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Not Cool: How the EPA’s Refrigerant Rollback Will Raise Your Grocery and AC Costs

Expert BlogUnited StatesDavid Doniger, Dr. Richie Kaur, Jeremy Arling
NRDC and industry are suing over cost-raising delays in moving away from HFC super pollutants in supermarkets and cold storage warehouses.
A protester holds up a sign at a Stand up For Science rally held at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York City, on March 7, 2025.

Political Control of Research Funding Threatens Sound Science

Expert BlogUnited States
Decades of federal research funding have led to breakthroughs in medicine, technology, and environmental science. A new OMB proposal aims to derail all of this through political interference.
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corporation, speaks during a climate initiative event at the Microsoft Corp. campus in Redmond, Washington, on January 16, 2020. Microsoft unveiled plans to invest $1 billion to back companies and organizations working on technologies to remove or reduce carbon from the earth's atmosphere, saying efforts to merely emit less carbon aren't enough to prevent catastrophic climate change.

The Carbon Removal Market Can Work—If We Build It Right

Expert BlogUnited StatesSam F. Savitz, Dr. Jennifer DiStefano
The CDR industry’s reliance on Microsoft shows the limits of voluntary climate action—and the need for government to do its part. It’s time to take the trash out of our atmosphere.
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2025 Wins in Food Waste and What’s Next in 2026

Expert BlogUnited States, InternationalYvette Cabrera, Madeline Keating, Andrea Collins, Nina Sevilla, Anya Obrez, Darby Hoover

Food waste programs and systems made significant advances around the country—and even the world. It's important to keep up the momentum in 2026.

Food Is Not Trash

Expert BlogUnited StatesYvette Cabrera

Food waste diversion policies are a win-win for states.  

How State Organic Waste Ban Policies Can Drive Food Waste Reduction

Expert BlogUnited StatesDarby Hoover, Yvette Cabrera, Madeline Keating, Andrea Collins, Nina Sevilla, Anya Obrez

Organic waste bans are some of the most impactful state policies we can pass to limit the amount of food going to landfills and incinerators—that's why they are the pinnacle of NRDC’s food waste reduction strategy. 

2024 Wins in Food Waste & What’s Next in 2025

Expert BlogUnited StatesNina Sevilla, Darby Hoover, Madeline Keating, Anya Obrez, Yvette Cabrera, Andrea Collins
As we jump into 2025, our team reflects on last year’s progress in the fight against food waste. There have been many key achievements and other exciting developments over the past year and much more to come this year.