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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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Complaint Challenging Permit to Raise the Bayonne Bridge (PDF)

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Complaint filed by NRDC on July 31, 2013, in its case against the U.S. Coast Guard and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, challenging the issuance of a permit amendment allowing the Port to raise the Bayonne...

Proposals to Revise Standards for Shower Mixing Valves (PDF)

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Two proposals filed in March 2013 by NRDC to the product standard for shower mixing valves jointly maintained by the American Society of Sanitary Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Standards Association to better maintain the...

NRDC's Amicus Response in Support of Friends of the Earth (PDF)

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The Natural Resources Defense Council submitted this amicus response in support of the Opening Brief and Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing filed by Friends of the Earth on January 11th, 2013 pursuant to the December 20th, 2012 Scheduling...

NRDC First Amendment Lawsuit Against the Town of Sanford, NY (PDF)

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NRDC lawsuit, filed against the Town of Sanford, New York, for violating its residents' First Amendment right to free speech by placing a gag order on discussion of proposed fracking in the state at town board meetings. On September 11...

China Shipping Appellate Opinion (PDF)

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Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 4, California Opinion in NRDC v City of Los Angeles re China Shipping terminal ordering the Port to stop all construction and operation of the project until it complied with CEQA.