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NRDC’s Issue with Tissue Shows Procter & Gamble Fails Sustainable Toilet Paper Test

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
American bathrooms are stocked with toilet paper and tissues sourced from the Canadian boreal forest, one of the world’s largest and most ecologically important intact forests. For the sixth year in row, Procter & Gamble failed the toilet paper sustainability…

NRDC Map Reveals Lead Pipe Locations in Specific Communities and Water Systems Nationwide

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
In a stark visual reminder of the threat to public health from dangerous lead water pipes, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today released a map based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data revealing the specific communities and water systems…

Biden Administration Announces New Plan for Western Solar Development   

Press ReleaseWest
WASHINGTON - The Biden Administration announced the latest version of a proposed solar plan for western states. The update expands lands available for solar development from six to eleven states and seeks to balance renewable energy siting and conservation on…

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Confusing Food Date Labels Are (Almost) a Thing of the Past

Press ReleaseSacramento
In a major victory for consumers and the environment, the California State Legislature passed the nation’s first mandatory food date labeling reform bill. Assembly Bill 660, which standardizes confusing date labels that result in unnecessary food waste, is now on…

USDA Unveils Historic $7.3 Billion Investment in Rural Clean Energy

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $7.3 billion in historic Inflation Reduction Act funding today for non-profit rural electric cooperatives through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program.

NRDC, SELC Challenge FERC's Approval of CP2 LNG Project in DC Circuit

Press ReleaseVereinigte Staaten
Today, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of impacted commercial Fishermen, landowners, Fishermen Involved in Sustaining Our Heritage, and For a Better Bayou, and in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, challenged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)…

NRDC Report: Climate Law to Slash Power Sector Emissions 

Press ReleaseVereinigte Staaten
WASHINGTON – The climate legislation and pollution standards adopted during the Biden administration have put the U.S. power sector on track to make unprecedented progress in cutting carbon dioxide emissions. 

The Cost of Slow-Walking Clean Energy in PJM

Press ReleaseVereinigte Staaten
Yesterday PJM announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. The total capacity bill for the region will increase from $2.4 billion to about $14.7 billion, which…

Golden State Natural Resources Faces Community Opposition in South Stockton

Press ReleaseCalifornia
A coalition of environmental and environmental justice organizations are fighting a proposed new Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) wood pellet storage and export terminal in Stockton, California. Today, amidst a troubling relationship with dirty British multinational bioenergy company Drax and…

Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion For Knocking Cheaper Midwest Wind Offline

Press ReleaseIndiana
CARMEL, IN – New analysis commissioned by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shows that customers throughout the central United States paid more than $1 billion in excess energy costs and lost out on nearly 400 megawatts of wind capacity…

Permitting Bill Is a Fossil Fuel Wolf in Clean Energy Clothing

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – This week Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso announced a permitting reform bill - the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 - that would dramatically alter the processes for reviewing the impacts of energy projects in the United…

NRDC: D.C. Circuit Keeps Power Plant Rules Moving

Press ReleaseVereinigte Staaten
WASHINGTON – In a win for the climate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit turned down a motion from industry groups and some states to pause implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon rules for…

OSHA Proposes Heat Protections for Workers

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration proposed the first-ever federal standards to address the risks of heat to workers. The proposed protections, already years in the making, come as climate-fueled heat waves struck much of the…