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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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Petition for Review of EPA’s Refusal to Ban Chlorpyrifos (PDF)

Legal Filings
This is a second protective court case filed by NRDC and a coalition of groups, asking the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to directly review and overturn EPA’s refusal to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to...

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...

Protect Our Children: The EPA Must Finalize the Ban of Chlorpyrifos

Fact SheetUnited StatesMiriam Rotkin-Ellman, Dr. Jennifer Sass, Mae Wu, Dr. Veena Singla
Widespread use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in agriculture threatens farming communities, contaminates drinking water, and leaves toxic residues on fruits and vegetables. To protect families, the EPA must move forward and finalize its proposed ban.

133 NGO Letter to Secretary Zinke Opposing the Expansion of Offshore Drilling

Letters
133 nonprofit organizations from across the United States sent a letter to Interior Secretary Zinke in opposition to the expansion of offshore drilling. "Offshore drilling brings unacceptable risks to our oceans, coastal residents, communities, existing economies, and our climate," the...

Michigan Fuel Efficiency Survey (PDF)

Survey
Results of a survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research of Michigan residents’ perspectives on fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks.

Rules at Risk from RAA - Summary (PDF)

Summary
An NRDC analysis of the health, safety and environmental regulations that could be affected by the so-called “Regulatory Accountability Act.”

Mother's Day Letter to Murkowski (PDF)

Letters
This Mother's Day, the United Tribes of Bristol Bay sent a letter to Senator Murkowski regarding the settlement reached by EPA and the Pebble Limited Partnership.

Supplemental Brief in Clean Power Plan Litigation (PDF)

Legal Filings
NRDC and partners filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, arguing that the court should decide the pending challenges to the landmark Clean Power Plan and not delay resolution of key legal...