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A new NRDC Food Matters report analyzes trends in how city size and demographics affect food waste efforts, how various sectors—such as restaurants, grocers, and hospitality—contribute to municipal food waste, and which sectors offer the greatest opportunities for food rescue.
ReportUnited States, Denver, New York City, NashvilleAndrea Collins
The first step in reducing municipal food waste is data gathering: understanding the amounts and sources of wasted food at the local level, as well as the amounts and sources of surplus food that potentially could be rescued instead of…
The mighty bivalves are both, and this former schoolteacher and bartender seeks to inspire a new generation of aquaculturists while putting North Carolina oysters on the map.
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the threat posed by nature deteriorating worldwide at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history. But if we reduce or remove high disease-risk species from wildlife trade—like wild birds and mammals—we can lessen the threat…
House Democrats are working to hold the oil and gas industry accountable for its harm to the environment and public health. Over the last ten days, they’ve held a committee markup, a hearing, and a field hearing.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap, a set of new guidelines to manage per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are a large class of toxic “forever chemicals” with detrimental environmental and health impacts that pose…
The only way to prevent future spills is to stop issuing new leases and ramp down offshore oil production. Every offshore spill begins with an oil or gas lease.
The White House and congressional leaders are negotiating key components of the climate action President Biden called for in the Build Back Better agenda.
The landmark Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s (CLCPA) ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85% by 2050 will require a transformation of the power, transportation and building sectors.
The Trump Administration’s biological opinions were the result of scientific misconduct, political interference, and bias. The end result is nothing short of a plan for extinction that is playing out before our eyes.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is proposing a new greenhouse gas reduction rule this fall that would require the state and its regions to cut climate-warming pollution from transportation by investing more in sustainable mobility options.
When AB 525 became law last month, California set the standard for floating offshore wind energy development in the United States. The law requires California to develop offshore wind in a way that creates good jobs, protects California's unparalleled marine…
Michigan Governor Whitmer today issued an executive directive launching a “all-hands-on-deck, whole-of-government approach” to ensuring safe drinking water for Benton Harbor.
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