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Single-Use Plastics 101

April 30, 2024 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?

April 29, 2024 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

October 25, 2023 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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This document was submitted on behalf of NRDC and Riverkeeper only (PDF)

January 12, 2012 Comments

These comments were submitted by NRDC on the NYS revised draft environmental impact statement for fracking.

This document was submitted on behalf of NRDC only (PDF)

January 12, 2012 Comments

These comments were submitted by NRDC on the NYS revised draft environmental impact statement for fracking.

NRDC Comments to EPA on Permitting Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities Using Diesel Fuels, June 2011 (PDF)

December 9, 2011 Comments

Comments from NRDC, Earthjustice, and Sierra Club on the Environmental Protection Agency’s development of UIC Class II permitting guidance for hydraulic fracturing activities that use diesel fuels in fracturing fluids.

Comments on the EPA’s Proposal for New Clean Air Act Rules for the Oil and Gas Industry - NESHAPs (PDF)

December 1, 2011 Comments

These comments were submitted to the U.S. EPA by NRDC, Sierra Club, Earthjustice and other groups in response to EPA’s proposed new rules to limit air emissions from the oil and gas industry. While we support the new rules, these...

Comments on the EPA’s Proposal for New Clean Air Act Rules for the Oil and Gas Industry - NSPS (PDF)

December 1, 2011 Comments

NRDC Comments on the NRC Near-Term Task Force Recommendations (PDF)

September 12, 2011 Comments

NRDC’s written comments filed on September 2, 2011 on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Near-Term task force recommendations being considered for implementation "without unnecessary delay." Note: NRDC Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine provided extended oral comments on this same subject...

Comments to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Subcommittee on Natural Gas, July 2011 (PDF)

July 21, 2011 Comments

NRDC Recommendations for the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Natural Gas Subcommittee.

Comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Proposals Affecting Wolves (PDF)

July 5, 2011 Comments

NRDC supports the delisting of gray wolves in the Midwest, including in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. However, NRDC does not believe that the best available scientific evidence supports the recognition of Canis lycaon as a species. Additionally, the proposed reclassification...

Comments on Sulfuryl Fluoride: Proposed Order Granting Objections to Tolerances and Denying Request for Stay, 76 Fed. Reg. 3422 (Jan. 19, 2011), Dkt. No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0174 (PDF)

July 5, 2011 Comments

This is a letter from David Doniger to the Office of Pesticide Programs- Regulatory Public Docket with comments on the sulfuryl fluoride tolerances supporting the denial of the stay.

The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Its Implications for Nuclear Power in the U.S. and Globally - Memorandum (PDF)

June 17, 2011 Comments

This memorandum from Christopher Paine, Nuclear Program Director at NRDC briefly summarizes: the course of the Fukushima accident and subsequent releases of radiation; key questions for Japan posed by the accident; the U.S. response to date; the implications of the...

Public Comments on the TransCanada Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDF)

June 7, 2011 Comments

These comments, submitted to the State Department on June 6, 2011 by Sierra Club, NRDC, and other groups detail our concerns about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and about the deficiencies in the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement...

NRDC and Its Partners' Statement for the Record for the House Committee on Natural Resources Hearing Addressing Renewable Energy Permitting Issues (PDF)

May 31, 2011 Comments

NRDC's statement for the record for a June 1, 2011 House Committee on Natural Resources' oversight hearing, addressing the contention that federal permitting processes are forestalling the deployment of renewable energy technologies derived from solar, wind, and geothermal generation. NRDC...

Comments Submitted by NRDC and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network Regarding the Commission‘s Draft Natural Gas Development Regulations (PDF)

April 18, 2011 Comments

NRDC's joint comments, together with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, concerning the draft regulations for natural gas drilling issued by the Delaware River Basin Commission.

Comments on Notice of Intent to Conduct Joint Rulemaking 2017 and Later Model Years Light Duty Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFÉ Standards (PDF)

March 11, 2011 Comments

Comments on Notice of Intent to Conduct Joint Rulemaking 2017 and Later Model Years Light Duty Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFÉ Standards. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, submitted October 31th, 2010 by Natural Resources Defense Council...

Comments on the Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan to be Undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency, February, 2011 (PDF)

March 1, 2011 Comments

NRDC comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan. NRDC commends EPA for taking a broad, lifecycle approach to assessing the risks to drinking water from all stages of the hydraulic fracturing process. The practice of hydraulic...

Comment Letter to Dept of Interior on Shell Drilling Permits for the Gulf of Mexico (PDF)

February 7, 2011 Comments

Comments from NRDC and several other Gulf and national organizations to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement in response to Shell Offshore Inc’s request for exploratory drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico.

Comments to the First Meeting of the Provisional NAS Committee on "Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems" (PDF)

January 6, 2011 Comments

Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine recently participated in the public comment process of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee system – a process NRDC litigation helped create in 1997 – regarding: (1) The composition and charge of a new...

Comments Regarding National Academy of Sciences Review Committee PIN: DEPS-BPA-10-03, "Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems," and its Provisional Membership (PDF)

January 6, 2011 Comments

NRDC Comments on Wolf Management in Idaho (PDF)

January 3, 2011 Comments

Comments on Wildlife Services' Revised Environmental Assessment evaluating the impacts of alternatives for gray wolf damage management in Idaho.

NRDC Comments to HUD on FHA PowerSaver Pilot (PDF)

January 3, 2011 Comments

Comments from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Home Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program ("PowerSaver") sent to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on December 23rd, 2010.

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