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The climate crisis is here, and it demands urgent action from all of us. To avoid the most dangerous impacts, we must limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. And we can’t wait a second longer. Luckily, we already have the tools we need to meet this goal and improve people’s lives—through new jobs, better health, and long overdue justice for communities of color that are already the hardest hit by climate change.

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Transition to 100 Percent Clean Power

Pipelines and other deadly oil, gas, and coal energy projects not only create more carbon pollution—they endanger the health of local communities. We must immediately halt the unnecessary projects that only drive up fossil fuel production. Instead, we should invest in the clean energy infrastructure that will set the United States on a path toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions by more than half by 2030. This means challenging the fossil fuel industry’s dangerous and outdated plans while also pushing for smart, sustainable policies that encourage new wind and solar projects.

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Fossil Fuels: The Dirty Facts

Mining, drilling, and burning dirty energy are harming the environment and our health. Here’s everything you need to know about fossil fuels, and why we need to embrace a clean energy future.

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Embrace Natural Climate Solutions

Carbon-capturing forests, soils, oceans, and freshwater systems are some of our most effective tools in fighting climate change. Protecting them not only boosts the resiliency of ecosystems but strengthens local communities against the challenges of extreme weather. We need to encourage regenerative farming practices and protect at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030—following the lead of Indigenous people who’ve done this for millennia.

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Why Is Canada’s Boreal Forest So Important?

Protecting the boreal is not only about saving trees and wildlife, says NRDC’s Jennifer Skene. It’s also about the people who’ve been living on the land for millennia and the urgent fight against climate change.

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Drive Local Change

Shifting to 100 percent clean power is just part of the energy equation. We also need people, communities, and businesses pushing their state and city officials to develop equitable, energy-saving transportation options—like electric buses and safe bike lanes—and more energy-efficient buildings. States and cities also need tools for adaptation to be better prepared for hurricanes, wildfires, drought, and other climate-fueled extreme weather. Real innovation—and real climate justice—starts locally.

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Climate Action Starts in Your Own Hometown

Turn your city into a climate sanctuary, lobby your elected officials, and try out these other ways to make change globally by acting locally.

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How to Write a Successful Letter to the Editor

Stay active in critical public health and environmental issues by producing a personalized piece for publication in a local newspaper.

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Push for Bold Federal Action

The Biden administration offers a huge opportunity to make progress on climate issues in the United States and across the world. But we have to cut U.S. carbon pollution by at least 50 percent, and we don’t have a second to wait—as it's been made clear in the IPCC's dire findings detailed in the Sixth Assessment Report. We must immediately push the administration to aggressively regulate carbon pollution while investing in infrastructure and economic growth—all while prioritizing the communities hit hardest by the climate crisis. And then we must continue to hold the administration accountable.

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We’ve Warmed the Planet to Catastrophic Effect, but the Level of That Catastrophe Is Up to Us

There’s no going back, but there is a way forward: Act now and go big.

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