Written by Sarah McBride

Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

EDF Joins Dozens of Other Leaders to Defend EPA’s Clean Car Standards in Court

The state of Louisiana took an important step to address wasted energy resources from venting and flaring.

Written by Diane MacEachern

According to the latest IPCC report, the world's children will suffer, unless governments and societies make immediate and “drastic” cuts in the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the climate chaos occurring worldwide.

Climate change is projected to impact agricultural production worldwide, and 87% of agricultural finance institutions in a recent survey expect it to present risks to their business. Meanwhile, only 24% significantly factor climate change into their decision-making processes. A new guide from EDF and Deloitte offers five strategies for agricultural finance institutions to manage climate risks and act on […]

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Climate change is projected to impact agricultural production worldwide, and 87% of agricultural finance institutions in a recent survey expect it to present risks to their business. Meanwhile, only 24% significantly factor climate change into their decision-making processes. A new guide from EDF and Deloitte offers five strategies for agricultural finance institutions to manage climate risks and act on […]

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Biden Veto Helps Safeguard Americans’ Money from Risks Including Climate Change

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What Happened: The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) published notices on January 18 and January 30 indicating that Providence Water would need to stop partial replacement of lead service lines (LSLs) when the work is funded by the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program. […]

The post Rhode Island expects LSL replacements to be ‘simultaneous and complete’ when funded by SRF first appeared on EDF Health.

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What Happened: The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) published notices on January 18 and January 30 indicating that Providence Water would need to stop partial replacement of lead service lines (LSLs) when the work is funded by the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program. […]

The post Rhode Island expects LSL replacements to be ‘simultaneous and complete’ when funded by SRF first appeared on EDF Health.

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities What Happened: The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) published notices on January 18 and January 30 indicating that Providence Water would need to stop partial replacement of lead service lines (LSLs) when the work is funded by the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program. […]

The post Rhode Island expects LSL replacements to be ‘simultaneous and complete’ when funded by SRF first appeared on EDF Health.

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

Here’s the connection between the nation’s chemical safety law (TSCA) and the risks of toxic chemicals from transportation accidents. Learn what EPA needs to do to keep people safe.

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

FDA's 'Closer to Zero Action Plan' is a key step in making baby food safer. But research needs to be done that includes both store-bought and homemade baby foods because there is NO safe level of lead.

This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist Luis Fernández Intriago and Universidad de Los Andes professors Jorge García López and Julián Gómez Gil. The saying “Nothing about us without us” is widely used among Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to emphasize the importance of involving them in policies that govern their territories and […]

Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, consultant What Happened? FDA finalized a long awaited guidance for industry in December to help reduce conflicts of interest and bias when a chemical manufacturer chooses to convene an expert panel to assess whether a new chemical additive is generally recognized as safe (GRAS). Why It Matters: […]

The post Broken GRAS: FDA’s half-step to limit bias and conflicts of interest in GRAS determinations may backfire first appeared on EDF Health.