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Battling Urgent Threats
We combine the expertise of nearly 500 scientists, lawyers, and advocates with the power of more than two million activists to confront our planet's most pressing problems.
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A New Bill Proposes to Ban Chlorpyrifos Nationwide
The move comes in response to the EPA’s longtime refusal to act, even while knowing the pesticide is particularly harmful to children.
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Trump Watch
NRDC tracks the Trump administration’s assaults on the environment.
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Sound Science, Objective Facts, and the Rule of Law
These basics of federal decision-making are fundamental to the interests of the American people—even when they contradict the president’s actions.
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A New Climate Bill Aims to Hold the United States to Its Promises
Because, no, President Trump cannot just ignore the Paris Agreement.
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NRDC and Partners Sue to Force Overdue Protections Against Chemical Spills
While the EPA continues to drag its feet, extreme storms and flooding are putting the health of our most vulnerable communities at risk.
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Trump Barrels Past Courts, Attempts to Greenlight KXL Pipeline
But the administration has yet to release the more thorough (and court-ordered) environmental review for the project.
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Court Stands Behind Ban on Offshore Drilling in Arctic and Atlantic
The decision maintains protections for 128 million acres of ocean and the vast marine life they support.
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David Bernhardt Takes Over as New Interior Secretary
If his past four months as the department’s acting secretary are any indication, our public lands, oceans, and wildlife are in trouble.
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Our Victories
Some of NRDC's major achievements among the hundreds of victories we’ve accomplished to make good on the founding goal of protecting our environment for generations to come.
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. We continue to ensure those laws are enforced and polluters are held accountable.
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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Western DispatchPortland Makes Strides to Cut Emissions and Move Beyond Four Wheels
The Rose City, a winner of the American Cities Climate Challenge, will reduce emissions as it revamps its transportation system—part of a new strategic plan called Central City in Motion.
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NRDC in ActionSalt of the Earth, Courtesy of the Sun
By powering their pumps with solar energy instead of diesel, Indian salt farmers are investing in their own brighter futures.
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Blog PostMidwest Leadership in the Climate Fight
America’s heartland is stepping up to do what’s best for their people, their states, and their country.
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Midwest DispatchCould These Country Roads Be Toxic to Kids?
A county in eastern Iowa has been replacing gravel with slag, a steel industry byproduct. It’s hard, sharp, and potentially a public health concern.
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Midwest DispatchA Tribe in Northern Minnesota Shows the Country How to Do Community Solar
Photovoltaic panels on the Leech Lake reservation are generating clean power—and revenue to help those who need it most.
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Southeast DispatchThese Farmers Are Sowing Seeds of Diversity in the U.S. Food System (and Have Been for Quite Some Time)
A movement to preserve the cultural heritage and organic practices of African American farmers is growing in the Southeast.
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Blog PostSearch for Oil Threatens Endangered Florida Panther
The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the eastern United States, and now oil exploration and other development around the Florida Everglades is diminishing their critical habitat.
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Northeast DispatchIndustry Surrounds Newark’s Ironbound Neighborhood—But These Residents Won’t Let It Define Them
The tireless efforts of locals are reshaping one of New Jersey’s most polluted areas.
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Blog PostVineyard Wind Protects Right Whales While Building a Clean Energy Future
A landmark agreement ensures that dozens of new wind turbines will help lower carbon emissions—without threatening the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
