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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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A Shameful Attack on Democracy Itself
The divisions in our country did not start with Donald Trump, but as president, he has poured gasoline on already raging fires. This is where it has brought us.
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NRDC and Partners Sue the Trump Administration for Failing to Update Dozens of Energy Efficiency Standards
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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Trump’s Interior Is Leaving Behind a Death Knell for Birds
We need Congress and the Biden administration to immediately restore protections for birds with an incidental take permitting program under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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Pandemic Puts Eviction Crisis Front and Center
With pressure mounting, NRDC advocates are calling on lawmakers to step up protections for renters in the next relief package while also pushing for systemic changes that will help affordable housing stay that way.
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Trump Gives Polluting Mining Projects a Pass
The administration’s latest executive order would allow one of the most damaging industries in the nation to skirt thorough environmental reviews.
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The Climate Crisis Is Inflicting Costly Damage to Our Health
We can’t ignore the profound and expensive human suffering triggered by climate change. Watch our video to see why.
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NRDC Responds to COVID-19
This unprecedented public health crisis requires bold, equitable, science-based action.
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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.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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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Blog PostHappy Birthday to the Arctic Refuge—and May it Live Forever
Just this week, the Trump administration set a date to auction off the heart of these lands. This will not stand.
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Southeast DispatchWhy Florida Needs an Offshore Drilling Ban—One That’s Permanent
While the state can take solace in the recent moratorium extension, its waters are still at risk from the devastating impacts of seismic testing.
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Blog PostHow to Testify in Support of Composting in New York City
Here’s how you can stand up for community composting and make your voice heard at Friday’s New York City Council hearing.
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Blog PostPebble Mine Permit Denied!
The Army Corps is finally acknowledging the very real risks the proposed gold and copper mega-mine poses to the cherished Bristol Bay.
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Latest NewsLocal Change Is Creating Big Impact
A rundown of some of our most significant wins in communities across the country.
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Blog PostNRDC Announces Support for California’s Proposition 15
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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Rockies DispatchCOVID-19 Has Exposed the Gross Exploitation of Meatpacking Workers
The ongoing health and safety failures at the JBS meat-processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, highlight an industry-wide truth: It’s production over people, even in a deadly pandemic.
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Blog PostIndustry Halts Its Efforts to Use Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic Ocean
In rare good news, the permits that allow fossil fuel companies to use deafening airguns—which harm many marine species—will expire on November 30 and not be renewed.
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Southeast DispatchClimate Change Floods North Carolina’s Housing Market
As sea level and extreme weather risks rise, larger down payments, inequities in insurance, and heirs’ properties could leave coastal residents drowning in debt and devalued homes.
