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A view of the cross-section of a cut water pipe

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
Two workers installing a battery in a vehicle in an assembly plant

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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Amicus Brief Supporting NYS Denial of Constitution Pipeline (PDF)

Legal filings
Amicus brief filed by NRDC on behalf of Water Defense, Earthworks, PennEnvironment, Peconic Baykeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in support of New York State's decision to deny water quality certification to Constitution Pipeline.

Petition urging FDA to Stop Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock (PDF)

Legal filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Earthjustice, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Public Citizen, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and California Public Interest Research Group petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw approval of...

Risk Evaluation Processes Under Amended TSCA - Comments (PDF)

Comments
Under the newly amended Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is given the authority to obtain data and information on chemicals, conduct risk evaluations, and impose a range of restrictions on those deemed to pose...

LED Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool

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The Street and Parking Facility Lighting Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool was developed by a partnership of the DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI)/C40, and the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), for the…

Climate-Healthy Menus

Fact SheetUnited StatesSasha Stashwick, Sujatha Bergen, Valerie Baron
More plants and less red meat for healthier people and planet.

Comments Regarding FHWA Performance Measures for Greenhouse Gases (PDF)

Comments
Comments submitted by NRDC, Center for Neighborhood Technology, and the United States Public Interest Research Group on the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking “National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Freight Movement on...

Consent-Based Siting for Nuclear Waste Storage (PDF)

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NRDC comments to the Department of Energy in 2016 on efforts to implement a “consent-based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high level defense radioactive waste.”