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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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FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

Legal filings
A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Attachments to FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

Legal filings
A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Methane ICR Withdrawal FOIA Request (PDF)

Legal filings
This Freedom of Information request was submitted in reaction to EPA’s abrupt withdrawal of its methane information collection request, which the agency undertook in 2016 to aid in setting methane standards for older sources in the oil and gas sector...

Groups Oppose Regulatory Executive Order - Letter (PDF)

Letters
One hundred and thirty seven groups oppose President Trump’s deregulatory executive order. The executive order establishes a regulatory budget and requires two public safeguards to be revoked for each new one adopted.

Environmental Threat List (PDF)

Overview
A list containing many of the programs, policies, and initiatives under threat by the Trump administration. Updated February 27, 2017.

Tackling Food Waste, Nashville-Style

Fact SheetUnited States, Tennessee, Nashville
In 2015, NRDC launched the Nashville Food Waste Initiative (NFWI) to develop high-impact policies, strategies, and practical tools to address food waste at the city level.

Suit Filed by NRDC to Protect Rusty Patched Bumblebee (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Trump Administration for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered species list, just one day before federal protections were set to take effect. The rusty patched...