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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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ENGO Letter to Conferees on H.R. 5895 (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and 13 other environmental organization wrote to conferees to HR 5895, a ‘minibus’ package of the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Acts urging them to keep the conference version of the bill...

Memo from Green Groups to NY Gov Cuomo (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NY-based green groups asking Gov Cuomo to maintain moratorium on fracking and perform health impact assessment based on recent scientific developments.

Letter from Green Groups to NY Gov Cuomo (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NY-based green groups asking Gov Cuomo to maintain moratorium on fracking and perform health impact assessment based on recent scientific developments.

NRDC Fracking Moratorium Request to Governor Brown (PDF)

Letters
NRDC’s September 3rd letter to Governor Brown formally requesting he use his executive authority to immediately enact a moratorium on fracking until the public health risks and environmental impacts have been studied and adequate regulatory safeguards put in place to...

Supplement to EPA Dimock letter 1-13-12 (PDF)

Letters
Letters requesting that EPA investigate drinking water contamination arising out of gas drilling activities in Dimock, PA, under Superfund and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

EPA Dimock letter 1-12-12 (PDF)

Letters
Letters requesting that EPA investigate drinking water contamination arising out of gas drilling activities in Dimock, PA, under Superfund and the Safe Drinking Water Act.