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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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Cost of Building Power Plants in Your State

OverviewUnited States
Use the levelized cost of electricity tool to explore the cost of building and operating a new power plant in your state using different technologies.

Connectivity and Conservation: Grizzly Bears in the Lower 48

OverviewUnited States, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
These interactive maps discuss the issue of grizzly bear conservation and present potential corridors that could help reconnect the Yellowstone grizzlies with populations to the north.

ESA Rollback Litigation (PDF)

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NRDC and partners sue the Trump administration for serious rollbacks of ESA protections.

ACE Rule Petition for Review (PDF)

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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...

Washington Watch

OverviewUnited States
Republican lawmakers in the 115th Congress are poised to use all the legislative tricks at their disposal to systematically dismantle a wide array of health and environmental safeguards.

Alton Coal Complaint (PDF)

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NRDC and allies filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to allow Alton Coal Development to move forward with a gigantic open pit strip mine just...

Order Amending Settlement Agreement (PDF)

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This order amends the settlement agreement in the Flint Safe Drinking Water lawsuit to improve the way the City of Flint finds and replaces lead pipes that remain in the ground, using a more efficient method to find remaining lead...

Section J (PDF)

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

Sections K through M (PDF)

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