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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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Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Keystone XL Pipeline (PDF)

Letters
In this letter to Secretary Clinton, 50 members of Congress, led by Jay Inslee (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), raise their voices against the unnecessary risks of tar sands oil expansion into the United States.

Letter on BP Research Funding to BP CEO Tony Hayward (PDF)

Letters
A letter sent from NRDC’s Executive Director Peter Lehner to BP CEO Tony Hayward on June 14, 2010 stating that the $500 million BP has said they will allocate to Gulf disaster research should be carried out by an independent...

GGRF Lenders Opposition Letter to H.R. 1023 (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives, 15 organizations that represent thousands of community-based lending institutions express their opposition to H.R. 1023, a bill that would repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

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

Letters
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.

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...