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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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Flint Drinking Water Lawsuit Stipulation as to Settlement (PDF)

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Stipulation as to the settlement from the Flint, Michigan, Safe Drinking Water lawsuit requires the City of Flint and the State of Michigan to replace Flint’s lead and galvanized steel service lines within three years, while, in the meantime, providing...

Flint Drinking Water Lawsuit Settlement Agreement (PDF)

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The settlement from the Flint, Michigan, Safe Drinking Water lawsuit requires the City of Flint and the State of Michigan to replace Flint’s lead and galvanized steel service lines within three years, while, in the meantime, providing water filter support...

FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

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A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Attachments to FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

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A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Methane ICR Withdrawal FOIA Request (PDF)

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This Freedom of Information request was submitted in reaction to EPA’s abrupt withdrawal of its methane information collection request, which the agency undertook in 2016 to aid in setting methane standards for older sources in the oil and gas sector...

Suit Filed by NRDC to Protect Rusty Patched Bumblebee (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Trump Administration for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered species list, just one day before federal protections were set to take effect. The rusty patched...

Complaint Filed by NRDC and Partners in 2 For 1 Litigation (PDF)

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NRDC, along with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, sued the Trump administration today to block an executive order signed by President Trump on January 30 that directs federal agencies to repeal two federal regulations for every new...