Los Angeles Edges Closer to Phasing Out Urban Oil Drilling
In a big win for frontline communities, public health, and environmental justice, the Los Angeles City Council’s Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Jus...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
The Fight for Access to Nature in Central Orange County
Willowick is the last remaining large piece of public open space in central Orange County. The Willowick Public Golf Course (Willowick) is a rare section of gre...
Victory! San Onofre Saved Permanently From Road Construction
After a hard-fought campaign by NRDC and our Save San Onofre coalition partners that has spanned almost two decades, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1...
Community Experts on Equitable Access to Nature in LA
Access to parks is plagued by the same inequity and systemic racism that so thoroughly pervades our society. Advancing park equity requires reversing decades of...
Advancing Park Equity in Los Angeles and Beyond
Experts discuss how they fight against systems of power that have decided who does—and does not—get to have access to parks, open spaces, and nature....
California Seeks to Reduce Inequity in Access to Nature
Natural spaces like rivers, beaches, wetlands, and forests are critical to human health and well-being. Access to nature provides measurable physical and psycho...