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How to Build a Better Home
The size of the American family is shrinking, but the American house keeps getting bigger. The average new home today is almost twice as large as one built in the 1960s, despite having fewer occupants. And almost every one of these new, large homes is made out of wood --...
Tags: Occupant, Natural Resources Defense Council
White papers 2004-07-22

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Arsenic Lawsuit Filed.(by Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals, challenging the Bush administration's suspension of the new arsenic-in-tap-water standard. The NRDC claims the Bush administration and the U.S. Environmental P The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC filed a lawsuit in...
Tags: Bush Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-08-01
NRDC asks court to set deadlines on security. (News).(THE Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
THE NATURAL Resources Defense Council NRDC asked a federal court last week to set new deadlines for the Department of Justice DOJ to complete a Congressionally mandated report on the vulnerability of US chemical plants to terrorist attacks. THE NATURAL...
Tags: security, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2002-03-18
Pesticide Reassessment Postponed.(Environmental Protection Agency and Natural Resources Defense Council extend deadline for decision on pesticide reassessment settlement)(Brief Article)
The Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC have agreed to extend until March 19 the deadline for a decision by EPA on whether to withdraw from a proposed settlement in a lawsuit involving a schedule f The Environmental Protection...
Tags: settlement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Whitman
Research articles 2001-03-19
The Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a lawsuit this week in San Francisco challenging rules issued in Dec. 16, 2002 by the EPA requiring large animal feeding operations to apply for discharge permits. (Briefly Noted).(Bri
THE SIERRA CLUB and the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC filed a lawsuit this week in San Francisco challenging rules issued in Dec. 16, 2002 by the EPA requiring large animal feeding operations to apply for discharge permits. The suits by th THE SIERRA CLUB and...
Tags: permit, Sierra Club, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2003-03-12
EPA fires back at activist group: agency says comparison of its approach to pesticide tolerance reassessment as "Enron-like accounting" is unfair. (Regulatory Watch).(Natural Resources Defense Council rebuked)(Brief Article)
EPA HAS TAKEN THE UNUSUAL STEP OF PUBLICLY rebuking an environmental activist group for its criticism of the agency. EPA said the Natural Resources Defense Council "disseminated misinformation rather than facts" after EPA announced the reas EPA HAS TAKEN THE UNUSUAL STEP OF PUBLICLY rebuking an...
Tags: accounting, agency, Enron Corp., food, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2002-10-01
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has sued the EPA for suspending the arsenic-in-tap-water standard.(brief court cases information)(Brief Article)
The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC has sued the EPA for suspending the arsenic-in-tap-water standard. Erik Olson, an NRDC senior attorney, said, "The Bush EPA's suspension of the arsenic standard is a distressing, unscientific, and ill The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC has sued the EPA...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-08-01
Chief U.S. Land Agency Fails To Protect Treasured Landscapes - National Wildlife Federation nd the Natural Resources Defense Council reports on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management - Brief Article
DESPITE A 25-YEAR mandate to prevent "undue and necessary degradation" of public lands, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management BLM still fails to safeguard the health of millions of acres and the natural resources they support. That is the conclusion of a new report by NWF and the Natural Resources...
Tags: National Wildlife Federation
Research articles 2002-02-01
Ed Chen.(joins Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief article)
Ed Chen has a new position. He writes: "I've left the L.A. Times, left TribuneWorld, left the newspaper business altogether, in fact. After 26 years at the Times, the last seven as its White House correspondent (and 36 in daily journalism), I have left for 'greener'...
Tags: journalism, pasture, Strategy, White House
Research articles 2006-06-22
EPA recognizes NRDC's Hawkins.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Natural Resources Defense Council)(David Hawkins recieves Thomas W. Zosel Outstanding Individual Achievement Award)(Brief article)
David Hawkins, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council and director of the the NRDC Climate Center, has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency to receive this year's Thomas W. Zosel Outstanding Individual Achievement Award. In Hawkins' 35 years...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2006-05-08
NRDC Arsenic Suit.(Natural Resources Defense Council sues over arsenic standards for drinking water)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington challenging the Bush Administration's decision earlier this year to withdraw a Clinton EPA rule lowering the arsenic standing in drinking water from a maximum of 50 parts per...
Tags: standards, U.S. District Court, Washington
Research articles 2001-07-25
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Fragrance Materials Association did not support the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) claim in a recent petition that air fresheners are unsafe.(NEWS)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Fragrance Materials Association did not support the Natural Resources Defense Council's NRDC claim in a recent petition that air fresheners are unsafe. The NRDC and other groups submitted to the EPA a petition that the phthalates in air...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, petition, SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-03-01
NRDC Settlement Catches Pesticide Lobby Off Guard.(Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
THE PESTICIDE industry's hope for regulatory relief from the Bush Administration has been sidelined by a recent out-of-court settlement between the Clinton Administration and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) aimed at ensuring pesticide tolerance reviews. The American Crop Protection Association (ACPA; Washington) has ...
Tags: Litigation, settlement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington
Research articles 2001-02-14
Green Groups Take Aim at Bush Budget.(Natural Resources Defense Council says environmental spending would be cut)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC says President Bush's 2002 budget plan, which is being released this week in detail, would cut total environmental spending by 11%, or $3.3 billion. NRDC and other environmental groups are urging Congress to reject the White House plan. Bush proposes...
Tags: Bush, president, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-04-11
DOE papers will test White House ties to industry. (Energy Policy).(Natural Resources Defense Council, White House energy task force)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) says the White House's energy task force may have violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act by having closed-door meetings with industry representatives. The statute requires that panels convened to advise federal officials have a "balanced" membership. It also ...
Tags: Department of Energy, Strategy, White House
Research articles 2002-03-13
NRDC details company contacts with energy plan committee. (United States/Americas).(Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
Members of a Bush Administration energy plan task force had at least 714 contacts with representatives from chemical and other industries in 2001, compared to 29 contacts with environmental and other "nonindustry" groups, say Department of Energy DOE records compiled by the Natural Resources Defense Council...
Tags: Department of Energy, Strategy
Research articles 2002-05-29
NRDC seeks atrazine ban. (Regulatory).(Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) filed a petition with the Department of Justice DOJ last week, seeking a ban on atrazine, one of the nation's most widely used pesticides. NRDC cites two recent studies that have linked atrazine to adverse health effects in frogs...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2002-06-12
EPA Finalizes NRDC Settlement Deal On Pesticide Risk Assessments.(Environmental Protection Agency, National Resources Defense Council reach settlement)(Brief Article)
EPA ADMINISTRATOR CHRISTINE TODD Whitman says she was forced to complete an out-of-court settlement dealing with pesticide tolerance reviews reached on the last day of the Clinton Administration. The settlement resolves a 1999 lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington). ...
Tags: Litigation, settlement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2001-03-28
NRDC Threatens To Sue EPA.(Natural Resources Defense Council)(Brief Article)
AN ENVIRONMENTAL advocacy organization is accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of not moving fast enough to strengthen a 58-year-old standard governing how much arsenic should be allowed in drinking water. The Natural Resources Defens AN ENVIRONMENTAL advocacy organization...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-03-06
NCI Construction finishes renovation of National Defense Council HQ
Norman Rijo, president, announced that NCI Construction, Inc. has completed a substantial renovation of the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC headquarters at 40 West 20th Street in Manhattan.
Tags: Network Computer Inc.
Research articles 2007-03-28
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