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Single-Use Plastics 101

GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall
Here’s everything you need to know about the most ubiquitous (and avoidable) kind of plastic waste: the kind made to be tossed in mere minutes.
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Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson
These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.
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Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

Issue BriefUnited StatesErik D. Olson
Removing lead service lines could save the United States an estimated $786 billion from avoided health impacts over the next 35 years.

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Leahy Letter on Keystone XL (PDF)

Letters
Eleven prominent US Senators have added their voices to the growing concern about the risks of proceeding with permitting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. In a letter to Secretary Clinton, they ask her to answer a series of detailed...

Letter to BP CEO on Gulf Science Funds (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner to the CEO of BP, urging him to release their pledged funding for independent scientific research to the best available institutions.

Whitebark pine comment letter – September 20, 2010 (PDF)

Letters
NRDC’s comments on 90-day petition finding for Whitebark pine Endangered Species listing include an array of new scientific research and policy updates related to the growing mortality of the tree across North America.

Peter Lehner Urges Obama for a 60mpg Fuel Standard - Letter (PDF)

Letters
As the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared to issue new fuel standard proposals at the end of September, NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner joined a coalition of science and environmental groups in a letter to President...

FDA Letter on Gulf Seafood Safety (PDF)

Letters
Letter to the Food and Drug Administration making recommendations to improve the monitoring and assessment of seafood safety in the Gulf following the BP oil spill disaster.

NOAA Letter on Gulf Seafood Safety (PDF)

Letters
Letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration making recommendations to improve the monitoring and assessment of seafood safety in the Gulf following the BP oil spill disaster.

Letter to Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) (PDF)

Letters
Comment letter to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) on its draft GO TO 2040 regional plan, addressing issues of land use and transportation, water and energy efficiency, green infrastructure, disinfection of wastewater, invasive species, and sustainable transportation.

Great Lakes NGO Whitehouse Letter on Asian Carp (PDF)

Letters
Some of the most prominent National and Great Lakes conservation groups have petitioned President Obama to step in and make significant changes to the federal response to the ongoing Asian carp crisis.

Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Keystone XL Pipeline (PDF)

Letters
In this letter to Secretary Clinton, 50 members of Congress, led by Jay Inslee (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), raise their voices against the unnecessary risks of tar sands oil expansion into the United States.

Letter on BP Research Funding to BP CEO Tony Hayward (PDF)

Letters
A letter sent from NRDC’s Executive Director Peter Lehner to BP CEO Tony Hayward on June 14, 2010 stating that the $500 million BP has said they will allocate to Gulf disaster research should be carried out by an independent...

Letter to EPA on Gulf Coast Air Monitoring (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letter to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lisa Jackson, requesting improvements to the air quality monitoring conducted in response to the Gulf Oil Spill. The letter addresses community health issues associated with the oil spill and clean-up and...