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Clean Energy Now for a Safer Climate Future

ReportUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis, Amanda Levin
Pathways to net zero in the United States by 2050

The EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Can Be Built to Last

Issue BriefUnited StatesLissa Lynch, David Doniger
The EPA has a firm legal basis for strong power sector standards that will accelerate the sector’s ongoing reduction of carbon pollution and help meet the urgent threat of climate change

Tapping the Power of Wetlands to Secure a Thriving Planet

Issue BriefUnited StatesKate Poole
Even though wetlands cover only about 5 percent of the land in the coterminous United States, they support nearly half of all species federally listed as threatened or endangered, harbor more than 30 percent of plant species, and provide essential…

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10 CFR 2.206 Petition 9.3 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.206 Petition 9.4 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 2.2 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 4.1 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 7.75 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 8.4 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 9.1 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

10 CFR 2.802 Rulemaking Petition 9.2 (PDF)

Summary
In July 2011 the NRDC Nuclear Program submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) twelve 10 CFR 2.206 petitions for immediate agency action and six 10 CFR 2.802 petitions for rulemaking that track the nuclear safety recommendations in the NRC...

NRDC Comments on the NRC Near-Term Task Force Recommendations (PDF)

Comments
NRDC’s written comments filed on September 2, 2011 on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Near-Term task force recommendations being considered for implementation "without unnecessary delay."Note: NRDC Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine provided extended oral comments on this same subject matter...

Global Implications of the Fukushima Disaster for Nuclear Power (PDF)

Issue paper
This paper was written by Thomas B. Cochran and Matthew McKinzie and delivered by Cochran and the World Federation of Scientists’ International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies at the Ettore Majorana Centre in Erice, Sicily, held from August 19-25, 2011.

An Evaluation of the NRC Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (PDF)

Overview
On Aug. 7th, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invited Nuclear Program Director Christopher Paine to present NRDC’s views on the Commission’s regulatory response to date to the lessons of the March 2011 multi-unit nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daichi...

NRDC's Amicus Response in Support of Friends of the Earth (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council submitted this amicus response in support of the Opening Brief and Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing filed by Friends of the Earth on January 11th, 2013 pursuant to the December 20th, 2012 Scheduling...

Nanotechnologies and the Precautionary Principle (PDF)

Overview
Every commercial sector, including food and agriculture, electronics, cosmetics, energy production, and medical devices is taking advantage of the properties of nanomaterials. These new properties, however, also confer new hazards. This presentation outlines precautionary recommendations for the nanotechnology industry that...