Natural Resources Defense Council

Natural Resources Defense Council

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  Protecting NYC: Mayor's plan, successor's question

  A $20 billion plan to gird New York with levees, flood gates and other defenses is a bold stroke from a mayor who saw the city through Superstorm ... 

• US-China climate deal was long in the works

  Disparate interests ranging from environmental activists to businesses and industry are lining up to support a first-of-its-kind deal between the U.S. 

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  Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling

  A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public ... 

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  Canada PM on pipeline plan: Oil to come anyway

  A controversial oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast "absolutely needs to go ahead," Canada's prime minister said Thursday, and he warned that the oil ... 

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  Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths

  Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind 

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  Calif regulators reject Navy offshore training

  The California Coastal Commission on Friday rejected a Navy explosives and sonar training program off the Southern California coast that critics said ... 

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  53 senators urge approval of Keystone XL pipeline

  More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama to move ... 

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  Obama's lofty inaugural ideals run into reality

  President Barack Obama's lofty ideals from his inaugural address ran smack into reality Tuesday on the first working day of his second term. 

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  Interior chief Salazar stepping down in March

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources ... 

• Court faults EPA for Bush-era soot regulations

  An appeals court is siding with environmental groups that had challenged Environmental Protection Agency regulations on soot as too weak. 

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  Congress members seek investigation of Shell barge

  Members of Congress are calling for an investigation of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Arctic offshore drilling operations as salvagers develop plans to move ... 

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  Groups seek halt to Arctic offshore drilling

  Two national environmental groups are calling for a halt to federal permits for Arctic offshore petroleum drilling after the grounding of a Royal ... 

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  EPA Administrator Jackson announces resignation

  EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the Obama administration's chief environmental watchdog, is stepping down after nearly four years marked by ...