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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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NRDC Letter on S. 2012 (PDF)

Letters
NRDC sent this letter to the hill regarding S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.

Comment Letter from NRDC and American Rivers (PDF)

Letters
Comments and letters in support of Executive Order 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input, 2015.

Scientist Sign on Letter Denouncing EFSA Glyphosate Review (PDF)

Letters
An open letter from 96 prominent epidemiologists, toxicologists, statisticians and molecular biologists from 25 countries denouncing the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) decision that the widely used herbicide, glyphosate (the main ingredient of Roundup) "is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic...

Clean Energy Extenders Letter (PDF)

Letters
Letter sent to Congress urging them to pass legislation that provides a multi-year extension of expired and expiring tax incentives benefiting clean and alternative energy technologies as soon as possible.

Letter Opposing the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 (PDF)

Letters
Eleven environmental groups sent a letter opposing the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. The bill contains several flawed provisions that could cause detrimental effects to public health and our environment.