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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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Court decision (PDF)

Legal filings
Court ruling in NRDC and partners' favor to keep bird protections intact, overturning the Trump administration's reinterpretation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

NRDC Notice of Intent to Sue DOE for Standards Delay (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and our partners sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its failure to review and update energy conservation standards as required by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). The lawsuit followed an official notice of intent to...

Joint Motion to Approve Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and EPA reached an agreement that requires EPA to begin evaluating the impacts of imidacloprid, the most common neonicotinoid pesticide for home use, on endangered and threatened bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife as required by the Endangered Species...

Exhibit A: Proposed Stipulated Partial Settlement Agreement (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and EPA reached an agreement that requires EPA to begin evaluating the impacts of imidacloprid, the most common neonicotinoid pesticide for home use, on endangered and threatened bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife as required by the Endangered Species...

NRDC & ASFPM Petition (PDF)

Legal filings
Through the petition, NRDC and ASFPM are requesting FEMA update the agency’s rules for building and land-use in the nation’s floodplains, and to develop flood maps that project future flood risks. FEMA, through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), has...

Exhibit A: Final Rule (PDF)

Legal filings
Petition for review of a final rule of the U.S. Department of Energy regarding residential dishwashers as filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by NRDC, Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, and the Massachusetts Union...

NRDC v. Brouillette (PDF)

Legal filings
Petition for review by The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants, Environment America, and the U.S. Public Interest Group vs. the U.S. Department of Energy and Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette...

Rulemaking Petition to Regulate Neonic-Treated Seeds (PDF)

Legal filings
On September 23, 2020, NRDC, along with a group of health and environmental organizations, filed a rulemaking petition with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, challenging the Department’s failure to regulate the use of crop seeds treated with neonicotinoid (“neonic”)...

Sections A and B (PDF)

Legal filings
Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Flint, MI Safe Drinking Water Lawsuit (PDF)

Legal filings
A coalition of local citizens and national groups have filed suit seeking federal court intervention to secure access to safe drinking water for the people of Flint, Michigan. Alleging violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the complaint was...