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Sustainable Communities

By making our neighborhoods, cities and metro regions stronger, more livable and more efficient, we can save money, protect the environment and improve our quality of life.

Latin America's Green Opportunity

The leaders of Latin America's emerging economies have an opportunity to embrace sustainability and clean energy as integral parts of development to meet the growing needs of their nations.

Keystone XL Pipeline

President Obama rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported toxic tar sands oil from under Canada’s Boreal forest, home to many North American songbirds populations, to oil refineries in Texas. The pipeline would increase the production on one of...

Anti-Environmental Riders

Lawmakers must pass 12 spending bills for fiscal 2012 to fund the government, and some House Republicans are seizing this opportunity to jam through unpopular anti-environmental policies that have nothing to do with spending. These anti-environmental provisions are called "riders" because they ride along on spending bills even though they do not cut federal spending one cent.

Rio+20 Earth Summit

Brazil is hosting the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, marking the 20th Anniversary of the first “Earth Summit." As world leaders, CEOs and citizens gather in Rio, Rio+20 must generate real actions on the part...

The REINS Act

Congress is considering legislation explicitly designed to make it much more difficult to implement safeguards, including those that protect public health, the environment, and food safety. The legislation, known as the REINS Act (Regulations of the Executive in Need of...

The 2011 Budget

The House Republicans' reckless plan to cut $100 billion in government spending by Oct. 1, including a 30 per cent budget reduction for the Environmental Protection Agency, would inflict grave harm to our economy and to our health. NRDC's experts...

112th Congress Targets Health & Environmental Protections

Some members of the 112th Congress have vowed to roll back virtually all health, safety and environmental protections for Americans. These politicians ignore the science, the law and the economic analysis of the deadly costs of pollution when they fight...

International Climate Change Negotiations

In Representatives from 194 countries are negotiating international efforts to address climate change in Durban, South Africa. In 2010, negotiators agreed to key elements of the international response to global warming. They created a new framework for greater transparency and...

Transportation

Developing a modern, efficient public transportation infrastructure would create millions of jobs in the United States and improve our quality of life while reducing dangerous pollution and our reliance on oil....

Defending the Clean Air Act

The Clean Air Act has protected Americans and the air we breathe from harmful pollution for 40 years, saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. But some members of Congress are now attempting to dismantle the Clean Air Act and undermine the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to reduce air pollution and safeguard our health.

Demand Safe Chemicals

More than 80,000 chemicals now in use have never been fully assessed for toxic impacts on human health and the environment. The chemical industry should have to demonstrate that a chemical isn't dangerous before it's used in everyday products. But the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has no such requirements. It's time to require that all chemicals be tested for safety and grant the EPA the authority to protect the public from toxic chemicals.

Disaster in the Gulf

The oil that spewed into the Gulf was an unprecedented environmental disaster that continues to devastate local communities. It will be years before we understand the full extent of the damage.

Energy and climate legislation

Opportunity to Repower America, Invest in Clean Energy Comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create 2 million jobs, cut 2 billion tons of pollution and save 2 trillion dollars. We cannot wait any longer to put our nation on...

World Water Day

Recognizing the Critical Importance of Water to Our Environment

Wolves in the Rockies

Fighting for the Gray Wolf's Recovery

Ensuring Safe and Sufficient Water

Water in a Changing World

Toxic Flea and Tick Treatments

Dangerous Pesticides in Flea and Tick Treatments

Green Stimulus

Critical Investments in Transit and Clean Energy

Dirty coal

Coal Fights Dirty, Reality Fights Back

Dirty Fuels

Looking for Energy in All the Wrong Places

Clean Energy Successes

Green Jobs Can Build a Better Future

Protecting Grizzlies

Grizzly Bears in Peril

Healthy Oceans

Protecting Our Oceans

Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydraulic Fracturing & Water Contamination

Mountaintop Removal

MTR Mining Destroys Rivers, Forests and Communities

New Year's Resolutions

Making Progress in 2010

California Energy

Golden State Must Maintain Leadership on Clean Air, Climate

California's Marine Protected Areas

Preserving California's Ocean Life with Marine Protected Areas

Protecting the Great Lakes from Asian Carp

Protecting the Great Lakes from Asian Carp

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Drive Away from High Gas Prices

Better Fuel Efficiency by 2025 Will Curb Pollution and Save Americans Money

Exposing Clean Energy Smears

Telling the Truth about Climate Legislation

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Unhealthy Chemicals in Our Food

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