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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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Trump Barrels Past Courts, Attempts to Greenlight KXL Pipeline
But the administration has yet to release the more thorough (and court-ordered) environmental review for the project.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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A New Bill Proposes to Ban Chlorpyrifos Nationwide
The move comes in response to the EPA’s longtime refusal to act, even while knowing the pesticide is particularly harmful to children.
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Army Corps Releases a Slapdash Environmental Review of Alaska’s Pebble Mine
But the proposed gold and copper mine’s catastrophic threats to the waterways, salmon, and people of Bristol Bay haven’t changed.
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Time for Congress to Stand Up for Democracy
The much-needed For the People Act is a vital step in helping to restore a government that represents the will of the American people.
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NRDC and Partners Sue to Force Overdue Protections Against Chemical Spills
While the EPA continues to drag its feet, extreme storms and flooding are putting the health of our most vulnerable communities at risk.
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Court Stands Behind Ban on Offshore Drilling in Arctic and Atlantic
The decision maintains protections for 128 million acres of ocean and the vast marine life they support.
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EPA Delays Action—Again—on Toxic PFAS Chemicals
This ubiquitous class of chemicals is already present in millions of Americans’ drinking water.
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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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NRDC in ActionMonarch Butterflies Get a Head Start in the Schoolyard
NRDC joins with Monarch Watch to distribute free milkweed plants to schools across the country and turn students into butterfly gardeners.
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Southwest DispatchA Fracking Boom Ransacks the Four Corners
Native American activists in northwest New Mexico are putting up a firm resistance as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management hands over their homeland to allies in the oil and gas industry.
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Blog PostMoved and Motivated by the Women of the World
The chance to meet with women from all walks of life during a recent trip to India inspired me beyond expectations—and continues to on this International Women’s Day.
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Western DispatchOvercoming an Industrial Legacy in L.A.’s Pacoima District
Local environmental justice groups get a boost from the city’s Clean Up Green Up policy, which brings green zoning to three heavily polluted communities.
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Midwest DispatchHow the Dairy Industry Is Fouling the Drinking Water of These Wisconsinites
With the manure of one mega-dairy already contaminating the water supply and another operation on the drawing board, Central Sands residents have had enough.
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Western DispatchA Journey Through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
One of the world’s last pristine wild places is on the front lines of climate change—and threatened by the Trump administration’s determination to open the Arctic to drilling. These photos speak to why we must fight both.
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Blog PostWall Before Country Takes Mounting Toll on Americans Everywhere
It’s time for President Trump to stop playing games with people’s livelihoods, our environment, and our health.
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Northeast DispatchBaltimore Is Poised to Put a Major Dent in Its Food Waste Stream
The city has developed a bold new food waste management and recovery strategy to protect residents from harmful air pollution, boost its economy, and help feed those most in need.
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Blog PostVineyard Wind Protects Right Whales While Building a Clean Energy Future
A landmark agreement ensures that dozens of new wind turbines will help lower carbon emissions—without threatening the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
