To help a community leave its dirty energy economy behind, advocates must fight for local representation, equity, and retraining that prepares workers for high-quality jobs.
The Trump administration has attempted to cut funding from key federal programs that support low-income families since he’s taken office and now the public health emergency of the coronavirus appears to be his most recent excuse to target the most…
Best practices for creating a city staff position dedicated to food waste reduction, cross-agency collaboration, work planning, and sourcing potential funding.
Making a public commitment to reduce food waste is an important way to harness city leadership and constituent buy-in. It also increases accountability and can inspire other cities.
Using a calculator tool NRDC developed based on the models in our original Food Matters research, we worked with the city of Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Resilience to estimate a baseline level of food waste and estimated how much surplus…
As one of the largest servers of meals in the country, the company is poised to make a significant impact by cutting the volume of meat it purchases each year. Unfortunately, it has made very little progress toward cutting the…
The City of Albuquerque took a huge step toward its greenhouse gas reduction goals today by kicking off the Albuquerque Mayor’s Energy Challenge program, a voluntary private-sector energy challenge designed to incentivize and support local businesses in their efforts to…
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