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Senate Passes Measure that Will Hike Electricity Bills and Hand Public Lands to Oil Drillers

July 1, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The massive legislative package would gut tax incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles and auction off millions of acres of public lands to oil drillers and other extractive industries.

As Heat Soars, EPA “Reconsiders” Climate Dangers

July 1, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States, Washington, D.C.

In the wake of a nationwide, record-breaking heatwave, the EPA submitted its proposed reconsideration of the finding that climate change endangers American's health and welfare.

Flint Finishes Lead Pipe Replacement in Historic Milestone

July 1, 2025 Press ReleaseFlint

A decade after lead contaminated water was found in Flint's water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is finished, a landmark milestone for a city defined by its dangerous water.

Flint Safe Drinking Water Case Documents and Status Updates

July 1, 2025 Legal FilingsMichigan, Flint

The legal filing and status updates for our lawsuit against the city of Flint and Michigan state officials.

Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. Bureau of Land Management et al. (Willow Project)

June 30, 2025 Court CaseAlaskaClosed

NRDC and partners are suing the agencies that have illegally approved the Willow oil development project—a ticking “carbon bomb”—in Alaska.

Concerned Pastors for Social Action v. Khouri

June 30, 2025 Court CaseMichigan, FlintActive

In a citizen-led case, NRDC and partners filed a lawsuit against the city of Flint and Michigan state officials for unlawfully exposing the people of Flint to lead-contaminated drinking water.

New Senate Budget Reconciliation Language Is a “Fossil Fuels Fever Dream Come to Life”

June 28, 2025 Press ReleaseWashington, D.C., United States

The new language would not only end incentives for renewable energy but also sets punitive taxes on wind and solar generation. The bill also triggers the largest sale of public lands in American history.

Groups Challenge the Trump Administration’s Illegal Eddystone Plant Extension

June 27, 2025 Press ReleasePennsylvania

Public interest groups, led by NRDC, today legally challenged the Department of Energy’s mandate to keep the Eddystone Generating Station open past its planned closing.

From Planning to Action: How Two Indian Cities Are Building Resilience to Extreme Heat

June 27, 2025 Expert BlogIndiaCharlotte Steiner, Sameer Kwatra, Prima Madan

With heat waves on the rise, more cities are taking urgent action to safeguard vulnerable communities and save lives.

Senate Bill Is a Public Lands and Oceans Fire Sale

June 25, 2025 BackgrounderUnited StatesJosh Axelrod

The Senate proposal uses vast public land sales as a Trojan horse to hide widespread evisceration of decades of public lands and oceans policy.

Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration’s Unlawful Freeze of More Than $1 Billion for Electric Vehicle Charging

June 25, 2025 Press ReleaseUnited States

A U.S. district court judge issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.

California’s Largest Proposed Wood Pellet Project Defeated

June 25, 2025 Press ReleaseCalifornia

Due to public pressure, Golden State Natural Resources’ biomass project shelved.

LNG Expansion Threatens Oceans and Climate 

June 25, 2025 Expert BlogInternational, MexicoMima Holt

Fossil fuel build-out threatens climate goals, marine biodiversity, and coastal communities. 

House Committee Advances Bill that Guts Clean Water Act

June 25, 2025 ReactionUnited States, Washington, D.C.

The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved a sweeping bill that would dismantle core protections under the Clean Water Act.

In Uncertain Times, Tribes Provide Steady Protection for Clean Water

June 25, 2025 Expert BlogUnited States, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, MinnesotaClaudia Blanco Nuñez, Giulia C.S. Good Stefani

Tribal Nations protect and manage millions of acres of wetlands, which help improve water quality, curb the risk of floods, recharge groundwater, and store large amounts of carbon.