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Food Systems Analyst

NRDC in ActionBaltimore, Nashville, Denver, Maryland, Tennessee, ColoradoJeff Turrentine
Andrea Spacht Collins is working to minimize food waste by changing the way we think about what we eat—and what we don’t eat, where it comes from, and where it ends up.

NRDC Food Matters Launches Two Regional Initiatives

Expert BlogEast, United StatesDarby Hoover, Madeline Keating
Starting with the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, we are launching a Food Matters Regional Initiative, with the goal of furthering larger-scale change related to food waste at a regional level.

Like a Zombie, Reckless Pebble Mine Terrorizes Bristol Bay

Expert BlogAlaskaJoel Reynolds
Widely considered dead, massive mining scheme proposed for Bristol Bay headwaters by underfunded Canadian company is likely to be permitted this summer by Army Corps of Engineers despite unsolved technical, financial, and environmental flaws, deep opposition in Alaska, and blatant…

Public Deserves Stronger Limits on Ozone Pollution

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it would not strengthen the federal limit on ozone air pollution, bypassing an opportunity to better protect the public during a pandemic particularly dangerous for people with respiratory illnesses.

Five Years Later, Waswanipi Is Still Waiting on Quebec

Expert BlogCanadaJennifer Skene
A just, sustainable future depends on prioritizing Indigenous leadership and allowing the Waswanipi and other Indigenous People to finally dictate the future of their own lands. They’ve waited long enough.

Solar Energy Is Better with Neighbors: Orlando's 2nd Co-op

Expert BlogOrlando, FloridaEloisa Portillo-Morales
On June 5th, 2020 (World Environment Day), the City of Orlando launched its second solar co-op, providing residents an opportunity to come together to learn the ins and outs of the solar process and get a bulk purchasing price on…

Pipeline Victories Show the Power of People

Expert BlogUnited StatesGina McCarthy
These victories happened because people demanded better—and because of environmental and public health laws that require the government to listen.

62% of Alaskans Oppose the Pebble Mine, New Poll Shows

Expert BlogAlaskaTaryn Kiekow Heimer
Most Alaskans do not support the Pebble Mine, as a new poll released by the Bristol Bay Defense Fund shows. The survey’s findings are one more piece of bad news for Pebble and its embattled owner Northern Dynasty Minerals.

Federal Energy Efficiency: Promoting Equity and the Planet

Expert BlogUnited StatesKhalil Shahyd, Lara Ettenson
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately affect low-income communities of color and threatens to plunge our economy deeper into a recession at a time when many families and communities are already struggling to meet basic needs. The federal government should…

Right Whales Uplisted to Critically Endangered by IUCN

Expert BlogDr. Francine Kershaw
North Atlantic right whales have been uplisted from Endangered to Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sounding the alarm that the species is only one step away from extinction.

Cities Respond to COVID Needs by Rescuing Surplus Food

Expert BlogMadeline Keating, Andrea Collins
When businesses closed to help control the spread of the pandemic and millions of people flocked to food pantries and emergency food distributors, Baltimore, Denver, and several cities across the country were well-prepared to respond to the needs of their…