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Single-Use Plastics 101

April 30, 2024 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?

April 29, 2024 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

October 25, 2023 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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ASBC Public Comments for National Academies Meeting on Styrene and Formaldehyde March, 2013 (PDF)

March 20, 2013 Comments

American Small Business Council (ASBC; Mary Kearns) public comments for National Academies meeting on styrene and formaldehyde, Washington DC, March 19, 2013.

NRDC Public Comments for National Academies Meeting on Styrene and Formaldehyde March, 2013 (PDF)

March 20, 2013 Comments

NRDC public comments for National Academies meeting on styrene and formaldehyde, Washington DC, March 19, 2013.

The Big Moat: How NRC Rules Suppress Meaningful Public Participation in NRC Regulatory Decision-making - Statement (PDF)

February 6, 2013 Comments

On January 31, 2013, Chris Paine, the Nuclear Program Director at Natural Resources Defense Council, presented a statement to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on their role in reducing meaningful public participation in the commission’s efforts to ensure nuclear safety.

NRDC Comments on Revised Proposed Regulations for High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in NYS (PDF)

January 14, 2013 Comments

NRDC comments submitted January 11, 2013 with Catskill Mountainkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Earthjustice, Riverkeeper and Sierra Club on Revised Proposed Regulations for High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State.

I-710 Expansion Comments (PDF)

October 3, 2012 Comments

Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice and Natural Resources Defense Council partnered to garner technical and legal specifications and comments on a wide host of environmental issues related to the draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the...

Comments on Mammal Damage Management in the Commonwealth of Virginia Environmental Assessment (PDF)

September 24, 2012 Comments

NRDC letter comments on Wildlife Services' draft Environmental Assessment evaluating the impacts of alternatives for mammal damage management in Virginia, and urges Wildlife Services to withdraw the Draft EA and instead prepare an environmental impact statement (“EIS”).

Comments on Proposed Rule on Oil and Gas; Well Stimulation, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, on Federal and State Lands (PDF)

September 11, 2012 Comments

On September 20, 2012, NRDC and 28 other organizations submitted comments to the Bureau of Land Management on its proposed regulations for well stimulation, including hydraulic fracturing.

Comments to EPA on Permitting Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel Fuels, August 2012 (PDF)

August 24, 2012 Comments

Comments from NRDC, Earthworks OGAP, and other groups on the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft UIC permitting guidance for hydraulic fracturing activities that use diesel fuels in fracturing fluids.

Comments on EPA Watershed Assessment, July 23, 2012 (PDF)

July 24, 2012 Comments

NRDC’s comments on EPA’s Draft Watershed Assessment of Bristol Bay and the potential impacts of large-scale mining there, particularly the Pebble Mine.

Comments on Navy’s Training and Testing Plans for Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico (PDF)

July 11, 2012 Comments

NRDC and other conservation organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Navy commenting on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for training and testing activities along the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico from January 2014 to January...

Comments on Navy’s Training and Testing Plans for Hawaii and Southern California (PDF)

July 11, 2012 Comments

NRDC and other conservation organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Navy commenting on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for training and testing activities in Hawaii and Southern California from January 2014 to January 2019. During that period, the...

Letter to President Barack Obama and Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator (PDF)

June 27, 2012 Comments

Power plants are the nation's largest source of the dangerous carbon pollution that drives global warming. In response to lawsuits from NRDC and others, EPA proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants on April 13, 2012. Here are NRDC's...

Measures Needed to Assure the Integrity of Carbon Capture and Storage in the Power Plant New Source Performance Standards - Comments (PDF)

June 27, 2012 Comments

The Benefits of Carbon Reductions from the Proposed Power Plant New Source Performance Standards - Comments (PDF)

June 27, 2012 Comments

Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units - Comments (PDF)

June 27, 2012 Comments

AEG Stadium Comment Letter (PDF)

May 22, 2012 Comments

NRDC Comments on Convention and Event Center Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), State Clearinghouse No. 2011031049, sent May 21, 2012.

Tom Myers's Technical Review and Comments of EPA's Draft Pavillion Investigation, May, 2012 (PDF)

May 1, 2012 Comments

Independent hydrologist Tom Myers's review of the U.S. EPA's Draft Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming. Dr. Myers found that, after consideration of the evidence presented in the EPA report, it is clear that hydraulic fracturing has caused...

Tenaska -Taylorville Pollution Comments (PDF)

April 4, 2012 Comments

NRDC-Sierra Club submitted written comments to the Illinois EPA on draft pollution permits for Tenaska’s proposed Taylorville Energy. Despite the “clean coal” moniker its promoters have tried to use, our analysis shows it to be quite the opposite.

This document was submitted by NRDC, together with Catskill Mountainkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Earthjustice, Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club (PDF)

January 12, 2012 Comments

These comments were submitted by NRDC on the NYS revised draft environmental impact statement for fracking.

This document was submitted by NRDC, together with Catskill Mountainkeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Earthjustice, and Riverkeeper (PDF)

January 12, 2012 Comments

These comments were submitted by NRDC on the NYS revised draft environmental impact statement for fracking.

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Single-Use Plastics 101

Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

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