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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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Water System Loss Control Study – California - Report (PDF)

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Prepared for Southern California Edison by Water Systems Optimization, Inc, for submission to the California Public Utilities Commission, December, 2009, estimating annual losses of 870,000 acre-feet, of which 350,000 acre-feet are economically recoverable.

Water Delivery System Efficiencies - Report (PDF)

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New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's assessment of water loss audit and reporting practices, rates of water loss, and water conservation programs, at eight drinking water utilities in New York State (April 2002).

Moving California Forward - Executive Summary (PDF)

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This report was commissioned by the California Cleaner Freight Coalition -- including NRDC and at least 20 other organizations working towards transformational changes to the freight transportation system in California to protect the public's health, clean the environment, and promote...

Moving California Forward - Technical Appendix (PDF)

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This report was commissioned by the California Cleaner Freight Coalition -- including NRDC and at least 20 other organizations working towards transformational changes to the freight transportation system in California to protect the public's health, clean the environment, and promote...

Moving California Forward - Report (PDF)

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This report was commissioned by the California Cleaner Freight Coalition -- including NRDC and at least 20 other organizations working towards transformational changes to the freight transportation system in California to protect the public's health, clean the environment, and promote...