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Food Waste 101

GuideUnited StatesShelia Hu
An overview of why we throw away so much food, how it impacts people and the planet, and what we can do to waste less.
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Neonics: The Toxic Truth

Fact SheetUnited States, Minnesota, Michigan, California, ColoradoAllison Johnson, Daniel Raichel, Lucas Rhoads, Lena Freij
Pesticides kill bees, pollute water, and threaten our health.
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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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Oppose S.1392 - Fact Sheet (PDF)

Fact Sheet
These fact sheets explain how these bills would significantly delay and weaken clean-up of toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators. These facilities are the nation’s second largest industrial source of mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin that harms children’s developing...

Oppose H.R. 2250 - Fact Sheet (PDF)

Fact Sheet
These fact sheets explain how these bills would significantly delay and weaken clean-up of toxic air pollution from industrial boilers and incinerators. These facilities are the nation’s second largest industrial source of mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin that harms children’s developing...

Anti-Rider Ad in Politico 2011 (PDF)

Overview
Environmental groups, led by NRDC, call for the House Republican leadership to drop anti-environmental riders so Congress can complete its work. Featured in Politico, December 2011.

National and Alaska Survey on Pebble Mine (PDF)

Survey
A national poll reveals solid opposition to Pebble Mine, proposed at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Protecting salmon – and the jobs, people, and wildlife that depend on it – from the mine’s projected 10 billion tons of waste...