Data, Reports & Resources

Memo to NRDC's Corporate Greening Partners About Kimberly-Clark - Memo (PDF)

August 21, 2009 Overview

Recently, Kimberly-Clark announced that it will incorporate higher levels of Forest Stewardship Council-certified (FSC) fiber into the manufacture of its tissue products. This memo is intended to clarify what this announcement means, and NRDC's reaction to it.

Prominent Scientists' Letter to President Obama (PDF)

April 16, 2009 Letters

Leading climate and natural resource scientists write to President Obama about the critical role of American wildlands in meeting the challenge of climate change.

Temporary Restraining Order to Stop Land Leasing in Utah (PDF)

January 20, 2009 Legal filings

Temporary Restraining Order preventing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from moving forward with the leasing of more than 110,000 acres of Utah wilderness.

Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Requesting that Judge Urbina Enjoin the Issuance of Oil and Gas Leases for Utah Wildlands (PDF)

December 22, 2008 Legal filings

Environmental and preservation organizations today filed their Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction requesting that Judge Urbina enjoin the issuance of oil and gas leases for Utah wildlands. The government has until January 8 to file a...

Joint Agreement Regarding How to Proceed with the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Auction of More than 100,000 Acres of Utah Wilderness (PDF)

December 19, 2008 Legal filings

This public record is a joint agreement filed with the court last night regarding how to proceed with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) auction of more than 100,000 acres of Utah wilderness. The agreement between BLM and a coalition...

Complaint Seeking to Stop BLM from Selling Utah's Wilderness to Oil and Gas Companies (PDF)

December 17, 2008 Legal filings

Lawsuit filed today by a coalition of environmental and preservation groups seeks to stop BLM from selling Utah’s wilderness to oil and gas companies.

Comments on the BLM Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming (PDF)

March 20, 2008 Comments

The Bureau of Land Management issued a draft plan for industrial development of oil shale and tar sands resources on public lands in the Rocky Mountain region at the expense of all other uses. This plan would be devastating for...

A Golden Opportunity to Protect the Grand Canyon and Reform the 1872 Mining Law - Letter (PDF)

March 14, 2008 Letters

Group letter advocating for reform of the Mining Law of 1872 moving through the Senate.

Exhibit J - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit I - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit H - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit G - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Complaint Filed Regarding Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (PDF)

January 17, 2019 Legal filings

Complaint filed on January 15, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for D.C, challenging the Interior Department and Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to timely designate critical habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumble bee.

Exhibit F - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit E - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit D - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit C - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit B - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Exhibit A - U.S. Forest Service Efforts to Avoid Environmental Review (PDF)

June 28, 2007 Testimony

The testimony and exhibits were presented by Nathaniel Lawrence, NRDC senior attorney, on June 28, 2007, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands (Committee on Natural Resources).

Investigations of the Feasibility and Benefits of Low-Impact Site Design Practices (LID) for Ventura County and the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF)

August 10, 2009 Report

These two analysis were written by Richard R. Horner for NRDC.