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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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ACE Rule Petition for Review (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC and our partners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against EPA for unlawfully repealing the agency’s Clean Power Plan replacing it with the so-called ACE Rule, which will produce only minor reductions...

Insights from Baltimore: A Survey of Food Assistance Clients (PDF)

Report
Forty million Americans lack consistent access to the food they need, including all too many children, disabled individuals, veterans, elderly and the working poor. Many turn to food pantries and other sources of donated food to fill that gap. As...

Bristol Bay Letter to Wheaton Precious Metals (PDF)

Letters
Letter from the tribal and business leaders of Bristol Bay, commercial fishermen, sportsmen, and conservation groups to Wheaton Precious Metals expressing concern regarding any potential investment in the proposed Pebble Mine and outlining the significant permitting, social, and economic hurdles...

Harnessing the Wind: How to Advance Wind Power Offshore

Issue BriefUnited States, East, WestAlison Chase
Even with its immense long-term benefits, offshore wind power, like all types of energy development, poses risks to its immediate environment and must be developed responsibly.

Results of New York Statewide Survey on Williams Pipeline (PDF)

Polling
Results of statewide polling, conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research for NRDC, regarding the Williams pipeline, which would transport fracked gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, crossing under New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, finally terminating in the Rockaways...

Comment Letter on NESE Pipeline (PDF)

Comments
NRDC’s comment letter on the water quality certification application submitted by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project (NESE). In brief, NRDC writes to urge the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to deny...

Letter of Support HR3607 Fossil Energy Bill (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, NRDC writes to express its general support for HR 3607, the Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019, a bill that would align the Department of Energy’s...

Letter of Support for AB1054 Wildfire Bill (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the Honorable Ben Hueso, Chair, Senate Energy, Utilities, & Communications Committee, NRDC writes to express its general support for AB 1054, a bill that should be viewed as an initial step in managing and minimizing wildfire...

Pebble Mine Economics Letter (PDF)

Letters
Seven comment letters formally submitted between March and June 2019 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by former 23-year Rio Tinto mining and permitting expert Richard Borden, critiquing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for permitting of the Pebble Mine.