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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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Background Information on the Gulf of Mexico Whale (PDF)

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Petition filed by NRDC to the National Marine Fisheries Service urging the listing of the Gulf of Mexico population of Bryde’s whales ( Balaenoptera edeni) as an endangered species, and designate critical habitat to ensure its recovery, under the Endangered...

Comments on USFS Groundwater Directive, NRDC et al, 9/3/14 (PDF)

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Comment letter on the U.S. Forest Service's proposed Groundwater Directive, published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2014 at 79 Fed. Reg. 25,815. These comments are submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council on behalf of numerous NGOs.

New York City Flood Map Comments (PDF)

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Comments to FEMA and the City of New York regarding proposed flood maps for New York City and the omission of sea level rise and other climate impacts. These are the first updated maps for New York City Post Hurricane...

NRDC Comments on Miami-Dade County Consent Decree (PDF)

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NRDC submitted comments calling for EPA and Miami-Dade County to ensure that climate change impacts were factored into the design and operations of any sewage infrastructure improvements that were agreed to as part of a settlement on long-standing violations of...

NRDC Comments on North Carolina’s State Mitigation Plan Update (PDF)

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NRDC’s public comments on North Carolina’s State Mitigation Plan (SHMP). Because the state was unwilling to share a copy of North Carolina’s draft 2013 update, NRDC reviewed North Carolina’s 2010 SHMP. Based on this review, we have developed recommendations for...