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When fighting to survive hurricanes and oil spills, Gulf Coast locals have NRDC attorney Al Huang on their side.

Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic? “That’s Not Who We Are.”
Southern communities prefer their coastlines sandy, beautiful, and bountiful—not filled with rigs and air guns blasting ships or covered in oil.

This Harmful Pesticide Should Have Been Banned Years Ago. Now It Could Finally Happen.
Thankfully, senators are stepping in where Donald Trump’s EPA has fallen down.

How to Talk to a Paris Accord Skeptic
We know that you know that Trump’s assessment of the Paris Agreement is way off base. Here’s how to convince those who don’t.

Meet Jane Kleeb: One of Nebraska’s First and Fiercest KXL Opponents
The founder of Bold Nebraska has led the Cornhusker State’s years-long rallying cry against TransCanada’s tar sands pipeline.

The California Case of an Antique Ivory Collector v. African Elephants
So far, the state isn’t bowing to the demands of one man who is trying to dismantle its ivory ban.
Progress

In our first lawsuit against the EPA’s rollbacks on climate change, a federal court reinstates limits on harmful methane pollution.

These four NRDC lawyers would finish each other’s thoughts—at any odd hour of the day or night—in their quest to help victims of the city’s lead crisis.