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NRDC uses science, policy, law, and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health, and safeguard nature. Get updates on our issues.

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Climate Change

The power to reverse this crisis lies with us.
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Equity & Justice

The environmental movement must seek justice.
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Human Health

Health is at the forefront of our fight for a sustainable, equitable world.
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Nature & Wildlife

In order for people to thrive, nature must too.
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The Latest

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Indoor Workers Need Protection from Extreme Heat Too

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What Do “Better” Batteries Look Like?

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Code Red for Heat: Workers & Communities Need Protections Now

India’s Air Pollution Challenge Spans Rural and Urban Areas

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Cascading Climate Disasters Call for Resolve, Not Despair

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Campaign Pushes Local Food & Safe Products at Dollar General

Biden Administration Set to Invest $20 Billion in Clean Energy Finance

Environmental Groups Oppose Harmful Right Whale Vessel Strike Bills

EPA Announces the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Solar for All Program

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Federal Agencies Restore Endangered Species Protections—Mostly

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What Happens If the Supreme Court Ends “Chevron Deference”?

Building a Better Future

Help us ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

Community Highlights

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Mapping Urban Heat Islands Is Helping These Neighborhoods Adapt

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How to Become a Community Scientist

Connecting Youth to Nature Supports Equity and Climate Change Goals

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Community Science Is Changing How People Can Fight Pollution

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Petition

Protect the Endangered Species Act!

With one million species worldwide at risk of extinction, the Biden administration must take bold steps to fully reverse efforts to undermine ESA protections and work to defend the law from future attacks.
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Petition

Tell President Biden to protect our coasts and communities from offshore drilling

Leasing our ocean to oil and gas companies will only lock us into the climate-destroying fossil fuels of the past for decades to come—which is exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants—at a time when we need to be rapidly transitioning to 100% clean energy to save our planet.
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A Legacy of Impact

For more than 50 years, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) has been shaping critical environmental policies around the world, ensuring those policies are upheld and holding polluters accountable.

$369b

U.S. federal investment in energy, climate, and justice

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Deaths avoided annually since implementing the heat action plan in Ahmedabad, India

$97m

Legal settlement to examine and replace the water lines in Flint, Michigan

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Gallons of gasoline saved since 1975, thanks to federal clean transportation rules