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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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Order Granting Preliminary Injunction to Restore Wolf Protections (PDF)

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This opinion, issued by Federal District Judge Donald Molloy on Friday, July 18, 2008, orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal Endangered Species Act protections to the Northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves pending the resolution...

Petition to File a Gray Wolf Recovery Plan (PDF)

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NRDC and Defenders of Wildlife filed this February 2008 petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a recovery plan for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act.

Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Intervene (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic filed a motion to intervene in New Jersey State Superior Court in Union County on behalf of NJ Audubon Society, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Sierra Club New Jersey, Environment New Jersey...

Proposed Complaint and Crossclaim in Intervention (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic filed a motion to intervene in New Jersey State Superior Court in Union County on behalf of NJ Audubon Society, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Sierra Club New Jersey, Environment New Jersey...

NRDC Petition for Review – Jordan Cove (PDF)

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On May 28, 2020, NRDC filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit challenging the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas...

NRDC Request for Rehearing – Jordan Cove (PDF)

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On April 20, 2020, NRDC filed a request for rehearing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of FERC’s decision to authorize the Jordan Cove liquified natural gas export terminal and the associated Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline.

Brief Amicus Curiae on Reliability and Uncertainty in Science (PDF)

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Brief Amicus Curiae on Reliability and Uncertainty in Science, filed on behalf of the Society for Conservation Biology and American Institute of Biological Sciences, in the Seventh Circuit biodiversity conservation case, Sierra Club v. Marita, May 24, 1994. In this...

Legal Brief Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska (PDF)

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Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.