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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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NGO Response to Motions to Stay Clean Power Plan (PDF)

Legal filings
Environmental and Public Health organizations’ response in opposition to industry motions to stay implementation of EPA’s Clean Power Plan rule, filed December 8, 2014, in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Amicus Brief Supporting NYC’s Claims (PDF)

Legal filings
This amicus brief was filed by NRDC on behalf of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), UPROSEand THE POINT Community Development Corporation in support of New York City’s claims against the world’s five largest investor-owned fossil fuel producers...

Wyoming Data Tresspass Case (PDF)

Legal filings
A diverse coalition of conservation, press, academic and animal-protection groups filed suit today in federal court seeking to strike down a pair of Wyoming state laws that stifle freedom of speech and make citizen science illegal in the state.