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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.

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

October 19, 2023 Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla

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Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

July 10, 2023 ReportUnited StatesJordan Brinn

Reducing the amount of mining needed through improvements in battery technology, second-life applications for vehicle batteries, and better recycling is key to reducing harms caused from battery supply chains.

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Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Second Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, June 28, 2013 (PDF)

January 29, 2015 Legal filings

NRDC Briefs and Comments regarding Pebble Mine / Bristol Bay, 2012-2014. Brief on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c)...

Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, July 23, 2012 (PDF)

January 29, 2015 Legal filings

Brief on Behalf of the NRDC in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, March 28, 2012 (PDF)

January 29, 2015 Legal filings

Petition to List the Gulf of Mexico's Bryde's Whale as an Endangered Species (PDF)

September 17, 2014 Legal filings

The small, resident population of Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Gulf of Mexico is a unique subspecies with fewer than 50 animals. The population faces a suite of potential threats in the Gulf’s industrialized waters, along with the population’s...

Rusty Patched Petition (PDF)

May 13, 2014 Legal filings

Petition to list rusty patched bumble bee as endangered.

Rusty Patched Complaint (PDF)

May 13, 2014 Legal filings

Complaint filed in ESA deadline suit to list as endangered the rusty patched bumble bee.

Petition to Conduct Interim Administrative Review for the Pesticide Glyphosate, in Light of Serious Harm to Monarch Butterflies (PDF)

February 21, 2014 Legal filings

NRDC is petitioning EPA under FIFRA to undertake urgent interim administrative review for glyphosate, and to restrict the pesticide’s uses and/or impose other necessary mitigation measures, to prevent unreasonable adverse effects to the monarch butterfly. As discussed in the petition...

NRDC Petition to List the Tufted Puffin Under the Endangered Species Act (PDF)

February 12, 2014 Legal filings

NRDC submitted a petition on February 12, 2014 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking Endangered Species Act listing for the California, Oregon, and Washington population of the tufted puffin, a seabird well-known for its distinctive facial coloring and...

Court Decision Upholding California’s Ivory Ban (PDF)

November 1, 2018 Legal filings

Ruling in Ivory Education Institute v. California, in which NRDC is an intervenor, the California Court of Appeals confirmed the legality of California’s ivory ban and ruled to uphold it. NRDC helped pass the ivory ban (now California Fish and...

NRDC v. EPA- Declaration of Dr. Reva Rubenstein on Behalf of the EPA, June 16, 2006 (PDF)

July 5, 2011 Legal filings

This is the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Docket No. 04-1438. Economic Impact Analysis for Methy Bromide Allocation in the United States; Human Health Benefits Of Stratospheric Ozone Protection and Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion...

Washington State Building Energy Code Decision (PDF)

February 8, 2011 Legal filings

This is a federal district court decision in which the court upheld the legality of the Washington State building energy code from a preemption challenge.

Notice of Appeal for FirstEnergy BayShore Plant, 12/17/2010 (PDF)

December 17, 2010 Legal filings

Five groups are appealing pollution permits for a coal plant in Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay that currently kills 60 billion fish on the grounds that the State of Ohio is not requiring the best available technology to eliminate the problem...

Leading Economists Give Industry Reports on EPA Standards Embarrassing Grades (PDF)

October 28, 2010 Legal filings

Recent reports from industry sources purporting to evaluate the economic impacts of policies to keep America’s air clean received unsatisfactory grades from leading economists from Dartmouth, the University of Wyoming and the University of California at Berkeley. Grading the industry...

Data, Reports & Resources

Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

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Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Second Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, June 28, 2013 (PDF)

Comments on Behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, July 23, 2012 (PDF)

Brief on Behalf of the NRDC in Support of Petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Action Regarding the Proposed Pebble Mine Under Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, March 28, 2012 (PDF)

Petition to List the Gulf of Mexico's Bryde's Whale as an Endangered Species (PDF)

Rusty Patched Petition (PDF)

Rusty Patched Complaint (PDF)

Petition to Conduct Interim Administrative Review for the Pesticide Glyphosate, in Light of Serious Harm to Monarch Butterflies (PDF)

NRDC Petition to List the Tufted Puffin Under the Endangered Species Act (PDF)

Court Decision Upholding California’s Ivory Ban (PDF)

NRDC v. EPA- Declaration of Dr. Reva Rubenstein on Behalf of the EPA, June 16, 2006 (PDF)

Washington State Building Energy Code Decision (PDF)

Notice of Appeal for FirstEnergy BayShore Plant, 12/17/2010 (PDF)

Leading Economists Give Industry Reports on EPA Standards Embarrassing Grades (PDF)

NYS DEC Ruling on GE PCBs, 1976 (PDF)

A Petition to List the Whitebark Pine as an Endangered Species (PDF)

Defendants’ Motion in Limine (PDF)

Federal Defendants’ Answer in Juliana v. United States (PDF)

NRDC's Brief for Respondents in US Supreme Court Sonar Case (PDF)

Federal Appellate Court Upholds Decision to Keep Water Safe From Construction Pollution (PDF)

Testimony of Mae Wu on Bottled Water, September 10, 2008 (PDF)

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Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

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