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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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Comments on USFS Groundwater Directive, NRDC et al, 9/3/14 (PDF)

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Comment letter on the U.S. Forest Service's proposed Groundwater Directive, published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2014 at 79 Fed. Reg. 25,815. These comments are submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council on behalf of numerous NGOs.

Background Information on the Gulf of Mexico Whale (PDF)

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Petition filed by NRDC to the National Marine Fisheries Service urging the listing of the Gulf of Mexico population of Bryde’s whales ( Balaenoptera edeni) as an endangered species, and designate critical habitat to ensure its recovery, under the Endangered...

I-710 Expansion Comments (PDF)

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Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice and Natural Resources Defense Council partnered to garner technical and legal specifications and comments on a wide host of environmental issues related to the draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the...

Comments of NRDC and Clean Air Task Force on Reliability Issues (PDF)

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NRDC and Clean Air Task Force submitted data and analysis showing the carbon dioxide emission standards that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed in May 2023 are feasible to implement without any compromise of electricity system reliability. We show how...

Comments on EPA’s Proposed MCLs for Six PFAS with Exhibits (PDF)

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NRDC, as part of a coalition of 36 organizations, submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Also included as exhibits are technical comments and further...