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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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Cities Are Stepping Up to Do What's Right on Climate—and Winning
Mayors from across North America met in Chicago to reaffirm their commitment to climate action.
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Trump Orders Decimation of Two American Treasures
The president issued proclamations today that would drastically shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
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The Senate Just Opened the Door for Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The tax scheme protects the oil and gas industry while cutting clean energy initiatives and destroying millions of acres of nature.
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Pruitt Wants to Make the EPA Less Accountable to the Public
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive to curb the agency’s so-called “sue-and-settle” practice with outside groups.
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Toxic Toys? After Nine Years, a Ban on Harmful Chemicals Becomes Official
The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted today to ban five types of phthalates in children’s toys and other products.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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The Pesticide in Your Crisper Drawer
Shown to be toxic to kids, chlorpyrifos is nevertheless still being sprayed on crops across the country—and making its way into our bodies. So why has the EPA refused to ban it?
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Fighting the Trump Agenda: A Step-by-Step Guide
Tracking Trump's attacks on the environment and how you can help NRDC stop him.
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A Deeper Connection to the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts
The precious coral canyons and underwater mountains off the east coast of the United States deserve protection.
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.
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NRDC has helped pass our nation's bedrock environmental laws. We continue to ensure those laws are enforced and polluters are held accountable.
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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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Blog PostNebraska Greenlights the Keystone XL Pipeline—with a New Route
In a 3–2 vote, the Nebraska Public Service Commission approved an alternate route for the tar sands oil pipeline.
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Western DispatchResolving a Real-Life Rivalry Between Bears and Honeybees
When hungry bears and Montana’s honey industry collide, apiarists and conservationists come together to avoid a sticky situation.
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NRDC in ActionHow Best to Rebuild a Hurricane-Ravaged City? Listen to the Residents, Says This New Orleans Native
Khalil Shahyd had a hand in helping his hometown recover from Katrina, and now he advocates for climate resiliency on behalf of vulnerable communities nationwide.
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Southeast DispatchThese Southern Cities Are Going 100 Percent Clean (Energy)
Here’s how they’re getting started.
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Western DispatchWyoming’s Anti-Science Laws Get a Second Look
How far will the state go to push back against citizens who want to know what’s in their water and air?
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Midwest DispatchHow Fish Autopsies Help in the Fight Against the Invasive Asian Carp
Dead fish tell many tales—but can they persuade authorities to strengthen Lake Michigan’s defenses against these ecological saboteurs?
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NRDC in ActionTrading Coal Plants for Solar Farms in India
Senior attorney and India program director Anjali Jaiswal leads a small team that’s accomplishing big things in one of the world’s most polluted countries.
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NRDC in ActionAn Uphill Battle, and Persistence, in Flint
These four NRDC lawyers would finish each other’s thoughts—at any odd hour of the day or night—in their quest to help victims of the city’s lead crisis.
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Western DispatchAll Hands In to Repair Seattle’s Polluted Duwamish River
Local groups and government agencies are working together to remediate this Superfund site in the city’s midst, despite diminishing support from the EPA.
