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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.

White House Watch: Tracking Attacks on Our Environment & Health

OverviewUnited States

Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, it has taken or proposed at least 550 actions that directly threaten the environment, climate, and human health. NRDC is tracking the mounting hazard and harm.

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.

NRDC Coalition Letter Opposing RMAA and PACK Act (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to leaders of the House of Representatives, NRDC and 16 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...

What Is Climate Change?

GuideUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine, Melissa Denchak

The lowdown on the earth’s central environmental threat.

Replace the Pipes, Invest in People

Issue BriefChicagoChakena D. Sims

Lead pipe replacement in Chicago is a golden opportunity for equitable economic growth, jobs, and the protection of Chicagoans’ health.

Mapping an Uninsurable Country

MapUnited StatesDr. Hope Thompson, Alfonso Pating, Susan Lee

Policymakers can—and must—take steps to prevent a looming home insurance crisis in their state.

Electrification Is Having Its Climate Moment. Can the World Deliver?

OverviewInternationalShruti Shukla

The incoming COP31 Presidency’s 35x35 proposal could make electrification a central pillar of global climate action. Delivering it will require clean power, stronger grids, affordable finance, and a commitment to reaching underserved countries and communities.

What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline?

GuideNorth Dakota, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota, NebraskaMelissa Denchak, Courtney Lindwall
How a single pipeline project became the epicenter of an enormous environmental, public health, and civil rights battle.