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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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NRDC Keyport Range Complex Extension Comment Letter (PDF)

Letters
This letter summarizes NRDC's response to a massive naval extension proposed of the Keyport Range Complex in Washington state. The proposed expansion would extend the Quinault Underwater Tracking Range site over 1700 square nautical miles in the Olympic Coast National...

NGO Sign On Letter for NASS Database (PDF)

Letters
A coalition letter signed by many public interest groups opposing funding cuts to the NASS database that collects and publicly reports on pesticide use data across the country.

NRDC and EDF Letter to EPA on New IRIS Process (PDF)

Letters
The NRDC has joined with EDF to send a letter blasting the new procedures to review chemical hazards for the EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database, used to set exposure limits for toxic chemicals. The letter charges that the...

Groups Urge Scientists Whistleblower Protections - Letter (PDF)

Letters
Multiple group sign on letter urging members of Congress to include federal scientists among those protected by an impending whistleblower bill, H.R. 985. Providing such protection would allow scientist to protect the health and well-being of all Americans without fear...

Long Beach RCRA Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letter from the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition for a Safe Environment to the City of the Long Beach, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, and the Port of Long Beach about violations of the Resource Conservation...

Letter to Westjet (PDF)

Letters
NRDC today urged the 15 major U.S. and Canadian airlines and airfreight companies to publicly oppose the use of "dirty fuels" -- jet fuel from tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal -- and is calling on the airlines to...

Letter to US Airways (PDF)

Letters
NRDC today urged the 15 major U.S. and Canadian airlines and airfreight companies to publicly oppose the use of "dirty fuels" -- jet fuel from tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal -- and is calling on the airlines to...

Letter to UPS (PDF)

Letters
NRDC today urged the 15 major U.S. and Canadian airlines and airfreight companies to publicly oppose the use of "dirty fuels" -- jet fuel from tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal -- and is calling on the airlines to...

Letter to United Airlines (PDF)

Letters
NRDC today urged the 15 major U.S. and Canadian airlines and airfreight companies to publicly oppose the use of "dirty fuels" -- jet fuel from tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal -- and is calling on the airlines to...