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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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NRDC Opening Merits Brief (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for unlawfully suspending the agency’s limits on uses of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the super-potent climate-changing pollutants used in refrigeration, air conditioning, insulation...

Notice of Intent to Sue EPA (PDF)

Letters
NRDC and EDF provided 60-days’ notice to EPA, as required by the Clean Air Act, of our intent to sue EPA for the agency’s failure to implement or enforce emission guidelines for air pollution from municipal solid waste landfills.

Letter of Concern - Sec. 304 S. 2975 (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the U.S. Senate, NRDC joined 39 other organizations in raising concern over a controversial nuclear waste provision (Sec. 304) inserted into the FY2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (S. 2975), which is...

Comments on Proposed Chicago Manganese Dust Rule (PDF)

Comments
NRDC, the Southeast Environmental Task Force, the Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke, Chicago Environmental Justice Network, and several other partners submitted joint comments to the Chicago Department of Public Health on the agency’s proposal to update local dust regulations...

Letter Urging Opposition to H.R. 3 (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, NRDC and 11 other organizations joined in urging opposition to the rescissions bill (H.R. 3) because it would cut funding from useful programs across the federal government, including several important environmental...

Joint Letter Expressing Opposition to H.R. 5895 (PDF)

Letters
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and 18 other environmental groups sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives, urging opposition to H.R. 5895, a ‘minibus’ appropriations package which includes the FY19 Energy and Water Development and Related...

G7 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Scorecard

ReportInternational, United StatesHan Chen
It’s time for the G7 to establish systems for holding themselves accountable to eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.

States Benefit from Clean Energy and Environmental Programs

Fact SheetUnited States, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania
Trump’s budget would slash many of the most important clean energy and environmental programs to the detriment of all.