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Be a Force for the Future

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

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. We won 90 percent of resolved cases against the Trump administration the first time, and we're ready to fight in court again.

$369b

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

163

Number of cases filed against the first Trump administration

1,100

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

Building a Better Future

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

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We Are Here to Make a Difference: Our Litigators Are at the Ready

In response to the first Trump administration's assault on environmental and public health protections, NRDC went to court 163 times. And the results spoke for themselves: We won nearly 90 percent of all resolved cases. NRDC’s attorneys will continue our time-tested tactics to defend public health and the environment from future federal attacks.

Our Work

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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.
Explore Issue Human Health
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Nature & Wildlife

In order for people to thrive, nature must too.
Explore Issue Nature & Wildlife
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Pledge

Stand with NRDC to stop the Trump agenda

During Trump’s first term, we sued the administration an average of once every 10 days for four years, and we're ready to use our legal muscle again—but it’s going to take more to stop the administration's assault on our planet. Whether we succeed or fail at stopping the Trump agenda rests in part on how many of us come together to fight back. Are you with us?

An aerial view of Enviva Pellets Northampton in Northampton County, North Carolina, in April, 2019.

Enviva Pellets Northampton is the company’s second wood pellet facility located in the state and has a production capacity of 510,000 metric tons per year, manufactured from a mix of untreated raw wood, waste wood and residuals.

Pellets produced at the plant are transported by truck to Enviva’s Port of Chesapeake on the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Virginia, primarily for export to customers in Europe
Petition

Tell officials that wood pellet biomass is bad for our communities

The wood pellet biomass industry—which cuts down carbon-capturing forests—is now trying to make its way into California with two proposed industrial-scale facilities. The proposed facilities are a hazard to our climate, health, and wildlife. Use your voice to stop this dangerous project and defend our health and environment.