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The Biden Administration’s Risky Offshore Leasing Plan

October 25, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesIrene Gutierrez

The Biden administration's offshore oil and gas leasing plan places communities and environments at risk.

Report: PA Clean Trucks Program Could Save 140 Lives, Create 3,524 Jobs

October 25, 2023 Press ReleasePennsylvania

A new report finds that adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks standard in Pennsylvania can avoid 140 premature deaths and create 3,524 new jobs.

Happy Heat Pump Water Heater Day!

October 25, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Joe Vukovich

This Heat Pump Water Heater Day, and every day, consider a highly efficient heat pump for your home!

When You Poison Our Lands, You Poison Us

October 25, 2023 PerspectivesArizona, South DakotaHannah Throssell

The granddaughter of a Navajo uranium miner stands with the Standing Rock Sioux against DAPL.

“Staggering” Health Benefits from Replacing Lead Water Pipes Could Save as Much as $6 Billion in California from Avoided Health Impacts

October 25, 2023 Press ReleaseSacramento

Replacing every lead pipe that delivers drinking water to homes in California would yield as much as $6 billion dollars in avoided health costs, according to a new state-by-state analysis released today from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). “Getting the…

Removing Lead Pipes Would Save Lives—and Money

October 25, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesErik D. Olson

Over the next 35 years, removing lead service lines would result in significant cost savings—$786 billion—from avoided health impacts.

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.

“Staggering” Health Benefits From Replacing Lead Water Pipes Could Save Nearly $1 Trillion from Avoided Health Impacts

October 25, 2023 Press ReleaseUnited States

Replacing every lead pipe that delivers drinking water to homes nationwide would yield hundreds of billions of dollars in avoided health costs, according to a new state-by-state analysis released today from NRDC.

Biden Administration Must Redo Its Assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline

October 24, 2023 Expert BlogNorth Dakota, South DakotaDr. Michele Bustamante, Amy Mall, Dr. Matthew McKinzie, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Dr. Dawn Woodard

The recent Draft Environmental Impact Statement ignores the threats to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s drinking water source and violates tribal treaty rights and sovereignty in a severe environmental injustice.

The Fight for Safe Drinking Water Doesn’t Start at the Top

October 24, 2023 NRDC in ActionChicagoShelia Hu

True activism begins with the people—and that’s where you’ll find policy advocate Chakena D. Perry.

Solar Gets Backing Before the Ohio Supreme Court

October 24, 2023 Expert BlogUnited States, OhioDaniel Sawmiller

The Ohio Supreme Court has received written arguments in a case that could decide the future of large-scale solar projects in Ohio.

A New Interconnection Queue Backlog Solution Gets Major DOE Backing

October 24, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesNatalie McIntire

MISO and SPP’s unique interregional interconnection solution, JTIQ, needs to get across the finish line.

Clean Trucks Yield $35 Billion in Benefits for Pennsylvanians

October 23, 2023 Expert BlogPennsylvaniaMuhammed Patel, Robert Routh

A new study shows that the Advanced Clean Trucks Program can bring $35 billion in benefits to Pennsylvania.

This National Seafood Month, Support Fair Seafood

October 23, 2023 Expert BlogUnited StatesMolly Masterton

This National Seafood Month, much work remains to tackle illegal fishing and labor abuses that pervade the global seafood industry.

Extinction Findings Underscore Need for Strong ESA

October 23, 2023 Expert BlogWashington, D.C.Lucas Rhoads, Katie Hobbs

Twenty-one long-missing endangered species have been declared extinct. Far from a failure of the ESA, the announcement shows the need for prompt ESA protections.