Health

4/2/2007 - Supreme Court Ruling Removes Obstacle to California Clean Cars Law; Justices Say Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide is Pollution

3/28/2007 - Sen. Bingaman's Bill Gets Biofuels Policy Wrong

3/22/2007 - Navy Hit with Lawsuits after Rejecting Coastal Commission Safeguards for Massive High-Intensity Sonar Exercises off Southern California Coast

2/26/2007 - Western Governors Launch Global Warming Initiative

2/13/2007 - Navy Defies State Coastal Commission, Refuses to Safeguard Whales During Extended Sonar Training off Southern California

2/7/2007 - Bush Budget Slashes Environmental Programs, Fails to Fund Clean Energy Progress

1/30/2007 - “Green Budget” Calls for Restoration of Vital Conservation Program Funding

Media Center Main Page »  | U.S. Law & Policy Main Page »