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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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Green New Deal Rises to Scale of Climate Challenge
After dire climate reports and devastating wildfires, hurricanes, and floods affecting Americans across the country, it's a breath of fresh air to see leaders working toward climate solutions to protect us today and ensure our kids don’t inherit a climate catastrophe tomorrow.
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Public Lands and Waters Bring a Moment of Unity
While not without flaws, a new bill with bipartisan support is a giant step forward in protecting our natural legacy across the nation.
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In a Blow to Marine Life, Trump Administration Greenlights Seismic Blasting in Atlantic
This move puts the administration’s fossil fuel agenda above marine wildlife and fisheries.
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Near-Extinct Vaquita Gets Another Lifeline from the Courts
The courts rejected the Trump administration’s legal challenge and upheld a decision to protect the last remaining vaquita porpoises on earth.
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Court Finds Trump Administration’s Permits for Keystone XL Invalid
TransCanada must now halt all construction on the dirty tar sands pipeline.
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Gray Wolf at Risk of Losing Endangered Species Protections
The House advanced a bill that not only allows the iconic predator to be hunted but also significantly undermines the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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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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Rockies DispatchThese Montanans Don’t Want an Industrial Slaughterhouse in Their Backyard
In the small city of Great Falls, residents push back against a Big Ag plant that would consume 3.5 million gallons of water—and produce 102,995 pounds of waste—per day.
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Blog PostPittsburgh Agrees to Terms for Tackling Its Lead-Contaminated Water
The settlement will protect the health of the city’s residents, who have been dealing with lead contamination issues for years.
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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 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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Western DispatchIn the Pacific Northwest, Testing Out New Wildfire Defenses on the Front Lines
Where quick-spreading fires are the “new normal,” some state officials and communities are willing to try whatever it takes to prevent—or better prepare for—the next big blaze.
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Midwest DispatchA Coal-to-Diesel Refinery Is the Last Straw for These Indianans
The air in southwestern Indiana is bad enough without the emissions from yet another proposed polluter.
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Southeast DispatchDiscovery of an Ancient Reef Off South Carolina Is One More Reason Not to Drill the Atlantic
The coral system is 85 miles long and has been there for hundreds of thousands of years.
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Blog PostCalifornia Continues to Allow Harmful Pesticide
Despite studies that link chlorpyrifos to learning disabilities in children, the state has decided to keep spraying it on our foods.
