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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.
Bits of plastic waste float underwater

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

Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla
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Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

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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Written Testimony of Sharon Buccino (PDF)

Legal filings
Written testimony of Sharon Buccino, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, on 10-13-2017, regarding proposed legislation to empower states to manage the development and production...

Testimony of Benjamin Longstreth (PDF)

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Testimonies of NRDC staff Luke Tonachel and Benjamin Longstreth before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Public Hearing for Reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Mid-term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Years 2022–2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.

Testimony of Luke Tonachel (PDF)

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Testimonies of NRDC staff Luke Tonachel and Benjamin Longstreth before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Public Hearing for Reconsideration of the Final Determination of the Mid-term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Years 2022–2025 Light-Duty Vehicles.

Testimony of John Moore (PDF)

Legal filings
John Moore testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy regarding the electric grid.

Complaint - DOE Stay of Air Conditioners Test Procedure (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC complaint filed September 14, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to overturn DOE’s administrative stay of two provisions of energy efficiency test procedures for central air conditioners and heat pumps.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Petition (PDF)

Legal filings
Petition asking the EPA to reconsider its 1988 Regulatory Determination regarding wastes associated with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, and to regulate these wastes under the hazardous waste provisions of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation...

Testimony of Kate Sinding on Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale (PDF)

Testimony
Testimony of Kate Sinding, Deputy Director of the Urban East Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Department of Environmental Conservation on November 10, 2009. This testimony addresses the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) governing natural gas drilling...

Ivory Education Institute v. State of California - Order on Motions (PDF)

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The Los Angeles Superior Court upheld California’s 2015 ivory ban law, which the Ivory Education Institute challenged as unconstitutional. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and...

NRDC Oral Testimony Regarding the 45V Tax Credit (PDF)

Testimony
In oral testimony to the Internal Revenue Service, NRDC expresses its support for Treasury's proposal for electrolytic hydrogen production for the Inflation Reduction Act's 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit in its current form without broad exemptions.

Suit Filed by NRDC to Protect Rusty Patched Bumblebee (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council today sued the Trump Administration for illegally suspending the rule to put the rusty patched bumblebee on the endangered species list, just one day before federal protections were set to take effect. The rusty patched...

Complaint Filed by NRDC and Partners in 2 For 1 Litigation (PDF)

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NRDC, along with Public Citizen and the Communications Workers of America, sued the Trump administration today to block an executive order signed by President Trump on January 30 that directs federal agencies to repeal two federal regulations for every new...