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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 500 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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SB 835 (Hill) – Request for Veto (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and numerous other public interest groups have strongly opposed the measure and sent this letter to Governor Brown (CA) to veto SB 835 because it is unlikely to reduce the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture (August...

Background Information on the Gulf of Mexico Whale (PDF)

Comments
Petition filed by NRDC to the National Marine Fisheries Service urging the listing of the Gulf of Mexico population of Bryde’s whales ( Balaenoptera edeni) as an endangered species, and designate critical habitat to ensure its recovery, under the Endangered...

NRDC Scientist Sign On Letter US Forest Service Groundwater Directive (PDF)

Letters
We are asking support from scientists for the development of sustainable groundwater management principles and practices on National Forests and Grasslands. NRDC recently highlighted the importance of high quality, abundant groundwater from National Forests and the threats it faces. Proper...

FSIS Inspection Reports for Foster Farms (PDF)

Summary
Records provided to NRDC by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed March 7, 2014. NRDC requested that FSIS provide "any written findings of non-compliance, including but not limited to Notices...

NRDC v. FDA - Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Case No. 12-2106 (PDF)

Legal Filings
Case No. 12-2106: Petition for rehearing en banc in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals by Natural Resources Defense Council; Center for Science in the Public Interest; Food Animal Concerns Trust; Public Citizen; and Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc...

Comments on USFS Groundwater Directive, NRDC et al, 9/3/14 (PDF)

Comments
Comment letter on the U.S. Forest Service's proposed Groundwater Directive, published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2014 at 79 Fed. Reg. 25,815. These comments are submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council on behalf of numerous NGOs.