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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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Water Webinars 2020: Sharing Experiences Across the Americas

OverviewChile, Mexico, United States, CaliforniaAmanda Maxwell, Ed Osann, Tracy Quinn, Corinne Bell, Becky Hammer, Claire O'Connor, Joan Leary Matthews
NRDC and local partners are organizing a series of webinars about ensuring that more people and ecosystems are able to access clean water.

Composting 101

GuideUnited StatesShelia Hu
Recycling food and other organic waste into compost provides a range of environmental benefits, including improving soil health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, recycling nutrients, and mitigating the impact of droughts.

Our Forests Aren't Fuel

OverviewInternational, United States, Virginia, North Carolina, East
When companies cut down and burn trees to make electricity, the result is increased climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, devastated ecosystems, and displaced wildlife.

Offshore Drilling: Putting the Nation’s Coastline at Risk

Fact SheetUnited States, East, WestJacob Eisenberg, Alexandra Adams
We must protect our coasts and push for clean, renewable and efficient energy that will protect our lifegiving oceans, the communities that rely on them, and our climate by helping us transition off oil.

Guide for Hiring a City Food Waste Coordinator

ResourceMadeline Keating
Best practices for creating a city staff position dedicated to food waste reduction, cross-agency collaboration, work planning, and sourcing potential funding.

Guide to Making a Public Commitment on Food Waste

ResourceNina Sevilla
Making a public commitment to reduce food waste is an important way to harness city leadership and constituent buy-in. It also increases accountability and can inspire other cities.

Industrial Agriculture 101

GuideUnited StatesNRDC

Giant farms—whether growing crops or animals—often rely heavily on chemicals and produce waste that pollutes the water and air. As a result, the system we’ve designed to feed the planet also takes a serious toll on its health.

Guide to Building Healthy Soil

Issue BriefNorth Dakota, Montana, Idaho, United StatesArohi Sharma
As farmers prepare for the future, they cannot overlook the importance of soil health.

Protección de la Península de Baja California

OverviewUnited States, MexicoCarolina Herrera, Amanda Maxwell, Zak Smith
NRDC trabaja con socios locales para proteger los ecosistemas costeros y marinos de la península de Baja California de la explotación y el desarrollo no sostenible.

Protecting the Baja Peninsula

OverviewUnited States, MexicoCarolina Herrera, Amanda Maxwell, Zak Smith
NRDC works with local partners to protect the Baja California Peninsula’s unique coastal and marine ecosystems from exploitation and overdevelopment.

Clean Water Rule Case Documents

Legal FilingsUnited States
Browse some of the documents associated with our efforts to protect the Clean Water Rule.

Food Waste Restaurant Challenge Guide

Policy GuideUnited StatesDarby Hoover

Cities interested in reducing food waste should consider ways to involve business sectors in their efforts, particularly those sectors most often linked to higher food waste generation, such as food service.

Food Waste: Strategic Communications and Partnership Guide

ResourceDarby Hoover
Tackling food waste involves the need for diverse strategies in a variety of policy and program areas, and interacting and communicating with different audiences. Communicating effectively to these audiences is essential to building community support for executing programs and policies…