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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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The City Insider Proving that Mayors Can Lead on Climate
Chris Wheat, who helped make Chicago a greener place from inside its city hall, is now helping empower city governments across the country to realize their many climate ambitions.
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World’s Largest Producer of Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos Ends Its Production
It’s a hard-won milestone in the decades-long battle against the chemical—but the fight for a federal ban wages on.
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Energy Efficiency Is for Everyone
The benefits of the nation’s largest energy resource aren’t reaching those who could most use them. We can fix that.
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Trump Disregards Citizens in His Rush for Polluting Projects
Under the administration's new plan, a huge swath of government-approved and funded projects would be exempt from NEPA reviews, in an attempt to shut out the public.
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The March for Equity, the Environment, and Women Are One, Says This Advocate
NRDC’s Sasha Forbes talks environmental justice, and why women are often at the helm of this work.
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Gina McCarthy to Congress: We Must Act Boldly on Climate to Protect Public Health
It’s not an either–or: Urgent climate action will save lives and boost the economy. The solutions are in reach.
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EPA Can’t Kick Scientists Off Science Advisory Panels, Court Says
The ban was a clear attempt to stack the deck in favor of big polluters.
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Our Victories
Some of NRDC's major achievements among the hundreds of victories we’ve accomplished to make good on the founding goal of protecting our environment for generations to come.
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 DispatchToxic “Forever Chemicals” Came Between This Farmer, His Cows, and the Air Force
The PFAS-laden firefighting foam used in training exercises at military bases easily slips into groundwater supplies, tainting everything around it.
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Blog PostRace to 100% Clean
Our new interactive mapping tool shows how far we’ve come on clean energy and where we need to go.
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Southeast DispatchSheep (and Soil Scientists) Juice Up the Solar Farm
Solar farmers get a hand from regenerative agriculture experts to feed the soil under their arrays—another powerful tool to help fight climate change.
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Midwest DispatchCan a New Tax on Uber and Lyft Rides in Chicago Change Commuting Habits?
A surcharge on trips taken with ride-hailing services could reduce traffic, cut emissions, and help fund much-needed public transit improvements on the South and West Sides of the city.
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NRDC In ActionLights, Camera, Action on Climate
Daniel Hinerfeld is partnering with TV and film writers, producers, and other Hollywood creatives to address climate change on-screen.
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Rockies DispatchDenver Wants to Zoom Past Its Car-Centric Street Design
City officials see dedicated bus corridors, scooter-share programs, and protected bike lanes as key to greening their transportation network.
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Blog PostLocal Solutions Prepare South Asia for Searing Heat
The developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline want to cut through the Appalachian Trail. NRDC just filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court explaining why their proposed route is unlawful.
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Southwest DispatchSan Antonio Finds the Key to Flood Control in Its Gardens
As climate change brings heavier rains, local officials and developers are managing the deluge of stormwater runoff with some low-tech—and pretty—solutions.
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Blog PostSaving Nature Will Take Bold Action: “Thirty by Thirty”
New report by Canadian NGO Wildlands League finds deforestation rates in Ontario are fifty times higher than reported by government officials.
