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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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Supplemental Response for the Record (PDF)

Legal filings
The oral and written testimonies of Larry Levine, attorney in the Water Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the importance of infrastructure to protect clean water and public health at a hearing before the House Transportation and Infrastructure...

Amicus Brief Supporting NYS Denial of Constitution Pipeline (PDF)

Legal filings
Amicus brief filed by NRDC on behalf of Water Defense, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in support of New York State's decision to deny water quality certification to Constitution Pipeline.

Motion to Vacate EPA Stay of Landfill Emissions Rule (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and partners’ motion for summary vacatur, filed August 4, 2017 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, seeking to overturn EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s 90-day administrative stay of standards of performance and emission guidelines for emissions...

Supplemental Brief in Clean Power Plan Litigation (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and partners filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, arguing that the court should decide the pending challenges to the landmark Clean Power Plan and not delay resolution of key legal...

Citizen Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (PDF)

Legal filings
A brief that NRDC and our co-plaintiffs filed in the lawsuit against Department of Energy for failure to publish four final appliance standards in the Federal Register. Once published, the standards will save consumers billions of dollars in energy costs...

Written Testimony of Sharon Buccino (PDF)

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Written testimony of Sharon Buccino, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, on 10-13-2017, regarding proposed legislation to empower states to manage the development and production...

Testimony of Benjamin Longstreth (PDF)

Legal filings
Testimonies of NRDC staff Luke Tonachel and Benjamin Longstreth before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Public Hearing for Reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Mid-term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Years 2022–2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.

Testimony of Luke Tonachel (PDF)

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Testimonies of NRDC staff Luke Tonachel and Benjamin Longstreth before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Public Hearing for Reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Mid-term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Years 2022–2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.

Testimony of John Moore (PDF)

Legal filings
John Moore testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy regarding the electric grid.

Complaint - DOE Stay of Air Conditioners Test Procedure (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC complaint filed September 14, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to overturn DOE’s administrative stay of two provisions of energy efficiency test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Petition (PDF)

Legal filings
Petition asking the EPA to reconsider its 1988 Regulatory Determination regarding wastes associated with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, and to regulate these wastes under the hazardous waste provisions of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation...

Ivory Education Institute v. State of California - Order on Motions (PDF)

Legal filings
The Los Angeles Superior Court upheld California’s 2015 ivory ban law, which the Ivory Education Institute challenged as unconstitutional. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and...