Data, Reports & Resources

Post-Fukushima Hardened Vents with High-Capacity Filters for BWR Mark Is and Mark IIs - Report (PDF)

July 2, 2012 Report

This report comments on the various safety benefits of installing high-capacity filters in addition to hardened vents for Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Mark I and II containments. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to discuss the issue of filtered...

Essential Mitigation Measures to Protect Right Whales During All Phases of Offshore Wind Development - Report (PDF)

March 3, 2022 Report

We need offshore wind, and we need to do it right. Offshore wind will help eliminate dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, promising healthier air as well as thousands of well-paying clean energy jobs. But as we fight climate change, we can...

Potential of Co-benefit Mercury Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants and Industrial Boilers in China - Report (PDF)

April 11, 2016 Report

Potential of Co-benefit Mercury Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants and Industrial Boilers in ChinaPrepared for NRDC by the School of Environment at China's Tsinghua University, this report estimates mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and coal-fired industrial boilers in China...

Preliminary Survey of Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in China - Case Study (PDF)

April 11, 2016 Report

Potential of Co-benefit Mercury Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants and Industrial Boilers in ChinaPrepared for NRDC by the School of Environment at China's Tsinghua University, this report estimates mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and coal-fired industrial boilers in China...

Review of the Pebble Mine Project Preliminary Economic Assessment (PDF)

December 1, 2021 Report

A Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of the proposed Pebble Mine Project with an effective date of September 9, 2021 was publicly released by project owner Northern Dynasty Minerals in October 2021. This technical memorandum, prepared at the request of the...

Los Angeles Building Decarbonization: Community Concerns, Employment Impacts, and Opportunities - Report (PDF)

December 8, 2021 Report

This report from Inclusive Economics, commissioned by NRDC, suggests policy and program design features to optimize the jobs, equity, and other community benefits of building decarbonization in Los Angeles.

Review of Proposed Class II Disposal Wells and Operations Permit Applications in Big Cypress National Preserve - Report (PDF)

January 25, 2022 Report

Report prepared by PSE Healthy Energy for NRDC, evaluating well and operations permit applications for Burnett Oil's proposed new oil drilling operations in Big Cypress National Preserve.

Assessing Oversight of Acidizing in Oil and Gas Development in Florida - Report (PDF)

February 1, 2022 Report

Report prepared for NRDC by the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, assessing the extent of acidizing practices in Florida and to highlight many of the potential environmental impacts of oil and gas development in the southern part of...

Uncharted Waters: The Emergence of Low-Income Water Affordability in Philadelphia - Article (PDF)

February 16, 2016 Report

Article discussing a 2015 Philadelphia city council ordinance to establish an income-based water rate affordability program for low-income Philadelphians.

Hariyali Green Villages: Women-Led Climate and Clean Energy Solutions for Prosperity in Rural India - Report (PDF)

June 14, 2022 Report

The Hariyali Green Villages initiative aims to enhance accessibility and affordability of clean energy technologies and improve livelihood opportunities at the household level in rural India. Report co-authored with the Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS) and Self...

Sustainable Ford Site Redevelopment - Report (PDF)

April 20, 2016 Report

This report presents recommendations for implementing a comprehensive and sustainable redevelopment of the Ford site in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which closed in 2011. These guidelines were generated through the synthesis of the current thinking and previous planning documents for the...

Ensuring a Future for Canada’s Grizzly Bears - Report (PDF)

April 1, 2010 Report

This joint report from the David Suzuki Foundation and NRDC looks at the dangerous impacts of excessive grizzly bear trophy hunting in Canadian national parks. The death toll affects populations on both sides of the national border, as many bears...

Ensuring a Future for Canada's Grizzly Bears: Mortality Rates by Year (Appendix)

April 1, 2010 Report

This joint report from the David Suzuki Foundation and NRDC looks at the dangerous impacts of excessive grizzly bear trophy hunting in Canadian national parks. The death toll affects populations on both sides of the national border, as many bears...

A Grizzly Challenge: Ensuring a Future for Alberta's Threatened Grizzlies - Report (PDF)

June 1, 2010 Report

This joint report from the David Suzuki Foundation, NRDC, Yellowstone to Yukon and a variety of other interested groups looks at the shaky future faced by Alberta’s shrinking grizzly bear population.

Elephant Ivory Trafficking in California, USA - Report (PDF)

January 6, 2015 Report

Report prepared for NRDC examining the ivory trade in California under current state and federal laws, January 2015.

Informe sobre el estado de la migración de la mariposa monarca (PDF)

April 9, 2015 Report

Informe sobre el estado de la migración de la mariposa monarca y solicitud para incluir la reserva de la biósfera mariposa monarca en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial en Peligro

Houston, TX - What's On Tap?: Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities - Report (PDF)

June 11, 2003 Report

This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents—and unless steps are taken now, tap water...

Manchester, NH - What's On Tap?: Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities - Report (PDF)

June 11, 2003 Report

This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents—and unless steps are taken now, tap water...

Newark, NJ - What's On Tap?: Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities - Report (PDF)

June 11, 2003 Report

This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents—and unless steps are taken now, tap water...

New Orleans, LA - What's On Tap?: Grading Drinking Water in U.S. Cities - Report (PDF)

June 11, 2003 Report

This June 2003 NRDC study of drinking water quality in 19 U.S. cities finds that pollution and deteriorating, out-of-date plumbing are sometimes delivering drinking water that might pose health risks to some residents—and unless steps are taken now, tap water...