This blog was co-authored by Natasha Vidangos, Senior Director, Climate Innovation and Technology. Decarbonizing industry is a critical step to stabilize our climate. The sector can be tough to get a handle on — it’s on track to become the largest-emitting sector within the next couple of decades, and it involves the production of a […]

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This blog was co-authored by Natasha Vidangos, Senior Director, Climate Innovation and Technology. Decarbonizing industry is a critical step to stabilize our climate. The sector can be tough to get a handle on — it’s on track to become the largest-emitting sector within the next couple of decades, and it involves the production of a […]

Written by Marcia G. Yerman

Soot pollution is exceedingly high in communities of color in every single state. See how your state stacks up.

Written by Alexandra Zissu

House Republicans’ energy package will amend the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and put our health and the environment at risk by streamlining the approval of substances that might be required to meet important energy needs in the future.

What’s New? Yesterday, (March 27), EDF—together with the National Wildlife Federation—filed a “friend of the court” brief in the case of Vinyl Institute v. EPA. We expressed our support for EPA’s authority to order companies to 1) Conduct health and safety studies for their chemicals and 2) Turn over those test data to EPA when the agency […]

The post Carts Before Horses: Vinyl Institute Calls For EPA To Evaluate Risk Without Data first appeared on EDF Health.

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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Written by Moms Clean Air Force

A grandmother writes about how deadly soot pollution has impacted her community and her health.

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

There are just 5 days left to tell EPA we need a stronger soot standard to protect the air our children breathe.

By Larissa Koehler and Brian Urbaszewski Today, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued a final order approving beneficial electrification plans from the state’s two biggest utilities — Commonwealth Edison and Ameren. The transportation-focused plans, directed by the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, are critical to decarbonizing the transportation sector in Illinois. With greenhouse gas emissions from […]

By Larissa Koehler and Brian Urbaszewski Today, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued a final order approving beneficial electrification plans from the state’s two biggest utilities — Commonwealth Edison and Ameren. The transportation-focused plans, directed by the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, are critical to decarbonizing the transportation sector in Illinois. With greenhouse gas emissions from […]

By Fiona Liao Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry have leapt to the top of the global climate agenda. Investors are increasingly concerned with financial, regulatory, and reputational risks associated with this potent source of climate warming. But one stubborn challenge has persisted for operators, regulators, and investors alike: quantifying how much methane […]

Statement from Dr. Elena Craft, Associate Vice President, Climate and Health, Environmental Defense Fund

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

This is the testimony of East Palestine resident and Moms Clean Air Force member, Misti Allison, gave at the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at their hearing about the train that derailed just over a mile from her home.