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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 Opposing California's H.R. 2898 (PDF)

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Letter signed by NRDC and 18 other environmental organizations opposing California's H.R. 2898, a bill that would dramatically weaken protections for salmon, migratory birds, and other fish and wildlife in California’s Bay-Delta estuary.

Stakeholder Letter Opposing Whitfield Ratepayer Protection Act. (PDF)

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The Whitfield Ratepayer Protection Act would endanger human health and the environment by preventing EPA from addressing one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time- climate change. This stakeholder letter signed by nearly 100 organizations shows broad opposition to...

Letter to Congress from 41 Environmental Organizations (PDF)

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For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...

Comment Letter on FFRMS from 60 Environmental Organizations (PDF)

Letters
For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...

Comment Letter on FFRMS from NRDC and American Rivers (PDF)

Letters
For decades agencies have used the so-called 100-year flood as the design standard for federally funded projects. But that's not nearly protective enough; today, floods of that magnitude are occurring far more frequently than once a century. In January 2015...