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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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Comments on Proposed Chicago Manganese Dust Rule (PDF)

Comments
NRDC, the Southeast Environmental Task Force, the Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke, Chicago Environmental Justice Network, and several other partners submitted joint comments to the Chicago Department of Public Health on the agency’s proposal to update local dust regulations...

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Petition (PDF)

Legal filings
Petition asking the EPA to reconsider its 1988 Regulatory Determination regarding wastes associated with the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, and to regulate these wastes under the hazardous waste provisions of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation...

Peter Lehner Urges Obama for a 60mpg Fuel Standard - Letter (PDF)

Letters
As the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared to issue new fuel standard proposals at the end of September, NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner joined a coalition of science and environmental groups in a letter to President...

Delivering the Goods - Fact Sheet (PDF)

Fact Sheet
This fact sheet looks specifically at the benefits of raising fuel efficiency and carbon pollution standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks. It includes potential oil savings and greenhouse gas reductions, information on potential job creation, and technical potential. The fact...

The Road Ahead - Fact Sheet (PDF)

Fact Sheet
This fact sheet looks at the potential for saving oil and cutting global warming pollution by raising fuel efficiency standards for both passenger vehicles and heavy-duty trucks. It is intended to provide an overview of the opportunities facing the Obama...

Letter to Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) (PDF)

Letters
Comment letter to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) on its draft GO TO 2040 regional plan, addressing issues of land use and transportation, water and energy efficiency, green infrastructure, disinfection of wastewater, invasive species, and sustainable transportation.

Letter to Secretary Clinton on the Keystone XL Pipeline (PDF)

Letters
In this letter to Secretary Clinton, 50 members of Congress, led by Jay Inslee (D-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), raise their voices against the unnecessary risks of tar sands oil expansion into the United States.

Letter on BP Research Funding to BP CEO Tony Hayward (PDF)

Letters
A letter sent from NRDC’s Executive Director Peter Lehner to BP CEO Tony Hayward on June 14, 2010 stating that the $500 million BP has said they will allocate to Gulf disaster research should be carried out by an independent...

Testimony of Kate Sinding on Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale (PDF)

Testimony
Testimony of Kate Sinding, Deputy Director of the Urban East Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, before the Department of Environmental Conservation on November 10, 2009. This testimony addresses the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) governing natural gas drilling...