Today, NRDC handed Kinder Morgan one more reason to abandon its ruinous pipeline expansion project. The pipeline would illegally harass and risk harm to the endangered Southern Resident orcas in violation of the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
As Californians protest the Trump administration’s intent to expand drilling off the Pacific coast, some city and state officials consider new legislation to block it.
Birds are amazing creatures that travel hundreds, if not thousands, of miles/kilometers every year. Migration is without a doubt an amazing phenomenon that connects landscapes and backyards in North America with bird habitats in Latin America—the region with the largest…
Community Leaders, City Officials, and Federal Agencies Discussed Soil Samples Results Showing High Levels of Manganese at Southeast Side Public Meeting
On the first anniversary of the agency’s removal of climate change info from its website, a look back at one of the earth’s roughest years on record and the fight to set things right.
The Trump administration is planning to roll back successful clean car and fuel economy standards. It's bad for the environment, consumers and auto workers. NRDC explains how we got here and where it headed.
Here’s something you don’t see every day: an entire industry and the environmental community aligned in support of an international agreement to curb dangerous climate pollutants—chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in air conditioning, refrigeration, insulation, and propellant applications.
Californians have a chance to vote for two state ballot measures to protect parks and clean water and keep climate action moving forward. Make your voice heard on June 5.
The North American Free Trade Agreement’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has called for an investigation of Canada’s failure to enforce the nation’s Fisheries Act with respect to toxic materials leaking from massive tar sands tailings ponds. The ruling comes…
The Environmental Protection Agency today issued a statement indicating it would take action on the toxic chemical methylene chloride “shortly.” The EPA announcement came one day after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with families of victims who had died from…
NRDC has challenged this administration’s reckless attacks on the environment and the American people nearly 60 times in court—and we haven’t lost yet.