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Clean Energy Now for a Safer Climate Future

ReportUnited StatesJacqueline Ennis, Amanda Levin
Pathways to net zero in the United States by 2050

The EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Can Be Built to Last

Issue BriefUnited StatesLissa Lynch, David Doniger
The EPA has a firm legal basis for strong power sector standards that will accelerate the sector’s ongoing reduction of carbon pollution and help meet the urgent threat of climate change

Tapping the Power of Wetlands to Secure a Thriving Planet

Issue BriefUnited StatesKate Poole
Even though wetlands cover only about 5 percent of the land in the coterminous United States, they support nearly half of all species federally listed as threatened or endangered, harbor more than 30 percent of plant species, and provide essential…

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Mother's Day Letter to Murkowski (PDF)

Letters
This Mother's Day, the United Tribes of Bristol Bay sent a letter to Senator Murkowski regarding the settlement reached by EPA and the Pebble Limited Partnership.

133 NGO Letter to Secretary Zinke Opposing the Expansion of Offshore Drilling

Letters
133 nonprofit organizations from across the United States sent a letter to Interior Secretary Zinke in opposition to the expansion of offshore drilling. "Offshore drilling brings unacceptable risks to our oceans, coastal residents, communities, existing economies, and our climate," the...

Environmental NGO Letter Supporting Healthcare Access (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and 8 other environmental organizations sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Preventative health services and increased access to insurance coverage are critical to promoting public health, especially...

Farm to Food Bank Coalition Letter (PDF)

Letters
Coalition letter of more than 150 farm, hunger, and environmental organizations calling on Governor Cuomo to sign the Farm to Food Bank Bill into law. The bill, which passed both the state assembly and senate unanimously, would allow New York...

Letter Opposing the SCRUB Act (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by David Goldston on behalf of NRDC to the House Judiciary Committee opposing the draft bill, the "Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2014."

Impacted Public Water System Leak Detection Directive - Letter (PDF)

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In order to manage the regional water supply in New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection requested public water systems in drought affected counties to complete interconnection flow tests, leak detection survey and repairs, and to provide certified percentage of unaccounted-for-water.