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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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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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2020: The Year of No Regrets
As we head into the new year, we must embrace change and do all we can to protect and sustain the natural resources we need to survive and the special places we call home. Our lives depend on it.
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From Farms to Dollar Stores, One Woman’s Fight for Justice
In her long history as a community organizer and environmental justice activist, Helga Garza has advocated for clean water and nontoxic toys. Her current mission: making fresh, local produce accessible.
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Advancing Bold Equitable and Just Climate Action
NRDC joins a national platform that fuses economic, racial, and environmental justice goals into a single advocacy framework.
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Delayed Energy Efficiency Standards Finally Published
The delayed standards will save consumers $8.4 billion in utility bill costs while avoiding nearly 100 million tons of carbon pollution over the next 30 years.
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NRDC Files 100th Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration
The president’s attacks haven’t rested since the moment he entered office. Neither have ours.
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Coal Plants Get a Pass to Pollute Our Waterways
The EPA just moved to weaken two critical rules that protect our water.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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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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Western DispatchFarmers and Salmon Advocates Agree: It’s Time to Talk about the Snake River Dams
What used to be an idea touted mainly by salmon fishers and environmentalists is bringing around some farmers who’ve long depended on barge shipping to get their crops to market.
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NRDC in ActionLivestock and Predators Can Coexist
NRDC has long collaborated with regional partners, including ranchers, to promote nonlethal methods as an effective alternative to the needless cycles of conflict and killing.
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Southeast DispatchCharlotte Is on Its Way to Becoming a Modern Transit Hub
The North Carolina city knows that as it grows, its residents will need (and want) to get out of their cars and catch the nearest bus, train, or streetcar.
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NRDC in ActionFighting the Tide of Watered Down Justice
Nearly three years after winning a $97 million legal settlement that required the city of Flint to replace its lead water service lines, NRDC is still on the ground holding officials accountable, and using similar tactics as we demand clean water for the residents of Newark.
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Midwest DispatchThe Story of a Normal Car Factory: Abandoned by Gas Guzzlers, Soon to Be Buzzing With Electric Vehicles
In Normal, Illinois, green startup Rivian plans to produce 100,000 delivery vans for Amazon, along with hundreds of jobs.
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Blog PostU.S. Buyers of Canada’s Boreal Wood: You’ve Been Had, Finds New Report
New report by Canadian NGO Wildlands League finds deforestation rates in Ontario are fifty times higher than reported by government officials.
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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 PostEfficiency and Chill: Winter Tips for Lower Heating Bills
As much as half of U.S. household energy use goes to heating and cooling.
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Blog PostFirst-of-Kind Study Shows Electric Trucks Are a Triple-Win
The study demonstrates that electric trucks and buses could meet California’s climate and air quality targets, cost the least to own and operate, and provide the greatest job and economic benefits to the state.
