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NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature. Get updates on our issues.

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Climate Change

The power to reverse this crisis lies with us.
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Equity & Justice

The environmental movement must seek justice.
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Human Health

Health is at the forefront of our fight for a sustainable, equitable world.
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Nature & Wildlife

In order for people to thrive, nature must too.
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The Latest

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Making Electric Vehicle Charging More Equitable Is Key to Our Clean Vehicle Future
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A Climate Strategy for India Scales Up

Congress Could Use a Reminder of What’s at Stake for Our Wildlife

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Newly released Food Waste Reduction State Model Policy Toolkit

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Getting Federal Energy Permitting Right

The EPA Tackles Power Plants’ Carbon Pollution

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Moving from Uncertainty to Opportunity for Oil and Gas Workers

Mercury’s Journey from Coal-Burning Power Plants to Your Plate

Public Land Grab: Senate Bill Gifts Miners Pass to Pollute

NRDC Analysis Charts Pathways to U.S. Climate Goals

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Failing to Meet Our Climate Goals Is Not an Option

Building a Better Future

Help us ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

Community Highlights

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Community Science Is Changing How People Can Fight Pollution

Grassroots groups are collecting their own pollution data to increase accountability and demand environmental justice.
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Shared Knowledge Is Power in the Northern Mariana Islands

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Under “Food Apartheid,” Urban Farms Are More Important Than Ever

Poets Imagine a Different Climate Narrative

Petition

Cut carbon pollution to tackle the climate crisis

Carbon pollution is a key driver of the climate crisis—and power plants that burn coal and gas are responsible for one-third of U.S. carbon emissions. Urge the EPA to finalize the most ambitious carbon limits possible!
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Petition

Urge the EPA to ban neonics—and save our pollinators and the future of our food supply!

Bees are dying at an alarming rate—and neonics are a main culprit. As bees collapse, we could see rising food costs and reduced access to healthy foods. And there’s growing evidence that these toxic pesticides are harmful to human health.
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A Legacy of Impact

For more than 50 years, NRDC has been shaping critical environmental policies around the world, ensuring those policies are upheld and holding polluters accountable.

$369b

U.S. federal investment in energy, climate, and justice

1,100

Deaths avoided annually since implementing the heat action plan in Ahmedabad, India

$97m

Legal settlement to examine and replace the water lines in Flint, Michigan

2tr

Gallons of gasoline saved since 1975, thanks to federal clean transportation rules