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Battling Urgent Threats
We combine the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and advocates with the power of more than three million members and online activists to confront our planet's most pressing problems.
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Clean Energy Is Key to National Security for European Union and United States
This is a leadership moment for Congress and the White House.
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Demand Climate Action
Let's build a brighter, healthier, more just future together.
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Biden’s Clean Trucks Proposal Is Too Slow on Ditching Dirty Diesel
Communities in high-traffic corridors need trucks to stop polluting their air—and they need it now.
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Care Workers and First Responders Are on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
NRDC and SEIU to lawmakers: We need game-changing investments to address climate change and strengthen our care system—and we need them now.
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President Biden’s Budget Provides Climate Vision
We encourage Congress to meet the ambition of this vision to tackle the energy and climate crises—and improve lives while doing so.
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It’s Time to Defuse Oil as a Weapon of War
Russia is financing its invasion of Ukraine with oil and gas sales—and many of the same nations horrified by its actions are its customers.
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IPCC: We Cannot Look Away—Climate Risks Are Cascading
The U.N. panel’s latest report paints a picture of the grim effects of global warming—and underscores the need for urgent, transformative adaptation.
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It's Time to Recover Wolves Nationally
A judge has ruled that the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service once again violated the Endangered Species Act when removing protections from wolves nationally.
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Biodiversity and Climate Crises Demand Strong Action
Top takeaways from a new report on year one of the America the Beautiful initiative
Earth's Best Defense
We focus on fundamental issues in order to protect the natural systems on which all life depends.
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Climate Change
To protect future generations, we work to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy.
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Communities
NRDC works with local partners to help create strong, just, and resilient communities.
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Energy
Expanding clean energy protects our health, air, climate, and last wild places.
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Food
Choosing what we eat has a huge impact on our health and our environment.
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Health
NRDC strives to rid our food, air, water, and household products from toxic chemicals.
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Oceans
NRDC works to protect our world's oceans from pollution and exploitation.
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Water
Clean water sustains our communities, economies, ecosystems, and health.
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The Wild
Unspoiled wilderness protects our watersheds, cleans air, and shelters diverse species.
A Legacy of Impact
NRDC has helped pass our nation's bedrock environmental laws, ensured those laws are enforced, and held polluters accountable. We’ve got 50 years of wins to show for it.
Local Fights
Whether in California or Chicago, India or Canada, we help protect communities around the world using decades of legal, scientific, and policy expertise.
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DispatchA Mississippi Tribe Is Growing Its Own Organic Movement
With programs for schools, elders, and diabetics across 10 counties, Choctaw Fresh Produce is making sure its tribal members have access to fresh, healthy food.
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Blog PostLa Borinqueña Joins Fight for Clean Energy in Puerto Rico
NRDC collaboration with La Borinqueña helps to spotlight Puerto Rico's ongoing struggle to transition to clean energy.
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DispatchThe Biden Administration Cancels Its Offshore Drilling Plan for Alaska’s Cook Inlet—Let’s Keep It Off the Books
The lease sale would have endangered Indigenous communities, threatened rare whales, added to the Far North’s climate crisis, and gambled with a 20 percent chance for a large oil spill.
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DispatchMeeting the Moment for AAPI and the Environment
Chicago activist Andrea Chu is helping to bridge the gap between Asian American advocacy and environmental justice.
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Blog PostWe Have No More Time to Waste on Chicagwa
We can’t afford to wait another generation to address Chicago’s lead pipe problem
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DispatchBitcoin Mining Is Bad for the Climate—and Local Communities Too
Upstate New York’s defunct power plants have become a hot spot for cryptocurrency operations, and Finger Lakes residents say they’re just another blight.
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Blog PostStates Commit to Clean and Healthy New Buildings
WA and CO are taking exciting steps to ensure new buildings in their states are built ready for the all-electric future.
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Blog PostEVs Will Drive North Carolina to Cleaner Air for Everyone
To reduce pollution and improve residents’ health, North Carolina should adopt standards that increase the number of electric trucks, buses, and cars (EVs) that are on our roads.
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DispatchA Once-Thriving Black-Owned Beach Is Returned to Its Rightful Owners
The victory at California’s Bruce’s Beach, improperly seized 100 years ago, has reignited the conversation around land restitution for Black Americans.
