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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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Clean Energy Extenders Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letter sent to Congress urging them to pass legislation that provides a multi-year extension of expired and expiring tax incentives benefiting clean and alternative energy technologies as soon as possible.

Wyoming Data Tresspass Case (PDF)

Legal filings
A diverse coalition of conservation, press, academic and animal-protection groups filed suit today in federal court seeking to strike down a pair of Wyoming state laws that stifle freedom of speech and make citizen science illegal in the state.

Letter Opposing the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 (PDF)

Letters
Eleven environmental groups sent a letter opposing the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. The bill contains several flawed provisions that could cause detrimental effects to public health and our environment.

Stakeholder Letter Opposing Whitfield Ratepayer Protection Act. (PDF)

Letters
The Whitfield Ratepayer Protection Act would endanger human health and the environment by preventing EPA from addressing one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time- climate change. This stakeholder letter signed by nearly 100 organizations shows broad opposition to...

New York City Flood Map Comments (PDF)

Comments
Comments to FEMA and the City of New York regarding proposed flood maps for New York City and the omission of sea level rise and other climate impacts. These are the first updated maps for New York City Post Hurricane...