Data, Reports & Resources

Poisons on Pets: Health Hazards from Flea and Tick Products

November 1, 2000 ReportUnited StatesLinda Greer, David Wallinga, MD

Hidden Danger: Environmental Health Threats in the Latino Community

October 30, 2004 ReportUnited States

Drilling in California: Who's at Risk?

October 23, 2014 ReportCaliforniaMiriam Rotkin-Ellman

Atrazine: Poisoning the Well

April 30, 2010 ReportUnited StatesMae Wu, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Andrew Wetzler

Atrazine continues to contaminate surface water and drinking water in the United States

Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill

August 16, 2017 ReportUnited StatesDana Gunders

Growing, processing, transporting, and disposing our uneaten food in the United States has an annual estimated cost of $218 billion, costing a household of four an average of $1,800 annually.

From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons (PDF)

April 29, 2010 Report

Robert S. Norris, Hans M. Kristensen, and Ivan Oelrich, From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons, Occasional Paper No. 7 (Washington, DC: Federation of American Scientists/Natural Resources Defense Council, April 2009)

Environmental, Safety, and Economic Implications of Nuclear Power - Report (PDF)

January 22, 2010 Report

Thomas B. Cochran, “Environmental, Safety, and Economic Implications of Nuclear Power,” a paper delivered at the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Energy Report: Nuclear Power, 2007 Workshops, Sacramento, CA, June 28, 2007.

Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World - Map (PDF)

April 7, 2009 Report

NRDC is a member of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy (NWCC) Network, a collaboration of six national and regional groups. This NWCC study provides the roadmap for a large and swift reduction in the nation's nuclear weapons and the...

Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World - Summary (PDF)

April 7, 2009 Report

NRDC is a member of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy (NWCC) Network, a collaboration of six national and regional groups. This NWCC study provides the roadmap for a large and swift reduction in the nation's nuclear weapons and the...

Transforming the U.S. Strategic Posture and Weapons Complex for Transition to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World - Report (PDF)

April 7, 2009 Report

NRDC is a member of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Consolidation Policy (NWCC) Network, a collaboration of six national and regional groups. This NWCC study provides the roadmap for a large and swift reduction in the nation's nuclear weapons and the...

Toward True Security- Report (PDF)

February 12, 2008 Report

Ten steps the next president should take to transform U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

A Nontechnical Guide to Groundwater Modeling With Specific Reference to the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site (PDF)

August 31, 2007 Report

A report addressing groundwater modeling in the U.S. Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex that will permit community organizations to more effectively oversee and understand DOE environmental cleanup actions.

Letter and Report Regarding PFOA Exposure and Health Risks (PDF)

February 27, 2018 Report

Report prepared for NRDC by Schreiber Scientific, LLC, regarding PFOA exposure and health risks, and accompanying letter to the New York State Department of Health and Drinking Water Quality Council urging enforceable limits on PFOA and PFOS.

Threats to Water Quality from Mountain Valley Pipeline and Atlantic Coast Pipeline Water Crossings in Virginia - Report (PDF)

February 26, 2018 Report

NRDC worked with Downstream Strategies to produce a report that assesses threats and likely impacts to waterbodies, water supplies, fisheries, communities and the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia during the construction and operation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and...

Environmental Policy for the Hawaiian Electric Company's Procurement of Biodiesel from Palm Oil and Locally Grown Feedstocks (PDF)

August 20, 2007 Report

Prepared By HECO and NRDC, August 2007.

Creating Markets for Green Biofuels: Measuring and Improving Environmental Performance - Report (PDF)

April 16, 2007 Report

Not all biofuels are created equal. NRDC commissioned this report from a group of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, to scope out the environmental characteristics of biofuels and the technical challenges to developing an index or rating system so...

MTA New York City Transit Bus Fleet Emissions, 1995 to 2006 - Report (PDF)

August 10, 2006 Report

NRDC kicked off a 'Dump Dirty Diesels' campaign in 1995 that led to New York City Transit's adoption in 2000 of its Clean-Fuel Bus Program. In 2006, NRDC hired Michael J. Bradley & Associates to study the reductions in emissions...

Retiring Dynegy-Vistra’s Coal Plants: Cheaper, Cleaner, and Reliable Energy for Illinoisans - Fact Sheet (PDF)

May 16, 2018 Report

Illinoisans will continue to enjoy a secure and reliable energy supply even if Dynegy-Vistra shutters its coal plants in the state, according to a new study commissioned by NRDC and the Sierra Club. The study, entitled “Analysis of the Dynegy-Vistra...

SpOILed Parks: The Threat to our Coastal National Parks from Expanded Offshore Drilling (PDF)

May 23, 2018 Report

The Trump Administration’s proposed plan for offshore oil and gas drilling threatens our coasts from Alaska to San Diego and Maine to Miami for the first time in decades, if they’ve ever faced the prospect of destructive drilling. These newly...

Washington Water Audit Pilot Program Final Report (PDF)

May 16, 2018 Report

The Washington Department of Health offered a pilot AWWA water audit program to ten utilities from late 2017 to early 2018 to evaluate the introduction and applicability of AWWA water audit methodology and performance indicators in Washington. This report discusses...