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CA Bills Aim to Relieve Doubt and Keep Good Food from Trash

Expert BlogAndrea Collins
Sitting on the Governor’s desk are two bills that will help cut through confusion and encourage getting good food into people’s bellies instead of tossed into the trash: AB 1219 (Eggman) the California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act and AB…

Trading Coal Plants for Solar Farms in India

NRDC in ActionIndiaNicole Greenfield
Senior attorney and India program director Anjali Jaiswal leads a small team that’s accomplishing big things in one of the world’s most polluted countries.

Hurricane Harvey: Another American Deluge

Expert BlogUnited StatesRhea Suh

As we lend our immediate support to Gulf Coast communities, we must also protect people from such future disasters by addressing infrastructure, safety measures, flood policies, and climate change.

CA Chlorpyrifos Announcement Leaves Communities at Risk

Expert BlogMiriam Rotkin-Ellman
On Friday, California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) made big promises to address the risk from the pesticide chlorpyrifos—found to threaten children’s health, especially in agricultural communities—but delivered little in the way of real protections.

WASTED: Second Edition of NRDC’s Landmark Food Waste Report

Expert BlogDana Gunders, JoAnne Berkenkamp, Darby Hoover, Andrea Collins
NRDC has released the second edition of the report "Wasted: How America is Losing up to 40 percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill," which captures the latest studies, success stories, and recommendations across the food system.

As Water Pollution Grows, Healthy Soil Comes to the Rescue

Expert BlogBen Chou
Reducing nutrient pollution across an entire watershed is no small feat. However, farmers can decrease runoff from their fields by improving soil health, which reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers. Planting cover crops—crops that keep the soil covered and provide…