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Major Changes Ahead Due to Global Warming, Says New Federal Report

June 12, 2000 Press Release

NRDC Identifies Strengths and Weaknesses in CALFED "Framework" To Address California Water Problems

June 9, 2000 Press Release

NRDC Applauds EPA’S Steps to Restrict Hazardous, Widely Used Insecticide

June 7, 2000 Press Release

Exposures to Children, Workers, Wildlife Still Pose Concern, Group Says

United States Navy Cancels Controversial Acoustic Tests Off New York and New Jersey Coasts

May 25, 2000 Press Release

White House Yields to NRDC Suit; Lets EPA Release New Arsenic-in-Tap-Water Standard

May 24, 2000 Press Release

NRDC Helps Negotiate New Federal Standards for Clothes Washer Energy Efficiency

May 23, 2000 Press Release

EPA'S New Water Guidelines Will Let Factory Farms Off the Hook

May 23, 2000 Press Release

NRDC Intervenes in Legal Attack on EPA Stormwater Regulations

May 19, 2000 Press Release

WASHINGTON (May 19, 2000) - The Natural Resources Defense Council today intervened in a lawsuit against new Environmental Protection Agency regulations aimed at reducing stormwater pollution. Those regulations, which the EPA issued in December 1999, have been challenged by two…

EPA Proposals on Reduced Diesel Pollution Biggest Clean-Air Advance in a Generation, Say NRDC legal and medical authorities

May 16, 2000 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (May 16, 2000) - Calling them the biggest public health advances in a generation, experts from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) hailed a series of diesel fuel and exhaust-reduction proposals announced by the Environmental Protection Agency today that…

NRDC Hails Landmark Maryland Legislation Promoting Environmentally Friendly Technology

May 11, 2000 Press Release

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 11, 2000) - Calling it the most comprehensive package of state tax incentives for climate-friendly technology, NRDC hailed the Maryland Clean Energy Incentive Act signed into law today by Gov. Parris Glendening.

NRDC Sues to Force White House to Release New EPA Standard for Arsenic Levels in Tap Water

May 10, 2000 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 10, 2000) - According to a suit filed today, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been illegally obstructing a proposed Environmental Protection Agency standard for arsenic in tap water for three months. In…

Grocery Chains Will Add Alternative Fuel Trucks to Fleets as Part of Settlement With Attorney General and Environmentalists

April 27, 2000 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (April 27, 2000) - Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Coalition for Clean Air and Environmental Law Foundation today announced a landmark settlement with three of California's largest grocery chains, Albertsons, Lucky Stores, Ralphs…

NRDC-Led Coalition Calls for USDA to Stop Environmentally Harmful Releases of Genetically Engineered Crops

April 26, 2000 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 26, 2000) - Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has allowed farmers and agribusinesses to plant genetically engineered fruits and vegetables without sufficient environmental safeguards. Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and five…

Environmentalists Win Lawsuit to Protect Summer Flounder

April 26, 2000 Press Release

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 26, 2000) - Siding with four conservation groups, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday struck down the 1999 federal fishery quota for summer flounder, a commercially and recreationally valuable fish that…

Leonardo DiCaprio Gets Help from Environmentalists to Settle 'Beach' Dispute in Thailand

April 18, 2000 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (April 18, 2000) - Film actor Leonardo DiCaprio is enlisting the help of two prominent environmental organizations to assist with the restoration and protection of the location for his current film "The Beach" in Thailand.

NRDC Campaign to Save Giant Sequoias Bolstered by President’s Declaration for a National Monument

April 15, 2000 Press ReleaseCalifornia

LOS ANGELES (April 15, 2000)-- Capping a successful year-long campaign to save California’s giant sequoias, NRDC applauded President Clinton’s announcement today declaring California’s famed giant sequoia trees as a national monument. The proclamation designates 328,000 acres to be set aside…

NRDC Hails Clean-Fuel Bus Agreement: Governor Pataki Leads MTA to Dump Dirty Diesels

April 12, 2000 Press ReleaseNew York

(New York, April 12, 2000) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today hailed Governor George E. Pataki's announcement that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would commit to a fleet-wide strategy to drastically reduce emissions from its fleet of over 4,200…