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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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Climate Change Threatens Health

OverviewUnited States, InternationalDr. Kim Knowlton
Climate change is one of the most serious public health threats facing the nation, but few people are aware of how it can affect them. Children, the elderly, and communities living in poverty are among the most vulnerable.

Comments to California OEHHA on PFOA-PFOS (PDF)

Comments
Comments submitted to the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicants Identification Committee of California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, recommending that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) be prioritized for the further development of hazard identification materials.

Clean Energy Extenders Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letter sent to Congress urging them to pass legislation that provides a multi-year extension of expired and expiring tax incentives benefiting clean and alternative energy technologies as soon as possible.

Wyoming Data Tresspass Case (PDF)

Legal Filings
A diverse coalition of conservation, press, academic and animal-protection groups filed suit today in federal court seeking to strike down a pair of Wyoming state laws that stifle freedom of speech and make citizen science illegal in the state.

California Senate Bill No. 555 (PDF)

California Senate Bill 555, regarding urban retail water suppliers and water loss audits and detection programs, passed September 2015.

Petition to EPA Region 9 for Dominguez Channel (PDF)

Legal Filings
American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...

Petition to EPA Region 9 for Los Cerritos Channel (PDF)

Legal Filings
American Rivers, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Los Angeles Waterkeeper petitioned Region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency to make polluters accountable for stormwater runoff contamination of two Los Angeles waterways: the Dominguez Channel and the Los Cerritos Channel. Currently...