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Progress to catalyze jurisdictional REDD+
February 2, 2024 | Angela Churie Kallhauge, Executive Vice President, ImpactIn the fight against the climate crisis, high-integrity jurisdictional REDD+ is intended to be transformational, giving forest communities and governments the ability to tap into the voluntary carbon market to access climate finance needed to ensure that large areas of tropical forests remain intact.More on:
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Why are four notorious carcinogens approved by FDA for food?
February 1, 2024By Liora Fiksel, Project Manager, Healthy Communities, and Lisa Lefferts, Environmental Health Consultant What’s Happening? On December 21, 2023, FDA filed a food-additive petition and a color-additive petition submitted by EDF and partners that asks FDA to revoke its approval for four carcinogenic chemicals approved for use in food. There is broad agreement that benzene,More on:
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What Climate-related Financial Risk Means for Communities: Part 1 – Insurance
February 1, 2024Climate change-driven events—like heat waves, droughts, floods, and fires—cause damage to communities’ and individuals’ health and safety. But these events also threaten the financial well-being of communities across the U.S. through their impact on markets and local economies. Nowhere is this more visible recently than in the property insurance market. In this three-part series, we’ll …More on:
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Article
Toxic chemical under fresh scrutiny a year after East Palestine train crash
February 1, 2024One year after the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the EPA is considering phasing out vinyl chloride, a toxic chemical the train was carrying.More on:
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Press release
Duke Energy’s Massive Investment in Polluting Power Plants Saddles Customers with Higher Costs
February 1, 2024 | Will Scott, Southeast Climate & Clean Energy DirectorEDF Statement from Will Scott, Southeast Climate & Clean Energy Director at EDFMore on:
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Press release
Senate Confirms Joe Goffman for Head of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation
January 31, 2024 | Fred Krupp, PresidentStatement of EDF President Fred KruppMore on:
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Press release
New Mexico lawmakers are making water a priority, can help secure the state’s water future amidst increasing uncertainty
January 29, 2024 | Maurice Hall, Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water SystemsNew Mexico lawmakers’ unanimous support for proposed investments in water supply and science signal the Legislature is making water a priority this session and shoring up the state against increasing stressors to its finite water supplies.More on:
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FDA’s latest study reaffirms short-chain PFAS biopersist. Now it must act.
January 25, 2024By Maricel Maffini, PhD, Consultant, and Tom Neltner, JD What Happened In December 2023, FDA’s scientists published a new study showing that when pregnant rats ingest a form of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substance (PFAS) called 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH) their bodies break it down into other PFAS that reach the fetuses and biopersist …More on:
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EPA advances methane waste charge to help cut oil and gas pollution
January 25, 2024 | Edwin LaMair, Attorney, U.S. Legal & RegulatoryLast week, EPA proposed details for how it will administer Congress’s methane waste emissions charge for excessive oil and gas pollution, passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program in 2022. The waste charge is a fee on excessive methane pollution that applies to the largest polluting facilities in the oil …More on:
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Climate Policy News You Can Use — January 2024
January 25, 202466% of WEF Global Risk Perception Survey respondents identified extreme weather as “most likely to present a material crisis on a global scale in 2024.”More on:
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Policy Advocacy Fights the Risks of Climate Change
January 25, 2024Billion-dollar natural disasters now happen every 3 weeks on average, vs. every 4 months in 1980s. Climate change could cost the global economy $5 trillion over a 5-year period.More on:
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Advancing North Carolina’s Flood Resiliency Blueprint to combat growing storm risks
January 24, 2024 | Michelle Lovejoy, Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds North CarolinaNorth Carolina's Flood Resiliency Blueprint is a big step forward, resulting in a massive statewide effort dedicated to building resilient communities equipped to reduce and manage flood risk and vulnerabilities. The post Advancing North Carolina’s Flood Resiliency Blueprint to combat growing storm risks first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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How utilities and regulators can enable proactive, affordable grid expansion in the era of truck electrification
January 24, 2024A new report from Environmental Defense Fund shows that proactive infrastructure investments will be key to accelerating the long-term transition to zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles.More on:
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Report identifies new tools, strategies for utilities and state regulators to expedite truck electrification
January 24, 2024 | Cole Jermyn, Attorney, Energy TransitionA new report from Environmental Defense Fund shows that proactive infrastructure investments will be key to accelerating the long-term transition to zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles.More on:
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Illinois Renters & Condo Owners Have a Right to Charge
January 23, 2024EDF fact sheet on EV charging for Illinois home renters and condo owners.More on:
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New tax guidance on alternative fuel infrastructure is big news for fleets
January 22, 2024 | Jason Mathers, Associate Vice President, Zero-Emission Truck InitiativeThe U.S. Department of the Treasury recently issued new guidance on eligibility for the 30C Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit, which provides a tax subsidy of up to $100,000 per charging port installed at private fleet depots and other logistics facilities. The credit – which is available now for companies to take advantage of …More on:
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Fact sheet
EDF Groundwater Management Framework
January 22, 2024Groundwater is facing unprecedented pressure from over-extraction, pollution, and climate change. EDF has developed a flexible management framework for communities to adapt in their effort to achieve sustainable groundwater use.More on:
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Article
Climate crisis and housing crisis converge to hurt most vulnerable
January 18, 2024The most marginalized are bearing the brunt of climate change-fueled extreme weather. A new index shows where help is needed most.More on:
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Press release
Chevron Doctrine Opponents Ask Justices to Usurp Agencies' Delegated Role
January 17, 2024Statement from Vickie Patton, General Counsel for Environmental Defense FundMore on:
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Press release
Report: 1 in 4 New York residents lives within a half mile of a mega-warehouse
January 17, 2024 | Aileen Nowlan, U.S. Policy Director, Global Clean Air InitiativeCommunities near large warehouses face higher rates of air pollution associated with health problems, like asthma.More on:
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Now is the time for companies to help conserve nature
January 16, 2024 | Breanna Lujan, Senior Manager, Natural Climate SolutionsThe clock is ticking to halt and reverse deforestation so that we avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The good news is that companies can provide the finance needed to keep the world's forests standing by purchasing high-quality emissions reductions credits from large-scale tropical forest conservation programs, otherwise known as jurisdictional REDD+ (JREDD+).More on:
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Press release
EPA Advances Important IRA Program to Establish Oil and Gas Methane Waste Charge
January 12, 2024 | Fred Krupp, PresidentToday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took another critical step to implement the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, which was passed by Congress last year in the Inflation Reduction Act, with a proposed structure for MERP’s methane waste charge on large sources of oil and gas methane pollution.More on:
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Legal resources
Defending clean vehicle standards to protect people and the planet
January 12, 2024EDF is defending clean vehicle standards for cars, passenger trucks and heavy-duty vehicles in court.More on:
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Press release
EPA Should Grant California Waiver for “Critical Health and Climate Protections” from Transportation Pollution – EDF Testimony
January 11, 2024An Environmental Defense Fund expert joined dozens of others in a packed, all-day virtual hearing yesterday in support of an EPA waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule, which ensures all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state will be zero-emitting by 2035.More on:
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Press release
Petition: FDA Must Stop Allowing Four Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Food
January 11, 2024Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an announcement that it filed food-additive and color-additive petitions from EDF and partners that call on the agency to rescind its approvals for four carcinogens in food.More on: