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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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BRICK Opposition Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letters from over a dozen groups to the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 1917, the BRICK Act, and H.R. 1119, the SENSE Act. The BRICK Act would delay long-overdue air standards for the brick manufacturing industry as long as they...

SENSE Opposition Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letters from over a dozen groups to the House of Representatives opposing H.R. 1917, the BRICK Act, and H.R. 1119, the SENSE Act. The BRICK Act would delay long-overdue air standards for the brick manufacturing industry as long as they...

FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

Legal filings
A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Attachments to FOIA Request to Pruitt March 10, 2017 (PDF)

Legal filings
A Freedom of Information Act request submitted to EPA requesting documents considered by Administrator Pruitt in connection with his statement to CNBC denying that human activity is contributing to climate change.

Methane ICR Withdrawal FOIA Request (PDF)

Legal filings
This Freedom of Information request was submitted in reaction to EPA’s abrupt withdrawal of its methane information collection request, which the agency undertook in 2016 to aid in setting methane standards for older sources in the oil and gas sector...

Groups Oppose Regulatory Executive Order - Letter (PDF)

Letters
One hundred and thirty seven groups oppose President Trump’s deregulatory executive order. The executive order establishes a regulatory budget and requires two public safeguards to be revoked for each new one adopted.

Environmental Threat List (PDF)

Overview
A list containing many of the programs, policies, and initiatives under threat by the Trump administration. Updated February 27, 2017.

NRDC Tax Extenders Letter (PDF)

Letters
In a letter delivered to congressional leaders, NRDC explains its view on the importance of several tax incentives that advance clean energy, energy efficiency, and infrastructure technologies that reduce pollution and drive innovation and why Congress needs to extend and...