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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.
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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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ESA Rollback Litigation (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and partners sue the Trump administration for serious rollbacks of ESA protections.

Tax credits for Energy-efficient Commercial Buildings - Fact Sheet (PDF)

Fact Sheet
The cheapest, cleanest, and quickest response to global warming and high natural gas prices is to target energy efficiency. Studies have shown that energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way to reduce global warming pollution. Increasing energy efficiency also decreases...

Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind and Right Whale Agreement (PDF)

Letters
A letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announcing an agreement between environmental groups and leading offshore wind developers to incorporate measures to protect right whales during Mid-Atlantic offshore wind development.

USWTR Summary Judgment Order (PDF)

Legal Filings
Judge Wood's order denying plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's decision to build and operate a 500-square-mile undersea warfare training range next to the only known calving...

NRDC Comments on CPP Federal and Model Plans (PDF)

Comments
Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council on EPA’s proposed federal plan requirements and model trading rules for the Clean Power Plan rule to limit power plant carbon pollution. Submitted January 21, 2016.

NGO Response to Motions to Stay Clean Power Plan (PDF)

Legal Filings
Environmental and Public Health organizations’ response in opposition to industry motions to stay implementation of EPA’s Clean Power Plan rule, filed December 8, 2014, in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.