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NRDC Statement in Response to Washington Post Story on Climate Legislation by Sens. Kerry, Graham and Lieberman

Posted 38 hours ago

WASHINGTON (February 27, 2010) – The Washington Post reported today on the climate legislation by Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman. Following is a statement of David Hawkins, Director of Climate Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council: [Link]

Historic Decision: Vermont Senate Votes To Retire Nuclear Plant

Posted 3 days ago

The Vermont State Senate voted to retire the Vermont Yankee Nuclear plant, owned by the Louisiana based corporation Entergy. Despite Entergy’s efforts to renew the license for the 40-year-old reactor, the Vermont Senate voted to shut down the nuclear plant as scheduled in 2012. The final vote was 26-4. [Link]

Losing Our Forests: NRDC Sues to Protect Iconic Whitebark Pine

Posted 4 days ago

CHICAGO (February 25, 2010) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking federal action to protect the whitebark pine, an imperiled tree species critical to the health of the high elevation mountain country of the Northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. The lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to make a ninety-day finding on NRDC’s petition to list the whitebark pine as an endangered species. [Link]

New York City Commits to Major Water Quality Improvements in Jamaica Bay

Posted 4 days ago

NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 25, 2010) -- Mayor Bloomberg, the City Department of Environmental Protection, the State Department of Environmental Conservation, and four environmental groups today announced an agreement-in-principle to significantly improve the health of Jamaica Bay through major sewage treatment plant upgrades and investments in marsh restoration. [Link]

U.S. to retire nuclear-armed Tomahawk missiles

Posted 6 days ago

The U.S. will retire its nuclear-armed Tomahawk cruise missiles, putting an end to the debate within the Obama administration over the future of these weapons [Link]

Manufactured Scandals Distract from Scientific Urgency

Posted 6 days ago

News stories focusing on errors in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2007 report and stolen emails from climate scientists could do more to put climate change science in context. [Link]

What’s Really Crazy is…

Posted 6 days ago

A new movie out in theaters, The Crazies, is a story of a small town of innocent people who are mysteriously infected with a fictitious bio-warfare agent Trixie. Unfortunately, for these people, the infection makes them go crazy and the ensuing horror is enough to make you jump out of your seat. Luckily, for us, this is only a movie and the story is pure fiction. [Link]

Lawsuits Against EPA Misrepresent Climate Science

Posted 7 days ago

Court challenges against the EPA are based on disingenuous, uninformed attacks against climate science. [Link]

EPA Responds to Senators' Inquiry on Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan

Posted 7 days ago

WASHINGTON (February 22, 2010) -- The Environmental Protection Agency responded to questions from eight U.S. Senators on the EPA’s plans to use the Clean Air Act to reduce global warming pollution. [Link]

Environmental Groups Urge High Court to Take Up Carp Case

Posted 10 days ago

February 19, 2010 -- Three environmental groups filed a friend of the court brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Michigan lawsuit that aims for a long-term permanent solution to keep the destructive Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan through Chicago’s artificial navigational channels. [Link]