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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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Proposed Complaint and Crossclaim in Intervention (PDF)

Legal Filings
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Columbia Environmental Law Clinic filed a motion to intervene in New Jersey State Superior Court in Union County on behalf of NJ Audubon Society, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Sierra Club New Jersey, Environment New Jersey...

Letter to Congress from 41 Environmental Organizations (PDF)

Letters
For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...

Comment Letter on FFRMS from 60 Environmental Organizations (PDF)

Letters
For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...

Comment Letter on FFRMS from NRDC and American Rivers (PDF)

Letters
For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...

2015 Michigan Poll on Energy Issues (PDF)

Polling
A March, 2015 statewide survey finds that Michiganders are increasingly enthusiastic about energy efficiency and wind and solar power, which they see as creating jobs and having more positive than negative impacts on energy costs. Unsurprisingly, therefore, policy proposals which...