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Transportation

Transportation accounts for the largest share of U.S. climate pollution. NRDC works to help transition all vehicles to zero emissions while giving people more ways to get around without a car.

Toxics

To ensure a healthy future for our children and communities, we must address the sources of the pervasive toxic chemicals that are linked to myriad health issues, from cancer to hormone disruption.

Drinking Water

NRDC stands in solidarity with U.S. communities on the frontlines of the fight for safe drinking water—often BIPOC and low-income, who face compounding environmental injustices.

Human Health

NRDC believes that at forefront of our collective fight for a just, sustainable, and socially equitable world is human health.

Ocean

Our oceans are overfished, exploited for oil and gas, choked with pollution, and dangerously acidifying as the waters heat up. NRDC is determined to turn the tide.

Fresh Water

Since helping to pass the Clean Water Act in the 1970s, NRDC has continued to fight for a safe and sufficient water supply and for actions that keep pollution out of freshwater ecosystems—for the benefit of all.

Fossil Fuels

To successfully fight against all fossil fuel threats, we must directly challenge the dirty energy companies and their allies in power perpetuating a dangerous status quo.

Forests & Lands

Together with Indigenous leaders and local partners, NRDC is supporting efforts to save critical ecosystems from unsustainable exploitation for timber, fossil fuels, lithium, and other resources.

Clean Air

Ensuring that our air is safe to breathe has been integral to NRDC’s mission since the organization’s founding in 1970—the same year that the Clean Air Act was passed. More than 50 years later, we’re still fighting to curb air…

Buildings

NRDC is working to make buildings—including the appliances and heating and cooling systems inside them—cleaner, healthier, more climate-friendly, and less costly to operate.

Agriculture & Food

NRDC is working to build a more resilient and regenerative food system—one that protects the health of communities, soils, and ecosystems while helping farmers and ranchers adapt to the realities of climate change.

Cambio climático

NRDC is charting a better path forward by strengthening conservation laws, advancing policies that limit industrial impacts on public lands and waters, and working with local and Indigenous partners to create more equitable access to nature and preserve the places…

Climate Change

NRDC works with communities, allies, and decision makers at every level of government to advance policies that will yield deep cuts to carbon pollution, end our dependence on dangerous fossil fuels, and prioritize the people and ecosystems on the frontlines…

Naturaleza y vida silvestre

In order for people to thrive, nature must too.

Nature & Wildlife

In order for people to thrive, nature must too.