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Browse > Home / Article-byline , ENVIRONMENT , PRESS RELEASE , SCIENCE / Tree in Trouble: NRDC Petitions for Whitebark Pine Endangered Status December 10, 2008 Iconic High Elevation Trees under assault due to global warming threats CHICAGO (RushPRnews)12/10/08-– In an attempt to save a crucial high-elevation species, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today petitioned the US Fish & Wildlife Service to add the whitebark pine, a wide-spread species of tree found on mountain tops in western North America, to the federal endangered species list. Whitebark pine forests are being decimated throughout their range by an array of threats that have emerged in ... Read Full Story

Kyra Sedgwick, a supporter of the Natural Resources Defense Council , talks about her environmental awakening, and why she’s so hopeful about building a sustainable future. The Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC ) is often called the “Earth’s Best Defense”. This acclaimed organization works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth. This, the nation’s most effective environmental action group, combines the grassroots power of 1.2 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals. The NRDC has launched a new strategic campaign ... Read Full Story

I guess this is from the department of DUH! Of course, it’s better late than never… From newsobserver: “A Bayer CropScience pesticide is at the center of a legal battle for research data that could help explain what’s killing U.S. honeybees in large numbers. The lawsuit, filed Monday in a Washington, D.C., federal court, accuses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of hiding the honeybee data. The Natural Resources Defense Council sued after the EPA missed a deadline to respond to a Freedom of Information request the council submitted July 17. It’s not unheard of for federal regulators to take years to fulfill an FOIA ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / COURT NEWS , ENVIRONMENT , PRESS RELEASE / NRDC Receives Grant to Analyze Options for Using the Economic Value Created by a Cap-and-Trade System November 19, 2008 Aims to identify how to maximize benefits for the climate and the economy WASHINGTON,DC(RushPRnews)11/19/08 –The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced today the receipt of a $750,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF). The grant will enable NRDC to conduct a thorough analysis using economic models to answer questions surrounding the emission allowances to be distributed by the government under a cap-and-trade approach to combating climate change. “NRDC is honored to ... Read Full Story

Environmental groups scored a major legal victory Tuesday when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down a Bush administration rule that stripped state governments of their power to implement strict pollutions standards. The decision is the latest setback for the Bush administration which sought to formulate an emissions policy that largely favors the energy industry. In a 2-1 decision, the court of appeals tossed out a Bush administration rule that permitted some refineries, power plants and factories to exceed pollution limits because the Environmental Protection Agency "failed to fix inadequate monitoring requirements ... and prohibited states and local authorities from ... Read Full Story