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Single-Use Plastics 101

GuideUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall
Here’s everything you need to know about the most ubiquitous (and avoidable) kind of plastic waste: the kind made to be tossed in mere minutes.
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Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson
These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.
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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.

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Bee Toxic Pesticide Pulled from the Market (PDF)

Summary
This federal court decision was a win for bees when NRDC challenged an illegal registration for the highly toxic insecticide, spirotetramat (trade named Movento). The court agreed with NRDC’s argument that regulators had not followed basic procedures for allowing public...

Global Solutions to Global Warming

Issue PaperUnited States, ChinaJake Schmidt, Barbara Finamore, JingJing Qian, Alvin Lin
Recommendations for leaders and policymakers in the United States and China

NY State Ballast Water Challenge Decision (PDF)

Summary
The New York State Supreme Court, Albany County, dismissed a challenge to permit conditions issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation under the Clean Water Act to control discharges of invasive species from ocean-going vessels into the...

International Management of Uranium Enrichment (PDF)

Issue Paper
A paper by Thomas B. Cochran and Christopher E. Paine to be presented at the International Meeting onNuclear Energy and Proliferation in the Middle East, Amman, Jordan, June 22-24, 2009.