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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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Colorado Congressional Delegation Letter (PDF)

Letters
Colorado water stakeholders urge their Congressional Delegation to include urgently needed funding for water infrastructure and water affordability in next Congressional response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Twenty-Three Organizations Support Moving Forward Act (PDF)

Letters
Letter from 23 organizations supporting H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act. This bill is a bold infrastructure plan that will transform our transportation systems, transition the nation to cleaner sources of energy, invest in clean and safe water, protect workers...

Request for PFAS Rulemaking under MI SDWA (PDF)

Letters
Petition submitted to Michigan lawmakers recommending the regulation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluoronononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), GenX2, and and related per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals in drinking water, under the Michigan Safe Water Drinking...

Transparency and Safety of Meat Processing Plant Workers Letter (PDF)

Letters
Conservation and farmworker advocacy groups sent North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper a letter, urging him to make public all data on race and ethnicity related to COVID-19 tests, cases and fatalities, including more detailed information on outbreaks at meat and...

Letter from the International Association of Firefighters Opposing Nancy Beck (PDF)

Letters
Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Letter from the National PFAS Contamination Coalition Opposing Nancy Beck (PDF)

Letters
Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Letter from the Learning Disabilities Association Opposing Nancy Beck (PDF)

Letters
Letters submitted to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), the National PFAS Contamination Coalition (NPCC), the Washington State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, and...

Letter Urging Support for Titus Amendment (PDF)

Letters
Thirty six (36) groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to support Rep. Titus's amendment to the "Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017." The amendment would replace the bill...

NRDC’s Letter to Lowe’s CEO (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by NRDC to Lowe's President and CEO Robert Niblock, urging the retailer to stop selling paint stripping products containing methylene chloride.

Joint Letter Expressing Opposition to Barry Myers Nomination (PDF)

Letters
NRDC joined several environmental groups to oppose the nomination of Barry Myers, President Trump’s pick to become the next Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the letter sent to the U.S. Senate, the groups said that...

Letter in Opposition to New York Assembly Bill A.9053A (PDF)

Letters
This letter was submitted by NRDC on behalf of veterans in opposition to New York Assembly Bill A.9053A which relates to the location of certain wind electric generation facilities around Fort Drum. The signatories believe that the bill is unnecessary...