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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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A Leader to Meet This Moment
NRDC president and CEO Manish Bapna, an economist by training, knows that solving the climate emergency will require the global transformation of key economic systems—and that the transformation cannot wait a day longer.
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Demand Climate Action
Let's build a brighter, healthier, more just future together.
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The Investments in Equity and Climate That We Desperately Need
President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda can put people to work while confronting climate change. A summer of mounting crises proves Congress must fully enact it now.
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IPCC: We’ve Already Warmed the Planet to Catastrophic Effect, but the Level of That Catastrophe Is Up to Us
There’s no going back, but there is a way forward: Act now and go big.
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How to Survive and Thrive on a Hotter Planet
This week’s IPCC report makes it clear that heat waves will continue to worsen—so we must rise to the challenge of living with extreme heat events.
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A Ban on U.S. Trade in Live Wild Birds and Mammals Could Reduce Pandemic Risk
We’ve reached a point where simply reacting to a pandemic after it hits isn’t an option.
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The Unlikely Takedown of Keystone XL
The notorious tar sands pipeline was a lightning rod in the fight against climate change and the seemingly unstoppable oil industry. NRDC advocates were part of a broad coalition that helped stop Keystone XL—for good.
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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.
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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DispatchWashington State Adds Emergency Rules to Protect Workers from Heat and Wildfire Smoke
But many advocates point out that to fully address our new climate reality, we also need national solutions.
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Blog PostIllinois Takes a Major Step Toward Replacing Its Lead Service Lines
The Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act will put the health of Illinoisians first—particularly those who bear the brunt of toxic lead exposure.
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VoicesIn Chicago, Safe Water Is Still No Guarantee
“There are so many lead service lines in Chicago, but people aren’t talking about it,” says advocate Cheryl Watson. Now she and other frontline residents are changing the conversation.
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DispatchNurses Wanted in a City Long Plagued by Coal Plant Pollution
Through efforts to train a more diverse pool of nurses and create family-sustaining careers, workforce leaders in Peoria, Illinois, are jump-starting their economy and addressing the inequities of the past.
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VoicesOn the Island Where It Rained Oil, a Chance to Reimagine St. Croix
Limetree Bay oil refinery recently announced its indefinite closure. As residents reckon with the harm it’s caused, they’re also envisioning a healthier, more prosperous home.
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DispatchThe Drinking Water Crisis That North Carolina Ignored
For decades, DuPont dumped toxic PFAS into the Cape Fear River. Today, a local community is suffering the health consequences—and fighting back.
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DispatchThe Electric Car Revolution Shouldn’t Leave Anyone Behind
A new program in St. Louis, Missouri, is bringing EVs and charging stations to low-income neighborhoods—and turning senior and disabled residents into early adopters, one ride at a time.
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Blog PostNevada Aims to Plug Vehicles into Renewable Energy
Nevada's legislature has passed a bill that would help the state drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity. If signed into law, the policy would speed the approval of transmission lines needed to move low-cost, renewable electricity across the region and would accelerate the deployment of cars, trucks, and buses fueled by that clean electricity.
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Blog PostChicago Officials Halt Permit Process for Move of General Iron’s Notorious Metal Shredding Operation to Southeast Side
This marks a major step forward in dismantling the environmental racism that has plagued the neighborhood for decades.
