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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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Final NRDC Comments to PACCARB (PDF)

Comments
NRDC comments submitted ahead of the 21st meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB), September 12-13, 2022.

Gulf of Maine Lobster Fishery MSC Notice of Objection (PDF)

Statement
NRDC, Animal Welfare Institute, and Defenders of Wildlife objected to a determination that the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery should be recertified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sustainability standard, on the grounds that the fishery threatens the critically endangered...

IUU Fishing Poll Memo 2022 (PDF)

Summary
In May 2022, FM3 completed a survey of 1,812 likely November voters in the Pacific Northwest to assess views of Congressional action that would address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated human rights abuses in the global seafood...

Comments on the Draft Assessments for American Lobster and Snow Crab (PDF)

Comments
Comments submitted by NRDC to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program regarding the draft assessments for American lobster ( Homarus americanus) – United States; American lobster ( Homarus americanus) – Canada: Northwest Atlantic; and Snow Crab ( Chionoecetes opilio)...