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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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Water System Loss Control Study – California - Report (PDF)

Report
Prepared for Southern California Edison by Water Systems Optimization, Inc, for submission to the California Public Utilities Commission, December, 2009, estimating annual losses of 870,000 acre-feet, of which 350,000 acre-feet are economically recoverable.

NRDC Letter Opposing "Secret Science" Bill in House Hearing (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the House Science Committee, NRDC Clean Air Director, John Walke offers his views in opposition to the “Secret Science Reform Act of 2014”. This draft legislation would effectively amend numerous environmental statutes in a manner that...

Joint NRDC and Edison Electric Institute Statement (PDF)

Summary
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Edison Electric Institute on February 12, 2014, issued a joint statement regarding the utility business model of the future and recommendations that utility regulators can take that will support the addition of more...

NRDC Letter Opposing House “SCRUB” Act (PDF)

Letters
In a letter to the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, NRDC Government Affairs Director David Goldston offers his views on a draft bill, the “Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of...

Letter Opposing the SCRUB Act (PDF)

Letters
Letter submitted by David Goldston on behalf of NRDC to the House Judiciary Committee opposing the draft bill, the "Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2014."

Water Delivery System Efficiencies - Report (PDF)

Report
New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's assessment of water loss audit and reporting practices, rates of water loss, and water conservation programs, at eight drinking water utilities in New York State (April 2002).

Toplines from the NRDC poll (PDF)

Overview
This survey and analysis from NRDC shows that Latinos are particularly strong in their views on the need for action on climate change and carbon pollution.

Moving California Forward - Executive Summary (PDF)

Report
This report was commissioned by the California Cleaner Freight Coalition -- including NRDC and at least 20 other organizations working towards transformational changes to the freight transportation system in California to protect the public's health, clean the environment, and promote...