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Biden Administration Announces New Plan for Western Solar Development   

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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…

NRDC Scorecard: More States Protect Homebuyers by Requiring Flood Disclosure 

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — An updated scorecard released by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today finds that five states have enacted flood disclosure laws this year, joining five other states that have improved flood risk laws since the scorecard was first released…

NRDC Report: Climate Law to Slash Power Sector Emissions 

Press ReleaseUnited States
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.

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Destructive Alaska Oil Expansion Has No Place in Energy Future

Press ReleaseAlaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden administration is expected to take a step toward a massive expansion of oil drilling on Alaska’s Western slope, according to media reports, with the imminent release of a final environmental impact statement on ConocoPhillips’ destructive…

EPA Protects Bristol Bay, Alaska with Pebble Mine Veto

Press ReleaseAlaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden Administration today dealt a blow to the massive and controversial gold and copper mining project in Bristol Bay, Alaska called the Pebble Mine. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Final Determination under Section 404(c)…

EPA Signals It Will Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Press ReleaseAlaska
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will ask a federal court to allow the agency to vacate its own prior decision to lift safeguards against Pebble Mine, the massive open-pit gold and copper mine proposed for…