Data, Reports & Resources

The REINS Act: Why Congress Should Hold Its Horses - Summary, Updated January 2017 (PDF)

July 20, 2011 Testimony

Summary and testimony by NRDC's David Goldston making arguments against the REINS Act (H.R. 10) and attacks on regulation.

Testimony of NRDC’s David Goldston before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcomittee on Courts, Commerical and Administrative Law (PDF)

July 20, 2011 Testimony

Summary and testimony by NRDC's David Goldston making arguments against the REINS Act (H.R. 10) and attacks on regulation.

Testimony of NRDC’s David Goldston before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (PDF)

July 20, 2011 Testimony

Summary and testimony by NRDC's David Goldston making arguments against the REINS Act (H.R. 10) and attacks on regulation.

Comments on HUD's Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management (PDF)

December 27, 2016 Comments

Comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the proposed rule, "Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard," aimed increasing the nation’s resilience...

Comments on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations (PDF)

December 21, 2016 Comments

Comments submitted by NRDC and other environmental organizations on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations in the Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life: Implementing Executive Order B-37-16 Public Review Draft.

Statement Before the Department of Energy's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Washington, DC, May 25, 2010 (PDF)

June 22, 2010 Testimony

Statement by Thomas B. Cochran before the Department of Energy's Blue Ribbon Commission on May 25, 2010 on how the nation should proceed in managing and disposing of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and radioactive high level waste (HLW).

Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to Questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (PDF)

May 14, 2009 Comments

Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources "Questions for the Record", United States Senate, Washington, DC, Re: "Nuclear Energy Developments" Washington, DC, March 18, 2009.

Statement on the Environmental, Safety and Economic Implications of Nuclear Power and Its Role in Mitigating Climate Change (PDF)

April 23, 2008 Testimony

Statement of Thomas B. Cochran, Senior Scientist, NRDC's Nuclear Program before the Energy and Environment Committee of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives, April 23, 2008.

Reissuance of VPDES Permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 (PDF)

August 22, 2007 Comments

Comments of Christopher Paine, NRDC Nuclear Program Director, on the reissuance of VPDES permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2, July 18, 2007.

NRDC Nuclear Program Response to April 19, 2007 Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy on Nuclear Power (PDF)

April 19, 2007 Comments

NCEP's recommendations would put the public's health and safety at risk by suggesting that Congress undermine existing standards for disposal of highly toxic nuclear waste.

Testimony of Heather Taylor-Miesle Presented to a Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee (PDF)

March 13, 2008 Testimony

Testimony of Heather Taylor-Miesle, Deputy Legislative Director, Natural Resources Defense Council, to a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee regarding funding needs for various environmental agencies to combat global warming, March 13, 2008.

Testimony of David Doniger on Developing Countries Adaptation to Climate Change (PDF)

February 28, 2008 Testimony

Summary of testimony of David D. Doniger, Climate Center Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council, b efore the House Energy and Commerce Committee, February 28, 2008.

Comments on EPA’s 2017 Glyphosate Draft Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF)

April 30, 2018 Comments

NRDC comments detail how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has utterly failed to evaluate the human health risks including cancer and noncancer risks, and the ecological risk that glyphosate poses to wildlife including monarch butterflies. Since the last ecological risk...

Testimony of David Doniger on the Oversight of EPA Administrator Johnson's Denial of Waiver for California's Global Warming Standards (PDF)

January 24, 2008 Testimony

Testimony of David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Environment and Public Works Committee, United States Senate on January 24, 2008.

Comments on Proposed Repeal of CPP (PDF)

April 26, 2018 Comments

NRDC’s comments on Administrator Pruitt’s proposal to repeal EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Testimony of Frances Beinecke on America's Climate Security Act - Oral Testimony (PDF)

February 19, 2016 Testimony

Testimony of Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Subcommittee on Public and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Hearing on America's Climate Security Act, October 24...

Testimony of Frances Beinecke on America's Climate Security Act - Written Comments (PDF)

February 19, 2016 Testimony

Testimony of Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Subcommittee on Public and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Hearing on America's Climate Security Act, October 24...

Testimony of David Hawkins on Carbon Capture and Sequestration (PDF)

March 6, 2007 Testimony

Testimony of David G. Hawkins, NRDC's Climate Center Director, before the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives on March 6th, 2007.

Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle - Testimony (PDF)

September 27, 2009 Testimony

Testimony submitted by Daniel A. Lashof, science director of NRDC's climate center, to the Subcommittee on Energy and Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform, September 27, 2006

Written Testimony of Jennifer Sass (PDF)

February 6, 2018 Testimony

Dr. Jennifer Sass, senior scientist at NRDC, testifying before the House Science Committee on February 6, 2018 regarding the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). IARC is under attack because of its 2015 finding that the weed-killer glyphosate, the...