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Groups File Suit Over Presidential Exemptions for Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

January 28, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

Groups warn the exemptions are the latest in a broader effort to weaken clean air safeguards, putting public health at risk.

Judge Protects Billions for Reliable EV Charging: Cleaner Air and Lower Driving Costs Across the Country

January 28, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

The order permanently bars the U.S. Department of Transportation from withdrawing states’ funds, canceling implementation plans, or otherwise interfering with the program in violation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A Year of Betrayal: EPA Under Lee Zeldin

January 28, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesJustin Bar

Administrator Zeldin has put the agency to work for polluters, putting our health and that of our children at risk.

Another Alarm Call from the Arctic: Its Rivers Are Turning Orange

January 27, 2026 ExplainerArcticClara Chaisson

The once clean and clear waterways are rusting, a visually striking example of the catastrophic—and sometimes unpredictable—impacts of global climate change.

A Glass Half Full? The State of New York’s Lead Pipes in the '27 Budget

January 27, 2026 Expert BlogNew YorkValerie Baron

There is a very clear need to invest in lead pipe replacement in the state, and the budget should do just that.  

The Trump Administration Is Racing to Launch the Deep-Sea Mining Industry, Despite Huge Risks and Broad Opposition

January 26, 2026 Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalRebecca Loomis

This would destroy deep-sea habitats and the ecosystems they support.

Customer-Facing Resources Could Mitigate Data Center Grid Impacts: Kansas Shows Us How

January 26, 2026 BackgrounderKansasMcKenna Beck

The state is proving that collaboration and innovation can create solutions that protect affordability, reliability, and our climate.

Food in Landfills Drives Climate Change

January 26, 2026 Fact SheetUnited StatesYvette Cabrera, Anya Obrez, Madeline Keating, Darby Hoover

NRDC is leading efforts to pass ambitious, enforceable food waste diversion policies to keep food out of landfills.

Safe Drinking Water

January 26, 2026 GuideUnited StatesAmanda MacMillan

What’s in your drinking water?

NRDC et al. v. Doug Burgum et al.

January 26, 2026 Court CaseArcticActive

NRDC and allies are suing over the Trump administration’s decision to open the heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.

P&G’s New CEO Faces a Choice

January 21, 2026 Expert BlogUnited States, CanadaAshley Jordan

Will the company take action to protect forests or continue wiping them away for disposable products?

NRDC v. Minnesota Department of Agriculture

January 21, 2026 Court CaseMinnesotaActive

NRDC is suing the Minnesota Department of Agriculture over its failure to adequately protect pollinators and people from neonic pollution.

5 Facts About the Endangerment Finding

January 21, 2026 Ed Board MemoUnited StatesMeredith Hankins

If the EPA scraps the endangerment finding, this would fundamentally undermine the nation’s safety, health, and economic well-being.

Governor Mikie Sherrill Jump-Starts Clean Energy Progress with Executive Orders

January 20, 2026 Press ReleaseNew Jersey

On her first day in office, Governor Mikie Sherrill signed two executive orders that address energy costs, grid reliability, and climate change.

Groups Urge Court to End Federal Ban on Clean Energy Projects

January 20, 2026 Press ReleaseUnited States

Environmental groups weighed in today in support of a coalition of renewable energy industry groups challenging a series of actions taken by the Trump administration to prevent federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects.