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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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FDA Seafood Consumption Survey Letter, December 8, 2010 (PDF)

Letters
This document is a letter signed by 37 local and national groups urging FDA to reassess the cut-off levels used for contaminants in Gulf seafood to assure that local dietary patterns and other vulnerabilities are incorporated, and to assure Gulf...

Letter to Congressional Leadership Opposing Corn Ethanol Subsidies (PDF)

Letters
A broad coalition of organizations, including Freedomworks, MoveOn, environmental advocates, budget hawks, religious organizations, hunger and development groups, food producers, agricultural industry representatives and dozens of others from all parts of the political spectrum sent a letter to Congressional leadership...

Leahy Letter on Keystone XL (PDF)

Letters
Eleven prominent US Senators have added their voices to the growing concern about the risks of proceeding with permitting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. In a letter to Secretary Clinton, they ask her to answer a series of detailed...

Letter to BP CEO on Gulf Science Funds (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner to the CEO of BP, urging him to release their pledged funding for independent scientific research to the best available institutions.

Whitebark pine comment letter – September 20, 2010 (PDF)

Letters
NRDC’s comments on 90-day petition finding for Whitebark pine Endangered Species listing include an array of new scientific research and policy updates related to the growing mortality of the tree across North America.

Peter Lehner Urges Obama for a 60mpg Fuel Standard - Letter (PDF)

Letters
As the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared to issue new fuel standard proposals at the end of September, NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner joined a coalition of science and environmental groups in a letter to President...

FDA Letter on Gulf Seafood Safety (PDF)

Letters
Letter to the Food and Drug Administration making recommendations to improve the monitoring and assessment of seafood safety in the Gulf following the BP oil spill disaster.

NOAA Letter on Gulf Seafood Safety (PDF)

Letters
Letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration making recommendations to improve the monitoring and assessment of seafood safety in the Gulf following the BP oil spill disaster.