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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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CPP Testimony of Juanita Constible (PDF)

Testimony
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants that drive dangerous climate change. In response to the EPA holding just one public hearing about...

CPP Testimony of Deron Lovaas (PDF)

Testimony
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants that drive dangerous climate change. In response to the EPA holding just one public hearing about...

CPP Testimony of Bruce Ho (PDF)

Testimony
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants that drive dangerous climate change. In response to the EPA holding just one public hearing about...

CPP Testimony of Amanda Levin (PDF)

Testimony
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the nation’s first limits on carbon pollution from power plants that drive dangerous climate change. In response to the EPA holding just one public hearing about...

Testimony for Wastewater Oversight Hearing (PDF)

Testimony
The written testimony of Larry Levine, senior attorney in the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the need to improve sewage overflow control plans, increase green infrastructure on private property, and reform water rates to equitably generate...

Green Investment Banks as a Tool to Bolster Climate Action in Latin America

Issue PaperInternationalAmanda Maxwell, Carolina Herrera, Douglass Sims, Sarah Dougherty
Public funds alone cannot meet the magnitude of investment needed in the region to implement the Paris Agreement. Green investment banks can help governments accelerate the flow of private capital toward climate solutions.

Proposed Tar Sands Transport Routes - Map (PDF)

Issue Paper
Tar sands oil is one of the most carbon-intensive fuels in the world, and its production is especially destructive to the local environment in Northern Alberta, Canada. In 2015, President Obama rejected TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which...