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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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The EPA Guts Clean Power Plan, Turning Its Back on Climate Crisis
The revised plan hands over authority to states, raising the risk of increasing carbon emissions and other harmful pollutants.
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We’re Running Out of Time
The United Nations’ latest climate change report presents the most dire warnings yet. It’s not too late to avert catastrophe—but only if we act quickly and boldly.
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Congratulations, Atlanta and Seattle!
The two cities are the first to win the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge.
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Federal Court Protects Northeast Canyons and Seamounts’ Marine Monument Status
The decision is a major victory for the first and only monument in the Atlantic Ocean—and for all U.S. marine monuments.
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NRDC Sues Trump Administration Over Rollback of Safeguards Against Pollution on Public Lands
The rule protects our climate from powerful greenhouse gases and people from toxic pollution.
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FDA Bans Seven Food Additives that Cause Cancer
Consumers will no longer have to worry about these hidden carcinogenic ingredients in their food.
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EPA Resists Court Order to Protect Kids’ Health
The agency continues to refuse to finalize its ban of chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children.
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House Republicans Back a Pro-Extinction Package
These nine bills would weaken the Endangered Species Act—and put our nation’s wildlife at risk.
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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. 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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Blog PostCalifornia Embraces Another Zero-Carbon Bill
In the latest move to fight climate change, Governor Brown signed a bill protecting the environment, workers, and local communities during the shutdown process of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
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Midwest DispatchFrom Moose to Monarchs, Wildlife in the Heartland Needs the Endangered Species Act
This conservation law has been saving our flora and fauna since the 1970s. The Trump administration should stop fiddling with it.
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Rockies DispatchIn Utah, Industry Pounces on What Were, Not Long Ago, Our Public Lands
Cobalt mining and other interests lay claim to Grand Staircase–Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments, rankling local communities tied to these lands.
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Southeast DispatchIt’s 2018—Alabamans Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Hookworms
In Lowndes County, raw sewage is backing up into homes, flooding yards, and giving rise to long-eradicated parasites.
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Southeast DispatchThe Southeast Already Has Extinction Rates as High as Hawaii, “the Extinction Capital of the World”
And the Trump administration’s gutting of the Endangered Species Act will only make things worse.
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Southeast DispatchAs Black Lung Strikes Younger Coal Miners, Kentucky Restricts Medical Benefits
Coal is getting harder to get to—and that’s contributing to a respiratory epidemic among miners.
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Blog PostPutting a Human Face on India’s Climate Progress
From embracing clean energy to improving waste management, these Indians are working to curb climate change—and ensure a cleaner, healthier future for their children.
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Northeast DispatchThe Race to Develop Offshore Wind—and Protect Endangered Whales
As Northeast states make impressive commitments to this clean energy source, scientists are helping them stay out of the way of marine mammals.
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Northeast DispatchNew York City Is Finally Cleaning Up Its Commercial Garbage Industry
A new waste equity law aims to remedy a decades-long injustice that has turned certain outer-borough neighborhoods into de facto dumping grounds.
