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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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Energy Performance Optimization Guide

OverviewUnited StatesJay Orfield, Lauren Zullo
This Energy Performance Optimization Guide is a resource describing how to develop, quantify, implement, and measure energy performance solutions in a commercial office space.

Is Cloud Computing Always Greener?

Issue BriefUnited StatesPierre Delforge
Finding the Most Energy and Carbon Efficient Information Technology Solutions for Small- and Medium-Sized Organizations

I-710 Expansion Comments (PDF)

Comments
Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice and Natural Resources Defense Council partnered to garner technical and legal specifications and comments on a wide host of environmental issues related to the draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the...

Green Group Letter to The Keystone Center (PDF)

Letters
Letter from the Alaska Wilderness League, Audubon, Earthjustice, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Wilderness Society, and World Wildlife Fund to The Keystone Center dated October 3, 2012. The letter expresses concern about the...

China Shipping Appellate Opinion (PDF)

Legal Filings
Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 4, California Opinion in NRDC v City of Los Angeles re China Shipping terminal ordering the Port to stop all construction and operation of the project until it complied with CEQA.

Flyer Urging Trader Joe's To Be A Fearless Leader (PDF)

Overview
Flyer urging Trader Joe's to lead the way for all responsible grocers by selling only meat raised without antibiotics, and help stop the spread of deadly, antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’ in humans.

USWTR Summary Judgment Order (PDF)

Legal Filings
Judge Wood's order denying plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit that challenged the Navy's decision to build and operate a 500-square-mile undersea warfare training range next to the only known calving...