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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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NRDC Dear Representative Opposition Letter S.J. Res 31 (PDF)

Letters
Nearly 100 public health and environmental organizations urging opposition to S.J. Res. 31, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval targeting a rule governing the reclassification of major sources of hazardous air pollution under the Clean Air Act...

Winds of Change

ReportCaliforniaLara Ettenson, Irene Gutierrez, Alison Hahm

California’s ports must transform to improve public health and support equitable and responsible offshore wind.

All National Monuments Designated Under the Antiquities Act

OverviewUnited States

Nearly every president since Teddy Roosevelt has designated national monuments to recognize a place's contribution to America's heritage—and Trump is trying to undo this history. Here's a complete list of monuments.

“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…

La EPA debe confiar en métodos probados

Fact SheetUnited StatesDr. Jennifer Sass

El uso indebido de nuevas metodologías de nuevo enfoque perjudicará a los trabajadores, las comunidades y los ecosistemas.

Impact Research Polling Memo (PDF)

Polling
Recent polling conducted by Impact Research reveals more than 80% of likely voters in Georgia and coastal South Carolina support deep-sea coral protection, with almost half reporting more favorable views of a President who acts to protect areas on the...

Complaint seeking enforcement of MMPA (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and partners filed a legal complaint against the U.S. Department of Commerce claiming that the United States is not enforcing its own laws, specifically the Marine Mammal Protection Act, that would protect the endangered vaquita.

Clean Air Act Petition Albuquerque 2024 (PDF)

Legal Filings
Petition for action regarding legislation by the Albuquerque City Council that is inconsistent with the Clean Air Act and the terms incorporated into New Mexico’s state implementation plan and Title V permitting program for the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control...