After a quarter century of fighting to keep these wild lands and others safe from road construction and logging, NRDC’s battle for the Roadless Rule presses on.
Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order implementing the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Principles, which will require data center projects to bring the power they need, including clean energy, in order to qualify for faster state permits needed for…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order adopting key safeguards for the permitting of new sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed and directing state agencies to draft legislation that would make those protections permanent.
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today announced that Liane Randolph will serve as a strategic advisor, bringing decades of climate and energy policy leadership to support the organization’s work during a critical period of the clean energy transition.
USDA releases rescission of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, stripping longstanding protections from 45 Million Acres of the National Forest System
The Trump administration wants to gut the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which would open up tens of millions of acres of our national forests to destructive logging, drilling, and road building. Make your voice heard in opposition to the Trump…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 decision to list two toxic “forever chemicals” — PFOA and PFOS — as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law.
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, it has taken or proposed at least 540 actions that directly threaten the environment, climate, and human health. NRDC is tracking the mounting hazard and harm.
Consumer, environmental, and health advocates celebrated the California Energy Commission’s adoption today of first-in-the-nation efficiency standards for replacement tires. The standards will save drivers about $180 in gasoline costs over the lifetime of a set of replacement tires by ensuring…
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club and SACE (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to formally object to Open AI’s contract for electric service with Georgia Power.
At a time of deep partisan division, a new statewide poll has found that Michiganders from all political stripes overwhelmingly support making water affordable for every resident, as well as the implementation of a new low-income water affordability program.
