NRDC media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place NRDC on the left. We have seen it on 9 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is NRDC biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place NRDC on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is NRDC left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place NRDC on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is NRDC reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for NRDC are Ad Fontes Media: Mixed factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What NRDC has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with NRDC’s own report linked underneath.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed an executive order aimed at protecting bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. The directive mandates state agencies to decrease pesticide application and implement pollinator-friendly practices, while also encouraging habitat conservation efforts across the state.
NRDC reported it asNRDC Statement on Colorado Pollinator Executive Order (opens NRDC in a new tab)
A federal appeals court has invalidated a Trump administration order that compelled the JH Campbell coal plant in Michigan to remain operational beyond its planned retirement. The court found the Energy Department lacked the legal authority to issue such emergency orders.
NRDC reported it asCourt Overturns DOE Order Forcing Michigan Coal Plant to Stay Open (opens NRDC in a new tab)
A United Nations report published on September 2, 2026, states that global temperatures are likely to exceed the 1.5°C warming threshold within a few years. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for rapid emissions cuts and carbon removal to limit damage.
NRDC reported it asUN Overshoot Report is a Rallying Cry, Not a Death Knell (opens NRDC in a new tab)
Patagonia said on 2 September it will sue the Trump administration as part of a coalition contesting a July presidential order that reduced the size of Bears Ears National Monument. One digest cites a 1.36 million‑acre cut, another cites about three million acres and includes Grand Staircase‑Escalante.
NRDC reported it asConservation Groups Challenge Trump’s Decimation of Two National Monuments in Utah (opens NRDC in a new tab)
The Trump administration is reportedly pressuring the National Park Service to transfer a parcel of Yosemite National Park to a private developer, Kingsbarn Realty Capital. The developer seeks the land to build a road connecting its property to the park, raising conservation concerns.
NRDC reported it asTrump Administration Pushing to Hand Piece of Yosemite to Private Developer (opens NRDC in a new tab)
A federal appeals court unanimously upheld the EPA’s 2024 decision to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances, rejecting a challenge from industry groups. The ruling preserves the agency’s authority to force polluters to pay for cleanup under Superfund law.
NRDC reported it asCourt Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous Substances (opens NRDC in a new tab)
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on 18 August 2026 imposing new restrictions on data center development, including local approval requirements and removal from fast-track permitting. The move reverses his earlier support for such projects and follows bipartisan opposition to their environmental and energy impacts.
NRDC reported it asTo Manage Data Center Challenges, Governor Shapiro Signs Executive Order on “GRID” Principles (opens NRDC in a new tab)
The US Agriculture Department plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, removing logging restrictions on over 40 million acres of national forest. The move, announced by Secretary Brooke Rollins, aims to reduce wildfire risks but is opposed by environmental groups who say it will increase them.
NRDC reported it asTrump Administration Guts 25-Year-Old Roadless Rule, Opening Roughly One-Third of National Forests to Logging and Drilling (opens NRDC in a new tab)
RWE U.S. Offshore agreed to abandon offshore wind projects off New York, California and Louisiana for $1.22bn, the latest in a series of federal buybacks totalling $3.9bn. The company will invest $1.2bn in Louisiana LNG and natural gas projects, while states plan legal challenges.
NRDC reported it asNRDC: Trump’s War on Wind Costs Us $4 Billion (opens NRDC in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for NRDC.
Where it publishes from
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 9
- Reports listed
- 9
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 7 August 2026
9 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
We have not seen NRDC cover a story that outlets rated left were largely absent from.
Across the 9 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of NRDC: its report arrived a median of 15 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 24 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 22 September 2026. Ratings pulled 10 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as NRDC, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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