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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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NRDC Letter to the Senate About International Climate Finance (PDF)

Letters
Faith-based, development, environmental, and business groups submitted a letter urging the Senate Committee on Appropriations to provide at least $372.9 billion in U.S. support for international development programs, with at least $6.744 for addressing the climate crisis, as part of...

Biodiversity 101

GuideInternational, United StatesCourtney Lindwall

How do we define and measure biodiversity—and just why is it so important?

What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline?

GuideNorth Dakota, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota, NebraskaMelissa Denchak, Courtney Lindwall
How a single pipeline project became the epicenter of an enormous environmental, public health, and civil rights battle.

Letter Regarding Net-Metering Program in California (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by NRDC to California Governor Gavin Newsom, urging stakeholders to continue working toward an agreement on the future of the California Public Utilities Commission's net-metering program.

Nuclear Power 101

GuideUnited StatesPadmaparna Ghosh
How it works, how safe it is, and, ultimately, how its costs outweigh its benefits.

NGO Letter Regarding OECMs in the Context of America the Beautiful and 30X30 (PDF)

Letters
This letter provides background information on other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) and urges the Biden-Harris Administration to consider establishing guidance for the use of this tool when developing the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas and considering the identification of...

NGO Letter in Support of the MBTA (PDF)

Letters
Community letter in support of strengthening the MBTA submitted to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from American Bird Conservancy, Appalachian Trail, Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, Humane Society Legislative Fund, National Audubon Society...

Regenerative Agriculture 101

GuideUnited StatesNRDC
NRDC interviewed more than 100 farmers and ranchers who are building healthy soil and growing climate-resilient communities across the country. This guide incorporates much of what we learned.

Natural Gas 101

GuideUnited StatesBrian Palmer

An overview of gas, pollution, and climate change.

Letter Urging Congress to Boost U.S International Climate Finance (PDF)

Letters
Eighty-five faith-based, development, environmental, and business groups submitted a letter urging congressional appropriators to provide at least $3.3 billion in U.S. support for international programs addressing the climate crisis. The groups call on congressional leaders to make international climate finance...

What Is Climate Change?

GuideUnited States, InternationalJeff Turrentine, Melissa Denchak

The lowdown on the earth’s central environmental threat.

Letter on School Infrastructure Needs (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to Members of Congress, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) call for bold federal investment along the lines outlined in the Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act, including funding for...