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Battling Urgent Threats
We combine the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and advocates with the power of more than three million members and online activists to confront our planet's most pressing problems.
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Mutual Aid and Disaster Justice: “We Keep Us Safe”
As climate-fueled disasters become more frequent—from Mississippi to Puerto Rico and beyond—relief efforts by communities, for communities, could become increasingly critical.
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Demand Climate Action
Let's build a brighter, healthier, more just future together.
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A Summer of No Sanctuary
Climate change has some paying a price they can't afford, for a crisis they didn’t cause.
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It’s Time to Transition Away from Offshore Oil Leasing
The Biden Administration has proposed a new federal offshore leasing program that could include leasing in as many as eleven areas in the Gulf of Mexico and Cook Inlet, Alaska and would enable continued development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for decades to come.
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Biden Commits to Increasing Equitable Access to Nature
The Biden-Harris administration recently celebrated its investment to expand and increase equitable access to nature for nature-deprived communities in the United States.
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NOAA Begins to Unpack Equity and Justice Issues in Fisheries
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) recently released their draft Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy as an effort to prioritize more equitable delivery of the agency’s services across the U.S.
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Global Climate and Biodiversity Priorities to Close 2022
World leaders are gathering to kick off the 77th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week, where stakeholders of all types raise awareness of the need to fight global warming.
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U.S. International Leadership Still Needed after Climate Bill
The Inflation Reduction Act has proven that the United States has the potential to lead on climate. But further actions are needed if the country is to deliver the global transformations necessary to tackle the climate crisis.
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The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling, Explained
What the West Virginia v. EPA decision means for the agency, climate action, and the future of federal protections.
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Climate Change
To protect future generations, we work to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy.
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Energy
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PerspectivesReflections of a Chicago Community Organizer: Water Justice and the Need to Act Now
During a trip to a water conference, an environmental justice activist considers what it takes to support his community without letting go of the importance of healing.
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Blog PostAmerican Cities Climate Challenge: A Look Back at Transportation
The Climate Challenge demonstrated just how much progress cities can make when they dedicate time and attention to deliver on their climate and equity commitments in partnership with non-governmental stakeholders.
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DispatchMidwest Heat Waves May Cook Crops—and Fry Harvests
Climate change–induced temperature extremes could wilt corn and soybean yields, potentially causing ripples to food supplies across the world.
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Blog PostCincinnati Signs the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
The city recently joined the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) to reduce food waste and create a more sustainable food system.
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Blog PostColorado Proposes Shift from Highway Expansion to Transit
In what would be a win for climate, equity, and all Coloradans, the Colorado Department of Transportation has proposed canceling two highway widening projects in the Denver region and reallocating resources to transit.
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DispatchAddressing Benton Harbor’s Lead Water Crisis Took a Village—and Years
As in Flint, Michigan, severe lead contamination in Benton Harbor illustrates the obstacles environmental justice communities face, and why the fight for stronger federal protections continues.
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NRDC in ActionMount Vernon: Where Environmental Injustice Became a Sewage Nightmare
For decades, residents of this majority-Black suburb of New York City have been dealing with a noxious infrastructure crisis with little recourse. Finally, they’re getting some relief.
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Blog PostGroups Urge EPA to Finalize Protections for Bristol Bay
More than 120 local, state, national, and international organizations sent EPA a letter urging the agency to protect the indigenous communities and world-class fishery of Alaska’s Bristol Bay.
