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President Trump has launched an unrelenting and coordinated attack on clean air protections. He has exempted over 200 facilities from limits on toxic pollutants—sacrificing the health of communities to further line his chemical industry allies’ pockets.

For decades a mill supplying large U.S. tissue companies has severely polluted rivers around Grassy Narrows in Canada’s boreal region, causing lasting health impacts and widespread harm to Indigenous Peoples, with no end in sight. This is unconscionable. https://on.nrdc.org/3VQgUXw

The U.S was the world’s only major economy to see greenhouse gas emissions go up significantly last year. It happened as the Trump administration gutted pollution safeguards and forced dirty coal plants to stay running.

Our Executive Director Christy Goldfuss, Director of Federal Affairs for Environmental Health Katie Hobbs, and Director of Video Adam Abel talk about Big Oil’s efforts to develop the Arctic. Listen to the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/4e9ONsP

The Trump administration wants to auction nearly 100 million acres of Pacific Ocean seafloor near American Samoa and the Northern Marianas Islands for deep-sea mining—damaging vital marine ecosystems and threatening the Pacific Islander way of life.

California’s coastal habitats just gained protections: The Mishopshno and Point Sal State Marine Conservation Areas have been approved. This marks a new era in ocean conservation, as these are the first Tribally led marine protected areas for the state.

Our Executive Director Christy Goldfuss, Director of Federal Affairs for Environmental Health Katie Hobbs, and Director of Video Adam Abel talk about the cascading impacts of Trump’s deregulatory agenda—from the Arctic to your backyard. Listen to our latest episode: https://on.nrdc.org/4e9ONsP

Under the Trump administration’s new rules, coal and gas power plants in every corner of the country will now be allowed to spew as much carbon dioxide as they want, worsening the climate crisis and endangering local communities.

Food waste is a missed economic opportunity that could be supporting local communities. New research suggests that comprehensive food waste policies in states like Illinois could generate 14,000 jobs across Illinois. https://on.nrdc.org/3VRzv5t

While the current permitting bill would deliver transmission benefits, some of the language around environmental and public health safeguards requires changes. Our experts across sectors have broken down the details, examining its policy impacts and the improvements we need to make.

Cancer is an epidemic in the United States. Yet, the Trump administration continues to wage a relentless attack on the nation’s cancer protections, while uplifting the very industries poisoning our water and air with carcinogens. Read our newest report:

The Trump administration’s policies to promote fossil fuels and stop renewable energy are directly impacting our health—leading to 35,000 additional early deaths, 70,000 new asthma patients, and 42,000 emergency room visits by 2035. Read the full report: https://on.nrdc.org/4zEsg0a

By expanding CA’s MPA network, @governor.ca.gov can secure CA's legacy as the gold standard of coastline management and protection. Today, we need you to help make it happen! https://on.nrdc.org/4jVpA8V

California is weighing new marine protections that could safeguard vital coastal habitats, help restore marine life, and give Tribes a greater role in ocean stewardship. (Sponsored by @nrdc.org)

UK energy company Drax has proposed a tree-burning, dangerous datacenter that could produce nearly double the emissions of all Gatwick flights, making it “one of the dirtiest datacenters out there.” https://on.nrdc.org/4rTNMKI

The short story on the permitting bill—major upsides for transmission and clean energy and major downsides that will mean more fossil fuel gets built. Can we trust that the upsides will play out in a system that is so thoroughly captured by oil, gas, and coal?

Power plants produce nearly a quarter of U.S. carbon emissions. Now, as AI and data centers drive energy use to new heights, the Trump administration is trying to erase limits on carbon pollution for gas and coal power plants. We’re taking them to court to stop them.

The Community Reinvestment Act is at risk of rollbacks that would dramatically weaken banks’ obligations to invest in working-class communities and help them recover from disasters. We can’t allow this to happen. Submit a comment now: https://on.nrdc.org/3WbqGU7

Today, the Supreme Court opened with a case that could shape the ability of state and local governments to hold polluters financially accountable for their role in driving the climate crisis.

As storms, drought, wildfires, and other disasters made worse by climate change create a staggering bill of damages, “the question before the country is, who will pay it, and how?” More on today’s opening Supreme Court case:

Big Oil giants ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy are trying to throw out a lawsuit by Boulder, Colorado, that seeks to hold them responsible for the damage their climate pollution caused. And they want to go a step further and stop anyone from holding them accountable in any state’s court system.

As the EPA charges ahead trying to undo our climate progress, they are fulfilling the wish lists of fossil fuel CEOs as families struggle with increasing energy prices and toxic pollution.

The Trump administration’s handouts allow the fossil fuel industry to stockpile public lands. Oil and gas companies get richer, locking up public lands indefinitely.

After the Trump administration cancelled dozens of grants to boost clean American manufacturing, they refused to tell us why. So, we took them to court and got hundreds of pages of documents about DOGE staffers, rushed decisions, and political appointees. You can read them here.

Our director of insurance and financial risk, Alfonso Pating, explains why some homeowners are getting priced out of having insurance. Listen to the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/4iW2a2P

California’s Fish and Game Commission has a rare opportunity to advance Tribal ocean stewardship and conservation. Chumash paddler, diver, and ocean advocate Eva Pagaling outlines the importance of approving the proposed Mishopshno marine protected area:

Our director of insurance and financial risk, Alfonso Pating, walks us through how the climate crisis is changing the insurance industry. Listen to the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/4iW2a2P

Reducing emissions alone isn’t enough—we must use every tool we have to address the climate crisis. Our new report emphasizes the essential role of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and lays out core principles for policymakers, advocates, and companies as we chart the path forward.

While gas costs over $4 a gallon, the Trump administration just decided that people should spend even more at the pump. They predicted that gutting fuel efficiency rules would cost the average family $1,600 in gas over a cars’ lifetime, but they’re doing it anyway and Big Oil will reap the profits.

Nearly 100,000 supporters agree that the Gulf of California needs to remain pristine and free from risky liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. We need J.P. Morgan to follow suit!

Over 100 scientists from Mexico, the U.S., and the world are raising their voice to stop the Gulf of California from becoming a sacrifice zone for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Leaders must reject all LNG projects and commit to continuing protection of this biodiverse region.

The climate and biodiversity crises we’re facing pose real challenges and tradeoffs. But there are clear solutions to rapidly build out the clean energy needed to avert the worst climate impacts, while preserving critical ecosystems along the way.

As global temperatures continue to rise, extreme heat is becoming our new reality. Local leaders are taking much needed efforts in building resilience. This Climate Week NYC, we’re demanding action to move beyond fossil fuels and protect our future.