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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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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Suit 05-03-11 (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC, Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club filed suit against the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District over a plume of water pollution impacts that stretches from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. The complaint is available online.

Waste Confidence Petition for Review (PDF)

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On February 17, 2011, NRDC filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Waste Confidence" and "Temporary Storage Rules."

Notice of Appeal for FirstEnergy BayShore Plant, 12/17/2010 (PDF)

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Five groups are appealing pollution permits for a coal plant in Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay that currently kills 60 billion fish on the grounds that the State of Ohio is not requiring the best available technology to eliminate the problem...

Industry Challenges to EPA Actions to Curb Carbon Pollution

Legal FilingsUnited States
More than 100 cases have been filed against EPA's endangerment finding, the landmark vehicle emission standards, and requirements for the largest new or expanded power plants and industrial facilities to use the best available and affordable carbon pollution controls.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Petition (PDF)

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Petition asking the EPA to reconsider its 1988 Regulatory Determination regarding wastes associated with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, and to regulate these wastes under the hazardous waste provisions of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation...

NRDC Lawsuit to Ban Chlorpyrifos (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) petition the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.