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White House Watch: Tracking Attacks on Our Environment & Health

OverviewUnited States
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, it has taken or proposed at least 480 actions that directly threaten the environment, climate, and human health. NRDC is tracking the mounting hazard and harm.
An aerial view of homes destroyed by wildfire in Santa Rosa, California, on October 14, 2017.

An Uninsurable Country

ReportUnited StatesRob Moore
States must take action to fend off the looming home insurability crisis.
An Antero Resources fracking rig near homes in Beaver, Ohio, in May 2017.

How States Stack Up on Oil and Gas Regulation

ReportUnited StatesAmy Mall
A new NRDC report reviewed regulations in the 12 largest oil- and gas-producing states and found that states are not consistently stepping up to fill regulatory gaps and protect communities.
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High Risk, Heavy Toll

Issue BriefMexicoShruti Shukla, Jamie Lee

MUFG should reconsider Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG project.

High Risk, High Inconsistency

Issue BriefMexico, United StatesShruti Shukla, Jamie Lee

Investors should reconsider Sempra's LNG project in the Gulf of California.

Alto Riesgo, Alto Impacto

Issue BriefMexicoShruti Shukla, Jamie Lee

Los inversores de J.P. Morgan Chase deberían reconsiderar el proyecto Saguaro Energía LNG de México Pacific.

High Risk, High Impact

Issue BriefMexicoShruti Shukla, Jamie Lee

J.P. Morgan Chase investors should reconsider Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro Energía LNG project.

“Chemical Recycling” Is a Toxic Trap

Issue BriefUnited StatesRenée Sharp, Shannon Goff
As public concern grows about mountains of plastic trash, the plastics industry is promoting technologies that it misleadingly calls “chemical recycling” and touts as a solution to the plastic crisis. But it is a false solution that will not solve…

Powering Ahead

Issue BriefUnited StatesAmanda Levin

This is how Biden administration policies are delivering cleaner electricity and climate progress.

The EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Can Be Built to Last

Issue BriefUnited StatesLissa Lynch, David Doniger

The EPA has a firm legal basis for strong power sector standards that will accelerate the sector’s ongoing reduction of carbon pollution and help meet the urgent threat of climate change

A Pipe Dream or Climate Solution?

Issue BriefUnited StatesMerrian Borgeson
Biogas and synthetic gas, commonly referred to as “renewable natural gas,” are often not as climate-friendly as claimed, and burning fuels like methane still creates harmful air pollutants. We must be strategic about how we deploy them and keep our…

Reduce China’s Coal and Oil Use

Issue BriefChinaAlvin Lin, Barbara Finamore
NRDC is helping the country reduce its fossil fuel consumption, boost energy efficiency, and accelerate the shift to clean, renewable energy.

General Electric’s Coal Plant Profiteering

Issue BriefUnited StatesHan Chen
GE’s involvement in coal projects will lock in carbon emissions, local pollution, and economic harms across the globe at a time when clean, affordable energy solutions abound.