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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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Health Experts' Letter to EPA on Ethylene Oxide Link to Cancer (PDF)

Letters
Environmental health professionals send a letter to EPA defending the EPA IRIS assessment of ethylene oxide, linking it to cancer. The letter is submitted as a comment on EPA’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Hydrochloric Acid Production Residual...

Public Hearing Request on HCl and EtO Risk Factor - Letter (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the EPA, NRDC joined 17 other organizations requesting a public hearing on its proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Production source category, which also seeks...

Letter Urging Rejection of Andrew Wheeler to Lead EPA (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and 13 other leading environmental organizations sent a letter on Feb. 4, 2019 to members of the Senate urging them to oppose the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. They write: “In his...

Letter in Support of H.R. 1, For the People Act (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to Congress, NRDC and 20 other environmental organizations support the passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which would enact common sense reforms that will move us closer to the goal of making sure the...

80 Organizations Oppose NUKE Act, HR 1320 - Letter (PDF)

Letters
A letter from 80 organizations opposing H.R. 1320 (the Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Act, or NUKE Act). This bill would undermine environmental reviews, eliminate hearings for uncontested licensing (hearings that have in the past revealed serious deficiencies), weaken an...