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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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Groups Urge Scientists Whistleblower Protections - Letter (PDF)

Letters
Multiple group sign on letter urging members of Congress to include federal scientists among those protected by an impending whistleblower bill, H.R. 985. Providing such protection would allow scientist to protect the health and well-being of all Americans without fear...

Petition to File a Gray Wolf Recovery Plan (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and Defenders of Wildlife filed this February 2008 petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a recovery plan for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act.

NRDC Petition to Ban Endosulfan (PDF)

Legal Filings
About 1.4 million pounds of endosulfan, a persistent, bioaccumulative and highly toxic insecticide, are used in the United States each year. Endosulfan, an endocrine disruptor and a neurotoxicant, is harmful to human health and the environment.