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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 Comment Letter Regarding Montana Wolf Management Rule Changes (PDF)

Letters
This letter details NRDC’s concerns regarding Montana’s proposal to amend its wolf management rules. NRDC opposes many of the proposed amendments because they would increase the number of wolves and other species trapped, shot and killed by landowners on private...

Exide Comment Letter - Supplemental (PDF)

Letters
A comment letter and a supplemental comment letter submitted by NRDC and Communities for a Better Environment regarding the proposed SCAQMD Amended Rule 1420.1 and Exide Technologies, Inc., a lead-recycling facility in Vernon, CA.

Exide Comment Letter (PDF)

Letters
A comment letter and a supplemental comment letter submitted by NRDC and Communities for a Better Environment regarding the proposed SCAQMD Amended Rule 1420.1 and Exide Technologies, Inc., a lead-recycling facility in Vernon, CA.

Brewers Applaud Clean Water Actions - Letter (PDF)

Letters
Brewers for Clean Water member breweries applaud two important steps recently taken by the Obama Administration to provide safeguards for the water sources on which the breweries -- and the communities in which they operate -- depend.

Letter regarding the Wilmington Valero Crude By Rail Project, 11/6/13 (PDF)

Letters
Letter signed by NRDC, Communities for a Better Environment, and Earth Justice regarding Valero’s proposed crude by rail project in Wilmington, reiterating serious health, safety, environmental and air quality impacts of the project, submitted to SCAQMD on November 6, 2013.

Memo from Green Groups to NY Gov Cuomo (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NY-based green groups asking Gov Cuomo to maintain moratorium on fracking and perform health impact assessment based on recent scientific developments.

Letter from Green Groups to NY Gov Cuomo (PDF)

Letters
Letter from NY-based green groups asking Gov Cuomo to maintain moratorium on fracking and perform health impact assessment based on recent scientific developments.

NRDC Fracking Moratorium Request to Governor Brown (PDF)

Letters
NRDC’s September 3rd letter to Governor Brown formally requesting he use his executive authority to immediately enact a moratorium on fracking until the public health risks and environmental impacts have been studied and adequate regulatory safeguards put in place to...

BDCP Portfolio Concept Letter from John Laird (PDF)

Letters
This letter was issued by the California Secretary for Natural Resources in 2013 justifying the California Natural Resources Agency’s rejection of a portfolio approach to improving California’s water supply. This alternative to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (which has evolved...

New Science on Impacts of Navy Sonar - Letter (PDF)

Letters
A letter to the California Coastal Commission that details recent scientific studies, which confirm the harmful impacts of Navy sonar training and testing on Southern California marine mammals, August 28, 2013.

Supplement to EPA Dimock letter 1-13-12 (PDF)

Letters
Letters requesting that EPA investigate drinking water contamination arising out of gas drilling activities in Dimock, PA, under Superfund and the Safe Drinking Water Act.