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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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Ivory Education Institute v. State of California - Order on Motions (PDF)

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The Los Angeles Superior Court upheld California’s 2015 ivory ban law, which the Ivory Education Institute challenged as unconstitutional. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and...

Amicus Brief Supporting NYS Denial of Constitution Pipeline (PDF)

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Amicus brief filed by NRDC on behalf of Water Defense, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in support of New York State's decision to deny water quality certification to Constitution Pipeline.

Petition urging FDA to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Earthjustice, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Public Citizen, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and California Public Interest Research Group petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw approval of...

Complaint for Hawaiian False Killer Whale (PDF)

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A complaint filed in D.C. District Court alleging a violation of the ESA and demanding the responsible agencies to designate critical habitat by a date certain for the Hawaiian insular false killer whale.

Motion to Intervene in Anacostia River Cleanup Case (PDF)

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NRDC, the Anacostia Watershed Society, and Anacostia Riverkeeper are asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to set a final deadline for the long-delayed cleanup study, which will assess the environmental and health impacts of Pepco’s pollution...

Petition to Cancel the Registrations for Enlist Duo Herbicide (PDF)

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Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), NRDC submitted this petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel its October 15, 2014 and March 31, 2015 registrations for the herbicide Enlist Duo.

Complaint in NRDC v. McCarthy (PDF)

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Federal district court complaint filed on 4/22/16 against EPA for failing to review and approve revisions to California's water quality standards.