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The Wilderness Society et al. v. Trump et al. (Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument)

September 2, 2026 Court CaseUtahActive

The president does not have the authority to reduce or rescind national monuments created under the Antiquities Act. So we sued to protect Utah’s Grand Staircase–Escalante.

UN Overshoot Report is a Rallying Cry, Not a Death Knell

September 2, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., New York, International

Global temperatures will likely exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in the next few years, but it is not too late to bring temperatures back down over the longer-term, according to a new United Nations report

NRDC et al. v. Trump et al. (Bears Ears National Monument)

September 2, 2026 Court CaseUtahActive

NRDC and partners fought to restore protections to this national monument of incomparable cultural and natural significance.

Antiquities Act & National Monuments Defense

September 2, 2026 Court CaseUnited StatesActive

In recent years, national monuments have faced threats on multiple fronts, risking the loss of irreplaceable resources that are often centuries—or even millennia—in the making.

House Passes Bill Pushing North Atlantic Right Whale Toward Extinction

September 1, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

House Passes Bill Pushing North Atlantic Right Whale Toward Extinction

Finance Beyond the COP: How India Is Rebuilding the Case for Global Climate Finance

August 31, 2026 Expert BlogIndia, InternationalDr. Vyoma Jha

As India hosts the BRICS leaders’ summit in September and the world heads to Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, India is making the case for why international climate finance must flow differently.

Colorado: A National Leader in Transportation and Climate

August 31, 2026 Expert BlogColoradoRabi Abonour

The state’s next governor can make Colorado’s transportation system cleaner, safer, more equitable, and more affordable.

EPA Must Keep Truck Pollution Standards

August 31, 2026 Press Release

Environmental and health groups are urging the Trump EPA not to weaken life-saving air pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles like buses, garbage trucks, and long-haul semi-trucks.

NRDC Joins Coalition Letter in Support of Wildfire Bill

August 31, 2026 Press ReleaseSacramento

NRDC joined a coalition of public interest groups on a letter to Governor Newsom and state leadership supporting SB 492, the bill that is the result of end of session negotiations on wildfire funding and liability. The letter urges decisonmakers…

California Decides on Marine Protected Areas This Fall

August 31, 2026 Expert BlogCaliforniaSandy Aylesworth

State agencies differ on recommendations as Tribal communities weigh in.

Occupational Heat Safety Standards in the United States

August 30, 2026 MapUnited StatesJuanita Constible

Find out what occupational heat standards exist, or are under development, federally and in your state.

Trump Administration Readies the Axe for Nearly 45 Million Acres of Public Forests

August 28, 2026 Expert BlogUnited StatesGabrielle Berthel, Garett Rose

Rescinding the Roadless Rule would open vast swaths of protected national forests to logging and roadbuilding, threatening the country’s last remaining wildlands.

Trump Administration Pushing to Hand Piece of Yosemite to Private Developer

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.

According to a report by NOTUS, the Trump administration has spent more than a year pressing the National Park Service to trade away a strip of land inside Yosemite National Park so a Nevada-based developer can build a private road into…

Labeling Lies: Circular Meets Cynical

August 28, 2026 BackgrounderUnited StatesRachel Fullmer, Daniel Rosenberg, Renée Sharp

Two bills are championing anti-consumer, misleading policies tied to the promotion of a massive increase in plastic production and incineration under the false branding of “recycling.”

California Legislature Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

August 28, 2026 Press ReleaseSacramento

Today, the California Legislature passed the Home Energy Choice Act (AB 2313), authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park). This popular, commonsense legislation will offer California homeowners the choice and the support needed to electrify their homes.