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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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Petitions in Intervention, Travis County (PDF)

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Petitions by Denton Drilling Awareness Group (a citizens group) and Earthworks to intervene in defense of a Denton, TX ordinance banning the practice of hydraulic fracturing within city limits that was challenged by industry and a state agency. The petitions...

Petitions in Intervention, Denton County (PDF)

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Petitions by Denton Drilling Awareness Group (a citizens group) and Earthworks to intervene in defense of a Denton, TX ordinance banning the practice of hydraulic fracturing within city limits that was challenged by industry and a state agency. The petitions...

Perchlorate Food Additive Petition, October 17, 2014 (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups filed two petitions urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban perchlorate, which is added to sealing gaskets for food containers and to reduce static in dry food packaging, as well...

Perchlorate Food Additive Petition, October 15, 2014 (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council and several groups filed two petitions urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban perchlorate, which is added to sealing gaskets for food containers and to reduce static in dry food packaging, as well...

NRDC v. FDA - Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Case No. 12-2106 (PDF)

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Case No. 12-2106: Petition for rehearing en banc in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals by Natural Resources Defense Council; Center for Science in the Public Interest; Food Animal Concerns Trust; Public Citizen; and Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc...

Chicago Petcoke Notice of Intent to Sue (PDF)

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The Southeast Environmental Task Force (SETF) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a 90-day notice of intent to sue an array of companies owned by Charles and David Koch, including the KCBX Terminals Company, as well as the Koch...