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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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Recommendations for Supervisory Guidance from Bank Regulators (PDF)

Recommendations for Supervisory Guidance from Bank Regulators, September 2021, by a coalition of financial reform and environmental groups, including NRDC and Americans for Financial Reform, Center for American Progress, and Public Citizen. The document outlines key elements that federal bank...

Letter Urging Congress to Boost U.S International Climate Finance (PDF)

Letters
Eighty-five faith-based, development, environmental, and business groups submitted a letter urging congressional appropriators to provide at least $3.3 billion in U.S. support for international programs addressing the climate crisis. The groups call on congressional leaders to make international climate finance...

Community Letter to Biden and Regan

Letters
More than 100 community groups sent a letter to President Biden and EPA Administrator Michael Regan, dated May 18, 2021, urging the administration to strengthen clean air protections by eliminating “startup, shutdown, malfunction” (SSM) loopholes that allow polluters to evade...

Colorado Print Ad: Front Range (PDF)

These ads, which thank President Biden for his January 27th, 2021 executive orders on climate and show support for the order from Governor Polis and conservation groups in Colorado, were featured as full page color ads in the Denver Post...

Colorado Print Ad: North Fork (PDF)

These ads, which thank President Biden for his January 27th, 2021 executive orders on climate and show support for the order from Governor Polis and conservation groups in Colorado, were featured as full page color ads in the Denver Post...

Colorado Print Ad: Sand Dunes (PDF)

These ads, which thank President Biden for his January 27th, 2021 executive orders on climate and show support for the order from Governor Polis and conservation groups in Colorado, were featured as full page color ads in the Denver Post...

Clean Energy & Transportation Tax Coalition Letter to President Biden (PDF)

Letters
A coalition of 45 environmental, business and faith groups sent this letter to President Biden, his key climate advisors and Congressional leadership, pushing for long term, stable tax policies support renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean transportation. These incentives can...

Letter Supporting the Nomination of Jennifer Granholm (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to Senate and Energy and Natural Resources Committee leaders, NRDC joins 15 other national environmental organizations and 12 regional or state based environmental organizations in supporting the nomination of Jennifer Granholm as the next Secretary of Energy.

Amended Complaint Against Tejon Ranch Company (PDF)

Legal filings
Complaint filed against Tejon Ranch Company for failing to fund the non-profit Tejon Ranch Conservancy, responsible for overseeing conservation of 240,000 acres at Tejon Ranch under the 2008 Tejon Ranch Conservation and Land Use Agreement.

NRDC Files Lawsuit to Protect Endangered Gray Wolf (PDF)

Legal filings
NRDC filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today, for its unlawful removal of gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act (ESA) list. The lawsuit asks the court to throw out the Service’s decision...