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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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Southeast Side Residents Urge Mayor Emanuel to Step Up - Letter (PDF)

Letters
As Trump’s EPA delays enforcement on air pollution violations in Chicago’s Southeast Side, community and environmental groups have penned a letter urging Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step in to protect residents from neurotoxic manganese near neighborhoods and schools. The letter...

Joint Letter to Gov. Northam (PDF)

Letters
LCV NextGen sent a letter asking Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to now initiate an individual pipeline permit process he called for throughout 2017, now that the U.S. Army Corps recently completed its own water crossing review process. The state DEQ...

Letter from NRDC and Partners to NY Gov. Cuomo (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NRDC and other groups to NY Gov. Cuomo urging him to set strong targets in a comprehensive energy efficiency initiative announced on Earth Day (April 22, 2018). The signatories believe the initiative should be designed to create jobs...

Joint Letter to Oppose Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the House of Representatives, NRDC and 17 other organizations urge opposition to the Republican tax plan (H.R. 1) because it would lavish huge and permanent tax cuts to the richest 1% and corporate polluters while slashing...

BDCP Portfolio Concept Letter from John Laird (PDF)

Letters
This letter was issued by the California Secretary for Natural Resources in 2013 justifying the California Natural Resources Agency’s rejection of a portfolio approach to improving California’s water supply. This alternative to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (which has evolved...

Letter Urging Opposition to Nuclear Waste Bill, H.R. 3053 (PDF)

Letters
One hundred and sixty-seven (167) groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to oppose the “Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017.” This bill would ignore environmental concerns, states’ rights...

Reply from CA Treasurer Chiang to First Quantum CEO Pascall (PDF)

Letters
Letter expressing disappointment in First Quantum’s perfunctory response to the Treasurer’s January 2017 letter, and calling on First Quantum to justify its investment in the Pebble Mine given the environmental, financial, social, and reputational risk.

Spreadsheet Reflecting Violations of the Clean Air Act (PDF)

Letters
A letter sent by environmental groups to Senators opposing the nomination of William Wehrum as Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency. Also attached: Letter from U.S. EPA General Counsel Roger Martella to...

Letter Opposing Wehrum EPA Nomination (PDF)

Letters
A letter sent by environmental groups to Senators opposing the nomination of William Wehrum as Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency. Also attached: Letter from U.S. EPA General Counsel Roger Martella to...