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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.
Bits of plastic waste float underwater

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla
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Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

ReportUnited StatesJordan Brinn
Reducing the amount of mining needed through improvements in battery technology, second-life applications for vehicle batteries, and better recycling is key to reducing harms caused from battery supply chains.

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Energy Efficiency Appropriations Caps and Impoundment Letter (PDF)

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NRDC joined a coalition of 19 energy efficiency and clean energy organizations, states, businesses, trade associations and others, in sending a letter to House & Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, urging appropriators to increase Fiscal Year (FY18) budget cap allocations for...

Michigan Mayors Call for Clean Energy (PDF)

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Michigan mayors are coming together to voice their concerns over DTE’s proposal to build a new billion-dollar gas plant. Rather than saddle customers with the costs of the plant, mayors are calling for scaled up cleaner and cheaper solutions like...

Letter in Support of National Academies 2018 Review of EPA IRIS Program (PDF)

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NRDC and over 90 people including scientists, environmental health experts, medical professionals, and community leaders have signed a letter expressing appreciation for the EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program, and our hope that the 2018 National Academies review will...

Southeast Side Residents Urge Mayor Emanuel to Step Up - Letter (PDF)

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As Trump’s EPA delays enforcement on air pollution violations in Chicago’s Southeast Side, community and environmental groups have penned a letter urging Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step in to protect residents from neurotoxic manganese near neighborhoods and schools. The letter...

Opposition to Nomination of Leonard Steven Grasz - Letter (PDF)

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) litigates to enforce federal laws protecting public health and the environment. We believe, based on our extensive experience, that a well-functioning judiciary requires judges who are willing to apply the law neutrally and fairly. The...

Supplemental Disaster Funding Recommendations - Letter (PDF)

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The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) recent request for supplemental disaster funding falls dismally short in several critical areas including adequate resources to rebuild resilient energy and water infrastructure by those communities hit by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and...

Joint Letter to Oppose Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PDF)

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In a letter to the U.S. Senate, NRDC and 15 other organizations urge opposition to the Senate Republican tax plan because it would lavish huge and permanent tax cuts to the richest 1% and corporate polluters that are destined to...

Joint Letter to Oppose Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PDF)

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In a letter to the House of Representatives, NRDC and 17 other organizations urge opposition to the Republican tax plan (H.R. 1) because it would lavish huge and permanent tax cuts to the richest 1% and corporate polluters while slashing...