Clinton nabs major environmental endorsement

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A week before voters in California and five other states head to the polls, Hillary Clinton on Tuesday earned the endorsement of the NRDC Action Fund, marking the first time the political arm of the National Resources Defense Council has backed a presidential candidate.

In a statement from the NRDC Action Fund, the group's president Rhea Suh laid out the stakes in the looming presidential election, one that she wrote will be between Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. The endorsement makes no direct mention of Bernie Sanders, who is counting on a strong performance in all six states, particularly in California, as a boost of momentum heading into the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

"Only one of those candidates wants to build a future powered by a clean energy economy. Only one of those candidates will make America a leader in the global fight against climate change. And only one of those candidates will work to ensure that every child and every family in America has clean water to drink, clean air to breathe, and a safe and healthy place to live," Suh wrote. "That candidate is Hillary Clinton, and that’s why — for the first time — the NRDC Action Fund is stepping up now to endorse Secretary Clinton for President of the United States."

The group ripped into Trump for what it said he would do to the environment.