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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 Note from NRDC on COVID-19
Our thoughts are with you, and our work protecting the environment continues.
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NRDC Sues EPA for Continuing to Allow Use of Toxic Weed Killer Glyphosate
By reapproving the use of this pesticide—putting both public health and the environment at risk—the Trump administration is, once again, ignoring the science.
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Coronavirus and Investing in Healthier Communities
The COVID-19 outbreak prompts a closer look at levels of investment in public health preparedness and response—and finds them lacking.
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Suspend Shutoffs of Essential Utility Services in Crisis
As the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic grows, we support calls for utility shutoff moratoriums to protect our most vulnerable communities.
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Saving Science in the Age of Trump
The current administration’s suppression of data and information is unprecedented. But so are NRDC’s efforts to combat it.
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EPA Doubles Down On Its Attempt to Censor Science
It’s been nearly two years since disgraced former EPA chief Scott Pruitt unleashed an unprecedented attack on science—but the agency is now expanding its reach.
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Why Women Rule NRDC’s Science Center
And why female leaders tend to be more attuned to issues of environmental equity.
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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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Blog PostMichigan Must Restore Water to All Homes During COVID-19 Crisis
As people are being urged to practice “social distancing” in their homes, it is imperative that states stop water shutoffs and reconnect water services to all homes in a safe and timely manner.
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onEarth StoryWe Should Be Listening to Our Scientists and Experts Right Now—Not Driving Them Away.
You know it. I know it. But does the Trump administration know it?
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Policy PrimerThis Is What a Just Transition Looks Like
To help a community leave its dirty energy economy behind, advocates must fight for local representation, equity, and retraining that prepares workers for high-quality jobs.
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NRDC in ActionShe Breathes In Pollution, and Fights It, in the Windy City
NRDC’s Gina Ramirez is helping to bring attention to the wafts of manganese dust that plague her family and neighbors on Chicago’s Southeast Side.
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Southwest DispatchToxic “Forever Chemicals” Came Between This Farmer, His Cows, and the Air Force
The PFAS-laden firefighting foam used in training exercises at military bases easily slips into groundwater supplies, tainting everything around it.
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Blog PostCourt Requires EPA to Protect Communities Against Worst-Case Chemical Spills
Millions of people will soon be safer from the thousands of dangerous chemical facilities that sit in flood-prone areas.
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In ConversationClean Air Warrior
David Doniger, senior strategic director of the Climate & Clean Energy Program, has helped shape federal and global climate-related policies since he joined NRDC in 1978.
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NRDC in ActionFighting the Tide of Watered Down Justice
Nearly three years after winning a $97 million legal settlement that required the city of Flint to replace its lead water service lines, NRDC is still on the ground holding officials accountable, and using similar tactics as we demand clean water for the residents of Newark.
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Blog PostStates Should be Allowed to Protect Their Residents from Dirty Tailpipe Emissions
The EPA is trying to prevent states from setting their own clean car standards that protect our health and climate. So NRDC is taking the agency to court.
