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We filed our first lawsuit of the year against the Trump administration for revoking protections that cover more than 625 million acres of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The move opens up these areas to offshore oil drilling, which would be catastrophic for the coastal communities, Tribes, and marine life that rely on pristine waters for their lives and livelihoods. When Trump tried to hand over our oceans to Big Oil in 2017, we sued—and won. We’re headed to court to fight back again.
No one should be allowed to hoard this much wealth—especially for fueling the climate crisis that’s devastating our planet and taking actual lives. Fossil fuel companies are focused solely on increasing profits while the rest of us have to fear losing everything in a wildfire or a flood. Why should our communities suffer while Big Oil gets richer?
The beginning of President Trump’s second term has been a full-on blitz to gut essential environmental protections, fast-track destructive projects, derail efforts to advance equity and justice, and dismantle the government to serve the rich. Many of his plans will face legal and public challenges, and we’re confident in our ability to help slow down some and block others. To everyone supporting our tireless fight, we’re grateful to be standing with you on the right side of history.
We expect insurance companies to protect us from extreme weather events as they become supercharged by climate change, but instead, they’re reducing and even cutting coverage for those living in high-risk areas. For the past five years, large insurance companies in California have declined to renew coverage for nearly 3 million homeowners, leaving countless families to shoulder the costs of a crisis. No place is immune to the impacts of climate change, so insurance companies need to hold up their end of the bargain.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have launched a massive power grab that reaches far beyond the authority that our Constitution gives to a president. Musk calls it “efficiency,” but what he’s really vying for is power and control of the government. There are checks and balances precisely for this moment. Congress must stand up to Trump and Musk to protect our democracy.
Join NRDC on Thursday, Feb 13 for Orion Magazine’s virtual launch of their Winter 2024 Issue, “Green Screen: On the Nature of Film." The event will feature NRDC’s Creative Director of Rewrite the Future Meredith Milton, along with issue contributors Moeko Fujii (Through the Eye of a Fish) and Nathaniel Rich (Cone) in a discussion about the representations of nature in film. Register here.
It’s been one month since multiple wildfires wreaked havoc in Los Angeles. The scale of climate catastrophe is nearly unimaginable—until you witness it firsthand. Our hearts go out to our colleagues and neighbors who have lost everything in the fires. Oil and gas have fueled the climate crisis for decades, and this type of disaster is a direct result of fossil fuel pollution. Multiple analyses explain how high winds mixing with recent dry, hot temperatures—caused by heat-trapping gases that come from burning fossil fuels—led to these specific devastating events. And while climate disasters affect everyone, they pose disproportionate burdens to the most vulnerable. As communities are trying to recover from this tragedy, the fossil fuel industry continues to rake in the money and avoid responsibility.
Three weeks in, President Trump has launched the worst assault in U.S. history on the environment and public health—which we anticipated—but still shocked our conscience. The administration is prioritizing oil and gas profits while putting our communities, economy, and future on the line. If the administration’s actions succeed, we would see more pollution, more emergency room visits and premature deaths, more habitat destroyed and wildlife lost, and more unchecked climate disasters. Nobody voted for that—and it’s not what most of the country wants. Like many people making their voices heard across the country, we’re ready to fight back.