News & Commentary

Using personal stories, history, and community science, seven young leaders are reimagining what environmental justice can look like in Kansas City.

The hard-won victory to secure clean water is a reminder of why preserving American democracy is so essential—and what’s possible when we stand up to powerful forces.

Tribal Nations protect and manage millions of acres of wetlands, which help improve water quality, curb the risk of floods, recharge groundwater, and store large amounts of carbon.

Collaboration among community advocates, water utilities, and environmental groups is key to progress on landmark legislation, creating a model for other states.

In June 2024, NRDC’s Edwards Clean Air Act settlement team spent three days in Peoria, Illinois, catching up with some of our 15 grant recipients and seeing the fruits of their work. 

A deep dive into Tribal clean transportation with the executive director of Electric Nation, Bob Blake.

People imprisoned in Pontiac report using makeshift filters to protect themselves from water that is often described as oily, swampy, and brown or black.

A new study holds lessons for water affordability.

The granddaughter of a Navajo uranium miner stands with the Standing Rock Sioux against DAPL.

The recent Draft Environmental Impact Statement ignores the threats to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s drinking water source and violates tribal treaty rights and sovereignty in a severe environmental injustice.

True activism begins with the people—and that’s where you’ll find policy advocate Chakena D. Perry.

In Chicago, an environmental justice advocate recounts what it took to get the lead pipes dug up in her childhood home.

We are fighting to move from pollution to progress in Chicago with a series of important ordinances that address cumulative impacts, clean buildings, and clean drinking water. 

A geographer sees a familiar pattern of government-backed energy projects devastating Indigenous communities and violating tribal sovereignty.  

The prophesied “Seventh Generation” is here—demanding justice for tribes and protecting what they have left. 

As we gear up for another school year, there's a constant worry hanging over us: the possibility of the General Iron facility starting up just across the street from George Washington High School.