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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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Administrative Appeal to EPA over Chlorpyrifos - Comments (PDF)

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NRDC, together with a dozen other groups, filed an administrative appeal with the EPA urging the agency to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—and challenging the agency on its continued use after EPA scientists have determined it...

Comments on EPA's Chlorpyrifos Revised Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF)

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Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...

Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (PDF)

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Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...

Comments on EPA Proposal To Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (PDF)

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Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...

Comments on HUD's Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management (PDF)

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Comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the proposed rule, "Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard," aimed increasing the nation’s resilience...

Comments on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations (PDF)

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Comments submitted by NRDC and other environmental organizations on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations in the Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life: Implementing Executive Order B-37-16 Public Review Draft.

Briefer on Presidential Withdrawal Under OSCLA Sec. 12(a) (PDF)

Policy Guide
This is a briefing memo by NRDC and our partner, Earthjustice, explaining the presidents' authority to withdraw areas of America's Outer Continental Shelf from consideration for oil and gas leasing, either permanently or for a limited time. It includes a...