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Several data centers along Waxpool Road in Ashburn, VA on March 15, 2026. Data Centers require large amounts of natural resources, including water, to run. Northern Virginia has the largest concentration of data centers in the world, managing roughly 70% of global internet traffic.

Data Centers, AI, and the Growing Demand for Energy: Impacts, Risks, and Solutions

OverviewUnited States
Learn how the rapid growth of data centers is affecting electricity bills, public health, communities, and the environment and what can be done about it.
A screenshot of a heat hazards map tool

Heat Hazards on the Job

MapUnited StatesJuanita Constible, Jada Larson
Stories of preventable heat-related illnesses and deaths at U.S. worksites
An artisanal chrome miner concentrating ore using a basic washing pan in Darwendale, Zimbabwe, August 2026.

Africa’s Energy Transition Minerals and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Issue PaperAfricaAmanda Maxwell, Susan Egan Keane
This white paper examines how the rise in demand for energy transition minerals is reshaping artisanal and small-scale mining across Africa, a phenomenon that will influence the transition to an inclusive, just, and sustainable mineral future for the continent.
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Heat Hazards on the Job

MapUnited StatesJuanita Constible, Jada Larson

Stories of preventable heat-related illnesses and deaths at U.S. worksites

Africa’s Energy Transition Minerals and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Issue PaperAfricaAmanda Maxwell, Susan Egan Keane

This white paper examines how the rise in demand for energy transition minerals is reshaping artisanal and small-scale mining across Africa, a phenomenon that will influence the transition to an inclusive, just, and sustainable mineral future for the continent.

Centering on Communities to Drive Speed and Scale

OverviewUnited StatesMatthew Tejada

We have the elements to build things that further justice across our society, provide multiple bottom-line wins, and meet the speed at which we must respond to the urgent crises facing our society.

Environmental Leadership Can Shape the Future of Carbon Removal

Issue BriefInternationalSam F. Savitz, Dr. Jennifer DiStefano, Alex Hillbrand, Dr. Carrie Schoeneberger

There is no longer a plausible route to climate stability without carbon dioxide removal; environmentalists must advocate for environmentally and socially responsible CDR growth.

The Data Is Clear

Issue BriefUnited StatesIsabel Friedman

Without appropriate regulation, unchecked data center growth threatens public health and the environment.

Beyond Last Resort

ReportNorth CarolinaDr. Hope Thompson

North Carolina’s coastal insurer invests directly in risk reduction, with lessons for other states.

The Issue with Tissue

ScorecardUnited States, CanadaAshley Jordan, Shelley Vinyard, Jennifer Skene
Tissue products such as toilet paper, paper towels, and facial tissue are cheap and convenient—but they cost the planet a great deal.

NGO Letter Opposing RMAA and PACK Act 9-15 (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to leaders of the House of Representatives, NRDC and 57 coalition partners express their opposition to the Recycled Materials Attribution Act (RMAA), and the Packaging and Claims Knowledge Act (PACK Act)—that would promote plastic waste incineration and...

How to Build an Affordable Energy Future

OverviewUnited StatesManish Bapna

To unleash America’s energy potential, we need reforms that are different, and go far deeper, than the permitting proposals Congress is considering right now.