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Single-Use Plastics 101

April 30, 2024 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?

April 29, 2024 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

October 25, 2023 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 EPA Watershed Assessment, July 23, 2012 (PDF)

July 24, 2012 Comments

NRDC’s comments on EPA’s Draft Watershed Assessment of Bristol Bay and the potential impacts of large-scale mining there, particularly the Pebble Mine.

Vineyard Wind Agreement to Protective Measures for North Atlantic Right Whales (PDF)

January 22, 2019 Statement

Vineyard Wind, which is planning to install 84 turbines off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, agreed to protect the North Atlantic right whale in the construction and operation of the project. The agreement, set with NRDC and two other environmental...

Comments on the BLM Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and Tar Sands Development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming (PDF)

March 20, 2008 Comments

The Bureau of Land Management issued a draft plan for industrial development of oil shale and tar sands resources on public lands in the Rocky Mountain region at the expense of all other uses. This plan would be devastating for...

NY State Ballast Water Challenge Decision (PDF)

June 1, 2009 Summary

The New York State Supreme Court, Albany County, dismissed a challenge to permit conditions issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation under the Clean Water Act to control discharges of invasive species from ocean-going vessels into the...

Areas Off Southern CA Protected from Certain Navy Sonar Activities - Map 4 (PDF)

September 11, 2015 Summary

In a recent settlement, the U.S. Navy agreed to protect habitat through the end of 2018 for the most vulnerable marine mammal populations, including endangered blue whales for which waters off Southern California are a globally important feeding area; and...