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Water for the World
Solving the World’s Most Pressing Environmental Health Problem
Fact Sheet

For the nearly one billion people who don't have access to it, clean water is the world's most pressing problem. Lack of safe drinking water and sanitation is the single largest cause of illness in the world, contributing to the deaths of 2 million people a year, the majority of which are children. The solutions to this global public health crisis are well-known and cost-effective, yet more than 780 million people are without clean drinking water, and approximately 2.5 billion lack adequate sanitation.2 In 2005, recognizing the urgency of the crisis, the United States passed the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act, landmark legislation designed to address the need for global affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation. Get document in pdf.

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Domestic Oil Drilling
Still Not a Solution to Rising Gas Prices
Overview

More domestic oil drilling will have no effect on the current spike in gasoline prices. It’s time to move beyond our dependence on oil and seek alternatives such as clean energy and fuel efficiency.

Legislative Watch
The Bulletin on Environmental Legislation from NRDC
Bulletin

This biweekly bulletin tracks environmental bills moving through Congress.

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