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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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Petitions in Intervention, Travis County (PDF)

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Petitions by Denton Drilling Awareness Group (a citizens group) and Earthworks to intervene in defense of a Denton, TX ordinance banning the practice of hydraulic fracturing within city limits that was challenged by industry and a state agency. The petitions...

Petitions in Intervention, Denton County (PDF)

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Petitions by Denton Drilling Awareness Group (a citizens group) and Earthworks to intervene in defense of a Denton, TX ordinance banning the practice of hydraulic fracturing within city limits that was challenged by industry and a state agency. The petitions...

Chicago Petcoke Notice of Intent to Sue (PDF)

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The Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a 90-day notice of intent to sue an array of companies owned by Charles and David Koch, including the KCBX Terminals Company, as well as the Koch...

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...

NRDC First Amendment Lawsuit Against the Town of Sanford, NY (PDF)

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NRDC lawsuit, filed against the Town of Sanford, New York, for violating its residents' First Amendment right to free speech by placing a gag order on discussion of proposed fracking in the state at town board meetings. On September 11...

9th Circuit Decision in BIAW v. Washington (PDF)

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On June 25, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Washington State in a challenge brought against Washington’s building energy efficiency code. NRDC intervened to defend the code.

Petition for Review of HFC Rule Suspension (PDF)

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NRDC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for unlawfully suspending the agency’s limits on uses of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the super-potent climate-changing pollutants used in refrigeration, air conditioning, insulation...