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NRDC at Climate Week NYC 2026: Meeting the Moment

OverviewUnited States, InternationalManish Bapna
The environmental community has an opportunity to galvanize action, and NRDC is proud to host a strong lineup of events this year.
Emissions rising from the coal-fired Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville, Kentucky, in February 1988. Mill Creek remains LG&E’s largest coal-fired power plant, with a generating capacity of 1,465 megawatts.

An Affordability Crisis of Trump’s Own Making

ReportUnited StatesAmanda Levin, Yuqi Zhu
The Trump administration’s energy policy is driving up costs for American households and making us sick.
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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 550 actions that directly threaten the environment, climate, and human health. NRDC is tracking the mounting hazard and harm.
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What Is Climate Change?

GuideUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine, Melissa Denchak

The lowdown on the earth’s central environmental threat.

Replace the Pipes, Invest in People

Issue BriefChicagoChakena D. Sims

Lead pipe replacement in Chicago is a golden opportunity for equitable economic growth, jobs, and the protection of Chicagoans’ health.

Mapping an Uninsurable Country

MapUnited StatesDr. Hope Thompson, Alfonso Pating, Susan Lee

Policymakers can—and must—take steps to prevent a looming home insurance crisis in their state.

Electrification Is Having Its Climate Moment. Can the World Deliver?

OverviewInternationalShruti Shukla

The incoming COP31 Presidency’s 35x35 proposal could make electrification a central pillar of global climate action. Delivering it will require clean power, stronger grids, affordable finance, and a commitment to reaching underserved countries and communities.

What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline?

GuideNorth Dakota, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota, NebraskaMelissa Denchak, Courtney Lindwall
How a single pipeline project became the epicenter of an enormous environmental, public health, and civil rights battle.

Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know

GuideFlintMelissa Denchak
After officials repeatedly dismissed claims that Flint’s water was making people sick, residents took action. Here’s how the lead contamination crisis unfolded—and what we can learn from it.

More Than Just Flipping the Switch

ReportCaliforniaLauren Kubiak, Mohit Chhabra, Dr. Carrie Schoeneberger

Electricity rate reform is the first step on the path to industrial electrification.

“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…

From Crisis to Opportunity

ReportUnited StatesDr. Adelle Thomas

NRDC’s new report shows how to build a just framework for planned relocation in the United States.