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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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FDA Response to NRDC Petition (PDF)

Letters
A letter from FDA in response to NRDC citizen petition on Oct 28, 2008, requesting that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs issue a regulation prohibiting the use of BPA in human food and food packaging.

Letter Opposing H.R. 3864, February 2, 2012 (PDF)

Letters
On February 3, 2012 the House Ways and Means Committee marks up a bill that would raid the the public transit fund to pay for more environmentally damaging highways. Hundreds of groups from across the ideological spectrum oppose this radical...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: Pennsylvania Memo (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: Ohio Results (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: Ohio Memo (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: New Mexico Results (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: New Mexico Memo (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: New Mexico Latino Women Results (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: Nevada Results (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: Nevada Memo (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: National Results (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...

Polling on Smog Rule Delay: National Memo (PDF)

Polling
President Obama’s decision to delay new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big business, but it but it sorely disappointed key demographic groups, including Latinos and women in nine key 2012 battleground states, according to...