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Single-Use Plastics 101

GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall
Here’s everything you need to know about the most ubiquitous (and avoidable) kind of plastic waste: the kind made to be tossed in mere minutes.
A pipe sits atop dirt next to a building

Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson
These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.
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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.

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Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Nashville, TN (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Tennessee Congressional District 6 (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Tennessee (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: South Dakota (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Charleston, SC (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: South Carolina (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Pittsburgh, PA (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Philadelphia, PA (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

Green Prosperity Fact Sheet: Pennsylvania (PDF)

These fact sheets relate to a June 2009 report from the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, that finds that investments in clean energy technology will create more job opportunities -- especially for low-income workers --...

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.

Order on Motions to Dismiss, LCV v. Trump (PDF)

Legal Filings
In this opinion, federal district Judge Gleason rejected all arguments made by the federal government and oil industry about why conservation groups, including NRDC, and an Alaska Native advocacy organization, should not be allowed to sue the President over his...

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...