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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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Petition to EPA Region 9 for Dominguez Channel (PDF)

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American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...

Petition to EPA Region 9 for Los Cerritos Channel (PDF)

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American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...

Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic filed a motion to intervene in New Jersey State Superior Court in Union County on behalf of NJ Audubon Society, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Sierra Club New Jersey, Environment New Jersey...

Proposed Complaint and Crossclaim in Intervention (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic filed a motion to intervene in New Jersey State Superior Court in Union County on behalf of NJ Audubon Society, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Sierra Club New Jersey, Environment New Jersey...

Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Determination to Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska, September 18, 2014 (PDF)

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NRDC Briefs and Comments regarding Pebble Mine / Bristol Bay, 2012-2014. Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c)...

Brief on Behalf of the NRDC in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, March 28, 2012 (PDF)

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NRDC Briefs and Comments regarding Pebble Mine / Bristol Bay, 2012-2014. Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c)...

TCVP Petition for Review (PDF)

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Petition for Review of an Order Of The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, January 5, 2015.