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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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Letter of Concern - Sec. 304 S. 2975 (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the U.S. Senate, NRDC joined 39 other organizations in raising concern over a controversial nuclear waste provision (Sec. 304) inserted into the FY2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (S. 2975), which is...

Letter from Green Group Leaders on Keystone XL, November 2010 (PDF)

Letters
On November 24, 2010, 31 Green Group leaders -- including Peter Lehner from NRDC -- sent a letter to Secretary of State Clinton calling for a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, with...

Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Corn Ethanol Subsidies (PDF)

Letters
A broad coalition of organizations, including Freedomworks, MoveOn, environmental advocates, budget hawks, religious organizations, hunger and development groups, food producers, agricultural industry representatives and dozens of others from all parts of the political spectrum sent a letter to Congressional leadership...

Supplemental Disaster Funding Recommendations - Letter (PDF)

Letters
The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) recent request for supplemental disaster funding falls dismally short in several critical areas including adequate resources to rebuild resilient energy and water infrastructure by those communities hit by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and...

Joint Letter to Oppose Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the U.S. Senate, NRDC and 15 other organizations urge opposition to the Senate Republican tax plan because it would lavish huge and permanent tax cuts to the richest 1% and corporate polluters that are destined to...

Application 16-08-006 Joint Parties Letter to Commissioner (PDF)

Letters
The decline in the cost of solar and wind – as well as the continued availability of low cost efficiency improvements – are key factors supporting the proposal to retire and replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with GHG-free resources...

California National Marine Sanctuary Comment Letter (PDF)

Letters
As part of our work to protect marine monuments and National Marine Sanctuaries from Trump Administration rollbacks, NRDC filed comments with NOAA on the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument and on the four California marine sanctuaries, all of...

133 NGO Letter to Secretary Zinke Opposing the Expansion of Offshore Drilling

Letters
133 nonprofit organizations from across the United States sent a letter to Interior Secretary Zinke in opposition to the expansion of offshore drilling. "Offshore drilling brings unacceptable risks to our oceans, coastal residents, communities, existing economies, and our climate," the...