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For more than 50 years, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) has been shaping critical environmental policies around the world, ensuring those policies are upheld and holding polluters accountable.

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Gallons of gasoline saved since 1975, thanks to federal clean transportation rules

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Deaths avoided annually since implementing the heat action plan in Ahmedabad, India

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Climate Change

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The remains of homes destroyed by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on October 1, 2022. Ian was the costliest hurricane in Florida's history, with estimated losses of around $112 billion.

Introducing Polluters Pay Laws—a New Tool for Climate Adaptation

Elevating a home for flood and hurricane mitigation in Beach Haven, New Jersey, on February 22, 2013.

The BRIC Program Is Essential in Our New Climate Reality

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Can Trump Reverse the Climate Endangerment Finding?

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The Environmental Justice Movement

Lassen National Forest in northern California on June 12, 2025.

Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 60 Million Acres of Public Forests

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The Uinta Basin Railway Would Be a Bigger Carbon Bomb Than Willow

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What Are Heat Pump Air Conditioners?

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What’s the Most Energy-Efficient Water Heater?

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Why Your Electricity Bill Is So High

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How EPA Rollbacks Will Cost Us—in Dollars and Lives

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5 Facts About Endangerment

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Petition

Trump's EPA is trying to end its own ability to combat climate change

The EPA is attempting to reverse the legal finding that requires the government to protect people from climate-busting pollutants, including carbon dioxide, methane, and four others. Submit a public comment before September 22 demanding that the agency uphold their mandate to protect us.

ACT NOW
Tahoe National Forest in northern California on June 13, 2025.
Petition

Tell the Trump administration to reverse its plans to open up our forests to destructive logging!

The Trump administration is pushing to open nearly 50 million acres of national forests to logging and road building by repealing the Roadless Rule—yet another assault on our public lands to make corporations richer. The USDA will be seeking public comments on its ruinous proposal for just a few days. We need as many people as possible to speak out NOW.

TAKE ACTION
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Petition

Tell the EPA to protect bees from toxic pesticides!

Bees and other pollinators are dying at an alarming rate from toxic pesticides called neonics. Fewer bees means less food, and that could lead to increasing food costs, reduced access to healthier foods, and food scarcity.

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