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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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Comments from NRDC, Earthjustice and PANNA Re: EPA-Exponent Approach (PDF)

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Public comments to EPA and the Science Advisory Panel (SAP) on US EPA’s proposed use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to evaluate developmental neurotoxicity. Comments from NRDC, Earthjustice and PANNA raising both scientific and legal concerns with the EPA-Exponent approach...

Testimony of Mae Wu on Strengthening the Safe Drinking Water Act (PDF)

Testimony
Testimony of NRDC's Mae Wu for a hearing titled “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards,” held remotely in front of the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

NRDC Comments on the New Jersey BPU Electric Vehicle Straw Proposal (PDF)

Comments
On June 17 th, NRDC submitted comments, along with a coalition of nine environmental non-profit groups, on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ “New Jersey Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Ecosystem 2020 Straw Proposal.” The proposal aims to clarify utilities’ role...

Testimony of Arjun Krishnaswami (PDF)

Testimony
Testimony of Arjun Krishnaswami before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and Subcommittee on Energy about “Management and Spending Challenges Within the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and...

NRDC Comments on North Carolina’s Proposed CDBG-MIT Application (PDF)

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North Carolina’s application for $168 million in CDBG-MIT funding from HUD is golden opportunity for the state to expand its climate resilience efforts. Planning activities, development of climate-informed building and zoning codes, updating regulations that take future conditions into account...