Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals, Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What Happened? Earlier this month, EPA announced an updated formula it will use to allocate federal funds for lead service line (LSL) replacements. This new formula will be based on each state’s expected needs, as determined by a […]

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The scale of Louisiana’s land loss crisis – and the work being done to preserve it – can be hard to grasp from the ground. One of the best education and advocacy tools for coastal restoration is to fly people over the coast to see the scale and impacts of our land loss crisis. While we can’t bring everyone up on a plane, we can do our best to bring that perspective to you here. In this blog series, we ...

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The scale of Louisiana’s land loss crisis – and the work being done to preserve it – can be hard to grasp from the ground. One of the best education and advocacy tools for coastal restoration is to fly people over the coast to see the scale and impacts of our land loss crisis. While we can’t bring everyone up on a plane, we can do our best to bring that perspective to you here. In this blog series, we ...

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded $8.2 million in state incentives to help companies operating in Texas purchase 51 electric trucks. The announcement is a win for communities, the climate and the companies who secured the historic funding opportunity. The announced funds should signal to companies across the country that clean fleet investments […]

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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded $8.2 million in state incentives to help companies operating in Texas purchase 51 electric trucks. The announcement is a win for communities, the climate and the companies who secured the historic funding opportunity. The announced funds should signal to companies across the country that clean fleet investments […]

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded $8.2 million in state incentives to help companies operating in Texas purchase 51 electric trucks. The announcement is a win for communities, the climate and the companies who secured the historic funding opportunity. The announced funds should signal to companies across the country that clean fleet investments […]

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Happy Earth Month! Take a look at how and why Earth Day came to be, and where we are today.

Recent release of PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done includes meaningful commitments to action on climate resilience in New York City. For the first time, the plan proposes the creation of a new Bureau of Coastal Resilience, headed by the Department of Environmental Protection.

New Details Show Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Will Help Protect Families, Create Jobs, Reach Climate Goals

EDF welcomes news that the Biden EPA will finally be banning many uses of the toxic chemical methylene chloride.

Maria Doa, PhD, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy The Good News Using its authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA proposed a rule that would require companies to notify the agency before they produce or import a PFAS “forever chemical” that has not been used commercially since 2006. These notifications are crucial because resuming production […]

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The study of improved plantation forest management practices has gained traction over the past decade as these practices could represent a cost-effective and rapidly deployable natural climate solution.