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Battling Urgent Threats
We combine the expertise of nearly 500 scientists, lawyers, and advocates with the power of more than two million activists to confront our planet's most pressing problems.
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The EPA Guts Clean Power Plan, Turning Its Back on Climate Crisis
The revised plan hands over authority to states, raising the risk of increasing carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants.
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Questioning Kavanaugh’s Environmental Record
Kavanaugh’s attempt to bolster his environmental record instead demonstrated how weak it is.
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Congratulations, Atlanta and Seattle!
The two cities are the first to win the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge.
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Bucking Trump Agenda, Court Reinstates Clean Water Rule in 26 States
Here’s why this environmental and public health win is so important.
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Court Rules Environmental Review of Keystone XL’s Nebraska Route Was Insufficient
The future of the much-maligned pipeline is now even more uncertain.
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This Lawyer Is Fighting to Save Two of the World’s Most Endangered Species
Oregon-based NRDC attorney Giulia Good Stefani is living her dream by working to protect orcas off her coast and vaquitas in the Gulf of California.
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Court Orders Ban of Imported Seafood Caught with Deadly Gillnets to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise
With as few as 15 vaquitas left in the wild, the action comes not a minute too soon.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
Earth's Best Defense
We focus on fundamental issues in order to protect the natural systems on which all life depends.
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Climate Change
To protect future generations, we work to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy.
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Communities
NRDC works with local partners to help create strong, just, and resilient communities.
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Energy
Expanding clean energy protects our health, air, climate, and last wild places.
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Food
Choosing what we eat has a huge impact on our health and our environment.
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Health
NRDC strives to rid our food, air, water, and household products from toxic chemicals.
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Oceans
NRDC works to protect our world's oceans from pollution and exploitation.
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Water
Clean water sustains our communities, economies, ecosystems, and health.
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The Wild
Unspoiled wilderness protects our watersheds, cleans air, and shelters diverse species.
A Legacy of Impact
NRDC has helped pass our nation's bedrock environmental laws. We continue to ensure those laws are enforced and polluters are held accountable.
Local Fights
Whether in California or Chicago, India or Canada, we help protect communities around the world using decades of legal, scientific, and policy expertise.
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Southwest DispatchOklahoma Takes Its Backyard—and Roadside—Butterflies Seriously
Situated along the monarch’s migration corridor, the Sooner State is coming up with creative ways to save the imperiled pollinators.
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Blog PostPutting a Human Face on India’s Climate Progress
From embracing clean energy to improving waste management, these Indians are working to curb climate change—and ensure a cleaner, healthier future for their children.
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Rockies DispatchMontanans Find Their Scenery More Precious Than Copper or Gold
Environmentalists, the recreation industry, and lovers of the state’s great outdoors push back against new mine developments threatening their waters.
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Midwest DispatchFrom Moose to Monarchs, Wildlife in the Heartland Needs the Endangered Species Act
This conservation law has been saving our flora and fauna since the 1970s. The Trump administration should stop fiddling with it.
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Southeast DispatchIt’s 2018—Alabamans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Hookworms
In Lowndes County, raw sewage is backing up into homes, flooding yards, and giving rise to long-eradicated parasites.
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Western DispatchA Decade on the California Delta
Photographer Max Whittaker shows us the many faces of the delta, including its strange and fascinating history and the challenges complicating its future.
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Southeast DispatchThe Southeast Already Has Extinction Rates as High as Hawaii, “the Extinction Capital of the World”
And the Trump administration’s gutting of the Endangered Species Act will only make things worse.
