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Jump to navigation Menu Main menu Our Work Areas of Work Climate Change Communities Energy Food Health Oceans Water The Wild How We Work Advocacy Business Litigation Partnerships Science Where We Work International United States About Blocks About The Natural Resources Defense Council works to safeguard the earth - its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. Support Follow Us Twitter Twitter Facebook Facebook YouTube YouTube instagram instagram RSS RSS Feed View all from our work Our Experts Our Stories Get Involved About Us Mission Leadership Programs Financials Our Sustainability Media Center Careers Contact Us Donate Monthly One-time Search Search Be A Force For The Future Defending our air, water, communities, and wild places requires more than a single voice. Join the movement. Join Us Join the Movement Get Updates On Our Issues Email * Thank you! 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Court Orders the EPA to Finalize a Ban on Chlorpyrifos The agency broke the law by continuing to allow use of the toxic pesticide despite scientific proof that the chemical harms children’s developing brains. Demand Climate Action Let's build a brighter, healthier, more just future together. How Wolves and Other Wildlife Help Us Fight for the Climate With what we’re learning about the way wildlife influences ecosystems and the carbon cycle, it’s all the more important to protect biodiversity and keep our planet livable for all. A How-To Guide for Dismantling Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy Reversing the former president’s damage to U.S. environmental and public health policy is possible—but it’ll take some time. When Asian Americans Are Missing from Public Health Data, It’s Harder to Protect Them If science is the search for truth, then let’s get real by ensuring research actually represents who’s out there and what’s happening to them, from COVID-19 to climate change. EPA Takes First Step Toward Undoing Trump’s Illegal and Woefully Weak Lead and Copper Rule The agency is pausing on the previous administration’s changes to the rule in order to consult with communities who are most impacted. Cities: Time to Think Bigger on Climate After four years of defunding and deregulation from the Trump White House, how can cities step up as climate leaders under a Biden administration? Responds to COVID-19 This unprecedented public health crisis requires bold, equitable, science-based action. Our Victories Some of '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. Building a Better Future Help us safeguard the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the places we treasure. $10 $12 $15 $18 $20 Other $ One-Time Gift Give Monthly Earth's Best Defense We focus on fundamental issues in order to protect the natural systems on which all life depends. Climate Change Communities Energy Food Health Oceans Water The Wild Climate Change To protect future generations, we work to cut carbon pollution and expand clean energy. Learn More Communities works with local partners to help create strong, just, and resilient communities. Learn More Energy Expanding clean energy protects our health, air, climate, and last wild places. Learn More Food Choosing what we eat has a huge impact on our health and our environment. Learn More Health strives to rid our food, air, water, and household products from toxic chemicals. Learn More Oceans works to protect our world's oceans from pollution and exploitation. Learn More Water Clean water sustains our communities, economies, ecosystems, and health. Learn More The Wild Unspoiled wilderness protects our watersheds, cleans air, and shelters diverse species. Learn More A Legacy of Impact 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. Learn More 83K Number of jobs across the Midwest supported by the electric vehicle economy 90 Percent of successful lawsuits against the Trump administration $97M Legal settlement to examine and replace water lines in Flint 1100 Deaths avoided annually since implementing the Heat Action Plan in Ahmedabad, India 25 Cities boosting their climate action through the American Cities Climate Challenge 184 Pages of comments submitted by and partners debunking attacks on the Clean Air Act $8M Invested in uplifting the former coal town community of Peoria, Illinois 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. Blog Post Chicago Officials Halt Permit Process for Move of General Iron’s Notorious Metal Shredding Operation to Southeast Side This marks a major step forward in dismantling the environmental racism that has plagued the neighborhood for decades. Western Dispatch An Oil Giant Is No Match for Resistance and Resilience in Richmond, California How a small Laotian refugee community on San Francisco Bay took on Chevron, won—and keeps winning. Blog Post Chance for a More Resilient and Equitable Food System in California With AB 125, California has an opportunity to reshape our food and farming system to help protect workers in fields, kitchens, and grocery stores while providing our most vulnerable communities improved access to healthy, sustainably produced food. Northeast Dispatch How Rikers Island Became a Vehicle for Justice (Once It Started Shutting Down) The Renewable Rikers plan to reimagine the site of New York City’s notorious jail complex could bring green jobs, cleaner air, and community investment to the neighborhoods most harmed by mass incarceration. Western Dispatch Alaska Natives Lead a Unified Resistance to the Pebble Mine The effort to stop a massive mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska, has been a decades-long fight for the region’s Indigenous People. Five tribal leaders share their experiences. Midwest Dispatch Fighting Inequity with Solar Power Minneapolis’s 4d program to boost energy efficiency and affordable housing in the city is kicking it up a notch. Western Dispatch Honolulu Charts a Path Away from Fossil Fuels As part of the American Cities Climate Challenge, a coalition of climate advocates just helped pass a series of bills that will curb emissions and rein in Honolulu’s sky-high cost of living at once. Blog Post Colorado Must Center Equity in Climate Action Historical & present-day environmental racism threatens the health, economic prosperity, and well-being of marginalized communities across Colorado. That's why we're proud to have signed on to a letter calling for equity to be centered in climate action. Blog Post Pittsburgh Poised to Thrive on Biden’s Plan An equitable recovery powered by climate action means millions of well-paying jobs—with the Steel City, and other places like it, at the center of it all. Ask President Biden to protect 30% of U.S. lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 Take Action...