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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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Letter to Governor Cuomo Urging New Standards Regulating PFOA and PFOS (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by NRDC and 11 other environmental organizations calling on Governor Cuomo to set a tough new standard that will keep perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid—two dangerous pollutants also known as PFOA and PFOS—out of New Yorkers’ drinking water.

Washington Water Audit Pilot Program Final Report (PDF)

Report
The Washington Department of Health offered a pilot AWWA water audit program to ten utilities from late 2017 to early 2018 to evaluate the introduction and applicability of AWWA water audit methodology and performance indicators in Washington. This report discusses...

Letter Urging Support for Titus Amendment (PDF)

Letters
Thirty six (36) groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to support Rep. Titus's amendment to the "Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017." The amendment would replace the bill...

An Attack on Our Natural Heritage

Fact SheetUnited StatesBrad Sewell, Molly Masterton
H.R. 200 would undermine bedrock conservation laws and make it much harder to protect special ocean places and imperiled ocean wildlife.

Comments from NRDC to EPA on Neonics (PDF)

Comments
On April 19, 2018, NRDC filed comments on several of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s risk assessments for its review of five neonicotinoid or “neonic” pesticides—acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Neonic pesticides are a major contributor to the current...

FERC Review of the 1999 Natural Gas Policy Statement - Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by NRDC and 10 other environmental organizations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging the reform of its pipeline review process to ensure that—above all else—the public interest is protected, consistent with FERC’s mandate under the Natural...