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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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Stipulation of Dismissal of Challenge to EPA Landfills Stay (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and partners joint stipulation with EPA, filed January 31, 2018 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, agreeing to voluntarily dismiss our challenge to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s 90-day administrative stay of standards of performance and...

Order on Motions to Dismiss, LCV v. Trump (PDF)

Legal filings
In this opinion, federal district Judge Gleason rejected all arguments made by the federal government and oil industry about why conservation groups, including NRDC, and an Alaska Native advocacy organization, should not be allowed to sue the President over his...

Notice of Intent to Sue AQMD (PDF)

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Sixty-day notice of intent to sue letter sent to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) today. The letter alleges violations of the federal Clean Air Act by the air district in distributing invalid emission reduction credits to polluting...

Decision in Lawsuit Against U.S. EPA Over Chlorpyrifos (PDF)

Legal filings
Decision from the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to finalize its proposed ban on chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from use on produce sold in the U.S. within 60 days. The...

Waste Confidence Petition for Review (PDF)

Legal filings
On February 17, 2011, NRDC filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Waste Confidence" and "Temporary Storage Rules."

Court Opinion: Streptomycin Usage (PDF)

Legal filings
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of farmworkers and public-interest groups’ call for reversal of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval of the medically important antibiotic streptomycin as a pesticide on citrus crops.

Opinion Granting NRDC’s Motion for Summary Judgment (PDF)

Legal filings
Opinion granting NRDC’s motion for summary judgment in NRDC et al. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in which NRDC and our partners challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision not to protect critical habitat for the endangered rusty...