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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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FSIS Inspection Reports for Foster Farms (PDF)

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Records provided to NRDC by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed March 7, 2014. NRDC requested that FSIS provide "any written findings of non-compliance, including but not limited to Notices...

Oppose Provisions that Harm Bighorn Sheep - Summary (PDF)

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The Interior and Environment Appropriations bill for FY12 contains two riders (sections 120 & 442) that would allow domestic sheep in the west to graze without restrictions in order to appease a handful of ranchers in Idaho. This would make...

Joint NRDC and Edison Electric Institute Statement (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Edison Electric Institute on February 12, 2014, issued a joint statement regarding the utility business model of the future and recommendations that utility regulators can take that will support the addition of more...

IUU Fishing Poll Memo 2022 (PDF)

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In May 2022, FM3 completed a survey of 1,812 likely November voters in the Pacific Northwest to assess views of Congressional action that would address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated human rights abuses in the global seafood...

Bee Toxic Pesticide Pulled from the Market (PDF)

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This federal court decision was a win for bees when NRDC challenged an illegal registration for the highly toxic insecticide, spirotetramat (trade named Movento). The court agreed with NRDC’s argument that regulators had not followed basic procedures for allowing public...