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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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OH Fuel Efficiency Survey Key Findings (PDF)

Polling
Results of a survey conducted by American Viewpoint and Gerstein Bocian Agne (GBA) Strategies of Ohio residents’ perspectives on fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks.

NRDC and the International Trade in Wildlife (PDF)

Overview
The diversity of plant and animal species across our global commons is deeply connected to the health and sustainability of communities and wildlife around the world. Maintaining a broad variety of wildlife provides enormous ecological, cultural, economic, and aesthetic value...

Green Investment Banks as a Tool to Bolster Climate Action in Latin America

Issue PaperInternationalAmanda Maxwell, Carolina Herrera, Douglass Sims, Sarah Dougherty
Public funds alone cannot meet the magnitude of investment needed in the region to implement the Paris Agreement. Green investment banks can help governments accelerate the flow of private capital toward climate solutions.

Petition for Review of EPA Stay of Landfill Emissions Rule (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and partners’ petition for review, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, seeking to block EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s 90-day administrative stay of standards of performance and emission guidelines for emissions of landfill gas from...

NRDC v. Perry Complaint (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and its partners are suing the U.S. Department of Energy for unlawfully withholding from publication five final rules establishing energy efficiency standards for household appliances and commercial and industrial equipment.

Seven States Call for EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos (PDF)

Legal Filings
The Attorneys General of New York, California, Washington, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Vermont formally requested that EPA take immediate action to ban chlorpyrifos. The states argued that the Trump EPA’s refusal to ban this pesticide from food crops—despite the agency’s...

Administrative Appeal to EPA over Chlorpyrifos - Comments (PDF)

Comments
NRDC, together with a dozen other groups, filed an administrative appeal with the EPA urging the agency to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—and challenging the agency on its continued use after EPA scientists have determined it...