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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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Western Heat and Wildfires Rage On, with Millions at Risk
The health risks of searing heat and wildfires are growing, and climate change is making things worse.
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Trump Administration Allows Oil and Gas Drilling in 1.5 Million Acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Interior Department is opening up the entire Coastal Plain of the refuge to polluters—at the expense of Indigenous peoples' traditional ways of life, numerous wildlife species, and the climate.
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The Fight for Equitable Access to Water and Electricity Has Never Been More Urgent
In the midst of a pandemic, NRDC advocates are stepping up their work to prevent the risk of mass utility shutoffs, now and for the long-term.
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NRDC Sues to Protect Kids from Perchlorate in Tap Water
The toxic chemical is a component of rocket fuel, munitions, and fireworks—and has already been found in drinking water in 26 states.
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Congress Must Act to Avoid Deepening the Eviction Crisis
As parts of the country begin to open up again, eviction moratoriums are being lifted or will be allowed to expire—and threaten to plunge millions of vulnerable U.S. households into homelessness.
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NRDC Responds to COVID-19
This unprecedented public health crisis requires bold, equitable, science-based action.
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Who Is Nancy Beck, and Why Shouldn’t She Be in Charge of Consumer Safety?
The former chemical industry lobbyist’s toxic trajectory through the Trump administration.
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Protecting Farmworkers Is Paramount for our Food Supplies
People laboring to get food from farm to fridge deserve basic workplace protections and equitable access to healthcare.
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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, ensured those laws are enforced, and held polluters accountable. We’ve got 50 years of wins to show for it.
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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ArtKatrina, Climate, and Justice: A Future in Foreshadow?
After Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana just days before the Katrina remembrance, photojournalism from 15 years ago reminds us that disaster preparation isn’t just about wind and water.
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Blog PostArmy Corps Pauses Permitting for Pebble Mine Due to Unavoidable Risks
It’s little solace to hear that achieving the most optimistic goals for emissions reductions means “we’ll avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” if the worst thing that could happen has already happened or, for many, has happened multiple times.
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Midwest DispatchThe Big Muddy River’s Long, Turbulent Relationship with Coal
As a proposal threatens to dump mining waste into a Mississippi River tributary, an Illinois community reassesses its coal industry ties.
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Southeast DispatchMeet the Sunshine State’s New Clean Energy Darling—Community Solar
As part of the American Cities Climate Challenge, Orlando, Florida’s solar strategies are helping make the clean energy revolution more accessible for all.
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Blog PostNeed Some Good News? Congress Passes the Great American Outdoors Act.
This will permanently fund the care and maintenance of the country’s state and local parks.
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VictoryThe Revitalization of This Former Coal Town Starts Now
Following a landmark settlement agreement, $8.6 million will be invested back into projects that uplift the community of Peoria, Illinois, where a dirty coal plant is scheduled to close by the end of 2022.
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Blog PostNRDC Sues Trump Administration, Again, to Protect the Gulf of Mexico Whale
After two successful lawsuits, the whale is federally recognized as being at risk of extinction—but the administration has failed to designate critical habitat for the species.
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Science SpotlightClimate Change Is Drying Out the American West
A new study shows that drought is no longer a periodic crisis, but a harbinger of things to come.
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Western DispatchMussels Help Keep Watch on Pollution in Puget Sound
The humble bivalves, which concentrate everything from heavy metals to cancer drugs in their tissues, provide an ideal way for scientists to monitor nearshore water health.
