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A view of the cross-section of a cut water pipe

Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

October 25, 2023 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

October 19, 2023 Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla

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Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less

July 10, 2023 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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Sections K through M (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Sections H and I (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Section E (Staff Report) (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Sections F and G (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Sections D and E (excerpted) (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Section C Part II (excerpted) (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Section C Part I (excerpted) (PDF)

March 7, 2019 Legal filings

Administrative record for Petitioners’ opening brief in Salvation Army et al. v. City of Bell.

Letter Opposing Rule Change That Would Weaken Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (PDF)

June 15, 2016 Letters

Letter submitted to President Obama, signed by NRDC and 43 other organizations, opposing proposed rollbacks to the Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions that would weaken fisheries protection and threaten jobs, coast economies, and the health of our oceans.

Sixty-Day Notice of ESA Violations Concerning Threatened and Endangered Species in the Big Cypress National Preserve (PDF)

July 27, 2016 Legal filings

Sixty-Day Notice to the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, pursuant to the citizen suit provision of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), notifying these agencies that their approval of and concurrence with the Nobles Grade 3D seismic...

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief Concerning Violations of NEPA and APA in the Big Cypress National Preserve (PDF)

July 27, 2016 Legal filings

Complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed against the National Park Service, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), for alleged violations in the National Park Service’s approval of the Nobles Grade 3D...

Federal Appeals Court Decision Ordering EPA to Protect Children From Toxic Pesticide (PDF)

April 29, 2021 Legal filings

Decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordering EPA to prohibit use of chlorpyrifos on food unless the agency can identify uses that protect kids’ health, in a case by NRDC and its partners.

Letter to McCarthy and Kerry: Federal Forests (PDF)

April 22, 2021 Letters

More than 100 environmental NGOs have signed on to a letter urging for NDC commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement to include protecting our remaining older federal forests and trees.

Group Letter to EPA Administrator Regan Urging Permanent Protections for Bristol Bay, AK (PDF)

April 22, 2021 Letters

Letter sent from 37 local, state, national and international organizations urging EPA to use its authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to protect the indigenous communities and world-class fishery of Bristol Bay, Alaska from the ongoing threat...

NRDC, Others Sent Letter to President Biden Calling for New Multi-Pollutant Power Plant Standards (PDF)

April 21, 2021 Letters

NRDC and other environmental leaders sent a letter urging President Biden to strengthen a suite of federal standards to protect the climate and people’s health from dangerous pollution that continues to spew from the nation’s coal and gas power plants...

NRDC Letter Concerning Expansion of the Gibbstown Logistic Center (PDF)

December 3, 2020 Letters

NRDC letter, dated 12/3/20, to DRBC concerning expansion of the Gibbstown Logistic Center.

Community Letter in Support of the People’s Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (PDF)

March 17, 2016 Letters

We support the People's Budget of the Congressional Progressive Caucus because it is responsible in human, environmental, and fiscal terms. This is a spending blueprint that reflects the urgency of the looming climate crisis and the crucial importance of funding...

Policies to Promote Carbon-less Energy Systems - Report (PDF)

September 6, 2004 Summary

Delivered on September 6, 2004, at the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Vancouver, Canada, by David Hawkins, director of NRDC's climate center.

Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty: 1987—2007 - Report (PDF)

March 30, 2007 Report

In 1987, the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice released its groundbreaking study Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States. The report was significant because it found race to be the most potent variable in predicting where...

NRDC, Others Petition EPA to Reinstate HFC Prohibitions from SNAP Rules 20 & 21 Under the AIM Act (PDF)

April 13, 2021

The Natural Resources Defense Council, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, and the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development request that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prohibit use of the specific hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the particular applications...

NRDC Comment on Climate Recommendations for Fisheries and Protected Resources (PDF)

April 2, 2021 Comments

In this comment submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NRDC details ways NOAA can accelerate the transition to climate-ready fisheries and climate resilience for protected resources. This includes: strong implementation of existing core conservation requirements, expanding the...