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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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Trump Administration Reverses Clean Car Standards, Gutting Another Key Climate Policy
The oil industry is the only real winner.
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Victory! Court Orders the EPA to Finalize a Ban on Chlorpyrifos
The agency broke the law by continuing to allow use of the toxic pesticide despite scientific proof that the chemical harms children’s developing brains.
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Court Orders Ban of Imported Seafood Caught with Deadly Gillnets to Save Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise
With as few as 15 vaquitas left in the wild, the action comes not a minute too soon.
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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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House Members Attack the Endangered Species Act
A set of nine bills would threaten one of our most effective protections for wildlife.
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Good News for These Hawaiian Dolphins (That Look an Awful Lot Like Orcas)
After years of fighting to protect their habitat, we did it! Hawaii’s false killer whales now have a chance to come back from the brink.
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Conservation Groups File Suit Against Trump Administration’s Pro-Trophy Hunting Council
The so-called “International Wildlife Conservation Council” advisory panel has exactly zero conservation experts.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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Canada at the Crossroads
Will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau live up to his early promise as an international environmental leader? Or will he and his government revert to business as usual?
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Climate Change
To protect future generations, we work to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy.
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Energy
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Action FigureMeet the Architect Helping to Build a Solar-Powered Future for Puerto Rico
Ever since Hurricane Maria devastated the island last fall, Jonathan Marvel and his team at Resilient Power Puerto Rico have been sparking a renewables revolution, one community at a time.
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Western DispatchThe Warning Lights Are Flashing for California’s Once-Glorious Salton Sea
Since this giant salty lake in the desert lost its water supply, its bird habitat has been shrinking and more toxic dust is wafting up from its dry lake bed. Can the Salton Sea be saved?
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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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Midwest DispatchThe Forecast for Jobs in Appalachian Ohio Looks Sunny and Bright
A 400-megawatt solar farm could make this region a hub for clean power and big companies looking to cut carbon.
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Southeast DispatchIt’s 2018—Alabamans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Hookworms
In Lowndes County, raw sewage is backing up into homes, flooding yards, and giving rise to long-eradicated parasites.
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Rockies DispatchIn the Columbia–Snake River Basin, Salmon Are Losing Their Way
As the fish disappear, native peoples are looking for solutions lest they lose a way of life too.
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Northeast DispatchThese New Jerseyans Want to Bring “Bomb Trains” to a Halt
Trains carrying combustible crude oil barrel on rickety rails through the Garden State, threatening the safety of millions of people—and their drinking water—every single day.
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Midwest DispatchCan We Save the Midwest’s Only Rattlesnake?
As the region’s wetlands disappear, so may the swamp rattler.
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Southwest DispatchClimate Change Is Worsening Houston’s Housing Crisis
Since Hurricane Harvey, homelessness has gone up, some public housing residents are living in severely damaged homes, and others have been cast out to remote suburbs—to the detriment of local well-being and the economy.
