Data, Reports & Resources

Summary Memo for NRDC/Green For All National Survey of African American Views on Energy (PDF)

November 4, 2015 Summary

On November 4, 2015, NRDC and Green For All released this summary polling memo titled “Findings from a National Survey of African Americans on Energy Issues” showing strong support for action on climate change, clean energy and the Clean Power...

Areas Off Southern CA Protected from Certain Navy Sonar Activities - Map 4 (PDF)

September 11, 2015 Summary

In a recent settlement, the U.S. Navy agreed to protect habitat through the end of 2018 for the most vulnerable marine mammal populations, including endangered blue whales for which waters off Southern California are a globally important feeding area; and...

Areas Off Southern CA Protected from Certain Navy Sonar Activities - Map 3 (PDF)

September 11, 2015 Summary

In a recent settlement, the U.S. Navy agreed to protect habitat through the end of 2018 for the most vulnerable marine mammal populations, including endangered blue whales for which waters off Southern California are a globally important feeding area; and...

Areas Off Southern CA Protected from Certain Navy Sonar Activities - Map 2 (PDF)

September 11, 2015 Summary

In a recent settlement, the U.S. Navy agreed to protect habitat through the end of 2018 for the most vulnerable marine mammal populations, including endangered blue whales for which waters off Southern California are a globally important feeding area; and...

Areas Off Southern CA Protected from Certain Navy Sonar Activities - Map 1 (PDF)

September 11, 2015 Summary

In a recent settlement, the U.S. Navy agreed to protect habitat through the end of 2018 for the most vulnerable marine mammal populations, including endangered blue whales for which waters off Southern California are a globally important feeding area; and...

Assessment of Demand Response Market Potential and Benefits in Shanghai - Executive Summary (PDF)

August 7, 2015 Summary

The electricity systems in China are changing. The need for large-scale integration of intermittent renewables and penetration of electric vehicles, as implied by the low-carbon energy transition, poses challenges to system operation and network management. Moreover, the ever-increasing electricity consumption...

Clean Power Plan Benefits and Carbon Pollution Targets

August 4, 2015 SummaryUnited States

Preliminary analysis from NRDC

Undermined Promise II: Coal Industry’s Financial Woes Threaten to Shift Billions in Cleanup Costs to U.S. Taxpayers (PDF)

June 1, 2015 Summary

With the entire coal industry on shaky financial ground--facing bankruptcies, mine closures, and layoffs--a new threat from coal mining has emerged: self-insured coal companies could walk away from nearly $2 billion in reclamation costs, passing the burden of restoring Western...

Water Audits & Water Loss Control for Drinking Water Utilities: Costs and Benefits - DRBC Updated (PDF)

April 3, 2015 Summary

This document, prepared by NRDC on 4/2/15, provides a summary of available information on the financial costs of, and savings realized through, drinking water utilities’ performance of water loss audits. (Updated on 12/1/15).

Water Audits & Water Loss Control for Drinking Water Utilities: Costs and Benefits - Summary (PDF)

April 3, 2015 Summary

This document, prepared by NRDC on 4/2/15, provides a summary of available information on the financial costs of, and savings realized through, drinking water utilities’ performance of water loss audits. (Updated on 12/1/15).

FSIS Inspection Reports for Foster Farms (PDF)

September 11, 2014 Summary

Records provided to NRDC by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed March 7, 2014. NRDC requested that FSIS provide "any written findings of non-compliance, including but not limited to Notices...

NRDC Summary of EPA's Clean Power Plan

June 2, 2014 SummaryUnited States

Carbon pollution standards for existing power plants

Transcript of Panel Discussion on NRDC Carbon Pollution Reduction, May 28, 2014 (PDF)

May 29, 2014 Summary

NRDC experts hold a press briefing and Q&A session on May 28th, 2014, with reporters in Washington to explain a state based, flexible plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants. This is a major part of President Obama's Climate...

Joint NRDC and Edison Electric Institute Statement (PDF)

February 11, 2014 Summary

The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Edison Electric Institute on February 12, 2014, issued a joint statement regarding the utility business model of the future and recommendations that utility regulators can take that will support the addition of more...

Statement of Benjamin Longstreth, NRDC Senior Attorney, Climate and Clean Air Program (PDF)

February 5, 2014 Summary

Statements by NRDC Experts at the Public Hearing on EPA Proposed Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Electric Generating Units (February 6, 2014).

Statement of David Doniger, NRDC Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program (PDF)

February 5, 2014 Summary

Statements by NRDC Experts at the Public Hearing on EPA Proposed Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Electric Generating Units (February 6, 2014).

Statement of David G. Hawkins, NRDC Director of Climate Change (PDF)

February 5, 2014 Summary

Statements by NRDC Experts at the Public Hearing on EPA Proposed Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Electric Generating Units (February 6, 2014).

Statement of Fernando Cazares, NRDC/Voces Verdes Fellow (PDF)

February 5, 2014 Summary

Statements by NRDC Experts at the Public Hearing on EPA Proposed Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Electric Generating Units (February 6, 2014).

NRDC Comments on California’s Proposed Well Stimulation Regulations, 1/14/14 (PDF)

January 14, 2014 Summary

These are NRDC’s technical comments on the proposed draft regulations for the use of well stimulation in oil and gas production in the state of California.

Green Infrastructure In New Jersey – The Current State of Implementation - Summary (PDF)

October 28, 2013 Summary

NRDC summary of the current state of green infrastructure implementation in New Jersey, with examples of policies, programs, and practices implemented in other communities across the country that could serve as models for cost-effective efforts to reduce stormwater pollution, sewage...