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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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The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla, Renée Sharp

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Letter in Support of National Academies 2018 Review of EPA IRIS Program (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and over 90 people including scientists, environmental health experts, medical professionals, and community leaders have signed a letter expressing appreciation for the EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program, and our hope that the 2018 National Academies review will...

Written Testimony of Scott Slesinger (PDF)

Testimony
Testimony of Scott Slesinger of NRDC Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, regarding Infrastructure Plans and Environmental Law Protections.

Fact Sheet on H.R. 3133 (PDF)

Fact Sheet
H.R. 3133 would gut core provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to fast-track seismic airgun surveys and other activities in the ocean that can harm marine mammals.

Proposed Tar Sands Transport Routes - Map (PDF)

Issue paper
Tar sands oil is one of the most carbon-intensive fuels in the world, and its production is especially destructive to the local environment in Northern Alberta, Canada. In 2015, President Obama rejected TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which...

Ivory Education Institute v. State of California - Order on Motions (PDF)

Legal filings
The Los Angeles Superior Court upheld California’s 2015 ivory ban law, which the Ivory Education Institute challenged as unconstitutional. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and...

NRDC Oral Testimony Regarding the 45V Tax Credit (PDF)

Testimony
In oral testimony to the Internal Revenue Service, NRDC expresses its support for Treasury's proposal for electrolytic hydrogen production for the Inflation Reduction Act's 45V Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit in its current form without broad exemptions.

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.