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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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Biden’s Clean Trucks Proposal Is Too Slow on Ditching Dirty Diesel
Communities in high-traffic corridors need trucks to stop polluting their air—and they need it now.
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Demand Climate Action
Let's build a brighter, healthier, more just future together.
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Care Workers and First Responders Are on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
NRDC and SEIU to lawmakers: We need game-changing investments to address climate change and strengthen our care system—and we need them now.
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President Biden’s Budget Provides Climate Vision
We encourage Congress to meet the ambition of this vision to tackle the energy and climate crises—and improve lives while doing so.
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It’s Time to Defuse Oil as a Weapon of War
Russia is financing its invasion of Ukraine with oil and gas sales—and many of the same nations horrified by its actions are its customers.
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IPCC: We Cannot Look Away—Climate Risks Are Cascading
The U.N. panel’s latest report paints a picture of the grim effects of global warming—and underscores the need for urgent, transformative adaptation.
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Clean Energy Is the Key to Real Energy Independence
Oil companies have the same response to Ukraine and Russia as they do in every crisis: Drill more. But this time, nobody is fooled.
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It's Time to Recover Wolves Nationally
A judge has ruled that the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service once again violated the Endangered Species Act when removing protections from wolves nationally.
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Biodiversity and Climate Crises Demand Strong Action
Top takeaways from a new report on year one of the America the Beautiful initiative
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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DispatchMeeting the Moment for AAPI and the Environment
Chicago activist Andrea Chu is helping to bridge the gap between Asian American advocacy and environmental justice.
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Blog PostEVs Will Drive North Carolina to Cleaner Air for Everyone
To reduce pollution and improve residents’ health, North Carolina should adopt standards that increase the number of electric trucks, buses, and cars (EVs) that are on our roads.
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DispatchBitcoin Mining Is Bad for the Climate—and Local Communities Too
Upstate New York’s defunct power plants have become a hot spot for cryptocurrency operations, and Finger Lakes residents say they’re just another blight.
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DispatchLithium Mining Is Leaving Chile’s Indigenous Communities High and Dry (Literally)
As the metal fuels the clean tech boom, companies race to mine the Atacama Region. At stake: fragile ecosystems, scarce water resources, and ancient ways of life.
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Blog PostSaving California's Salmon Is Now Up to Governor Newsom
California must step up and prevent the state’s wild salmon and other native fish from disappearing off the face of the earth.
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DispatchA Once-Thriving Black-Owned Beach Is Returned to Its Rightful Owners
The victory at California’s Bruce’s Beach, improperly seized 100 years ago, has reignited the conversation around land restitution for Black Americans.
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Blog PostThe Texas Storm That Proved the Need for Grid Investments
It has been a year since Winter Storm Uri left millions of people without power. The United States cannot wait any longer to invest in its aging transmission system.
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DispatchA Turning Point in the Fight to Protect New Mexico’s Greater Chaco Region
The Biden administration’s proposal to prohibit new oil and gas leasing and drilling in the area comes after years of exploitation that’s had devastating health and cultural impacts on Indigenous communities.
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Blog PostHighlighting Women-Led Clean Energy Solutions in India
NRDC and partners organized a two-day webinar on women-led clean energy solutions in India in order to highlight technologies that enhance energy access, improve livelihood options, and create jobs.
