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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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Asian Carp Comments (PDF)

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NRDC and a consortium of NGOs submitted these comments to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding efforts to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The groups feel that the electric barrier that is the sole barrier has...

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.