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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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When It Comes to Suing Trump, We’re Batting a Thousand
NRDC has challenged this administration’s reckless attacks on the environment and the American people nearly 60 times in court—and we haven’t lost yet.
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Groups Plan Lawsuit in Response to High Lead Levels in Newark's Drinking Water
NRDC and NEW Caucus intend to sue the city, as well as officials of the city and state for violating the federal drinking water law.
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Michael Bloomberg Wants to Help Cities Keep the Promise of the Paris Agreement
The former New York City mayor’s American Cities Climate Challenge is a $70 million effort that will help 20 of the nation’s biggest cities achieve their climate goals.
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NRDC Sues Over Gutted Migratory Bird Treaty Act
The Trump administration is once again trying to allow industry to cut corners, this time by setting bird-conservation efforts back decades.
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Saving Science in the Age of Trump
The current administration’s suppression of data and information is unprecedented. But so are NRDC’s efforts to combat it.
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What’s Happening to the North Atlantic Right Whale Is Just Plain Wrong
Scientists say the species could be functionally extinct in as little as 20 years—but there are some solutions within reach.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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First Quantum Minerals Makes the Right Call, Backs Away from Pebble Mine
The decision is a significant move for those fighting to protect Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay.
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Home Depot Becomes Latest to Protect Public Health, Banning Toxic Paint Strippers
Companies continue to step up, even as the EPA does nothing.
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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Midwest DispatchNestlé’s Ice Mountain Bottled Water Leaves Nothing for Michigan’s Trout
The company wants to increase its groundwater withdrawals to 400 gallons a minute—but the community’s citizen scientists say enough is enough.
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Western DispatchIn California, a Rallying Cry Against Offshore Oil
As Californians protest the Trump administration’s intent to expand drilling off the Pacific coast, some city and state officials consider new legislation to block it.
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NRDC in ActionShe Breathes In Pollution, and Fights It, in the Windy City
NRDC’s Gina Ramirez is helping to bring attention to the wafts of manganese dust that plague her family and neighbors on Chicago’s Southeast Side.
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Southeast DispatchThe Gulf of Mexico Is Sending Out an S.O.S.—a Message in a Plastic Bottle
Thanks to the Mississippi River’s trash stream, the Gulf has some of the highest concentrations of plastic in the world.
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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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Midwest DispatchStopping a Dakota Access Pipeline Leak in Under 10 Minutes? A Fairy Tale, Say the Standing Rock Sioux
In a recent report, the tribe picks apart the pipeline company’s emergency response plan.
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Northeast DispatchThis Spring, Fish Will Migrate Up This Massachusetts River for the First Time in 200 Years
The dams on Mill River are gone . . . Run, herring, run!
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Western DispatchIn Washington, a Coal-Fired Power Plant Will Put Its Money on the Sun
Ten percent of the state’s greenhouse gases come from a single coal-fired power plant—which will soon trade coal for solar.
