Senior environmental strategist Dr. Lea Borkenhagen will lead the private sector engagement division of Environmental Defense Fund. EDF+Business is known for forging unexpected partnerships with high–impact companies – including McDonalds, Walmart, and KKR – to transform business as usual in their products, operations, and advocacy.

Written by Diane MacEachern

The Inflation Reduction Act offers a wide variety of financial incentives to help millions of Americans cover at least part of the cost of transitioning from gas to electricity generated by clean renewable energy.

Worldwide Electric Vehicle Investments Will Grow to More Than $626 Billion By 2030 – New Report

This blog was co-authored with William Barber III, Founder and CEO at Rural Beacon Initiative. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act elevating the importance of state implementation of climate action, North Carolina is well-positioned to make critical progress to reduce climate-warming pollution from the electric power sector. Last year, the state took […]

This blog was co-authored with William Barber III, Founder and CEO at Rural Beacon Initiative. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act elevating the importance of state implementation of climate action, North Carolina is well-positioned to make critical progress to reduce climate-warming pollution from the electric power sector. Last year, the state took […]

EDF statement on the creation of the new Office of Environmental Justice at EPA

Project will build land, provide storm protection and protect communities from a changing future NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 23, 2022) — Following a comprehensive evaluation and public comment period, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued their Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. In conjunction with this release, the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group also released the Final Restoration Plan which proposes investing Deepwater Horizon oil spill fines to construct the project.  As the single largest ecosystem restoration ...

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Project will build land, provide storm protection and protect communities from a changing future NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 23, 2022) — Following a comprehensive evaluation and public comment period, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued their Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project. In conjunction with this release, the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group also released the Final Restoration Plan which proposes investing Deepwater Horizon oil spill fines to construct the project.  As the single largest ecosystem restoration ...

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Written by Elizabeth Bechard

Moms Clean Air Force joined students from Schools for Climate Action on Capitol Hill to call on Congress to take a critical step forward in creating the infrastructure we need to support youth mental health in a changing climate.

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals  This is the fifth in our Unleaded Juice blog series exploring how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets limits for toxic elements like lead, arsenic, and cadmium in food and its implications for the agency’s Closer To Zero program.  FDA’s approach to setting draft action levels for lead […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals  This is the fifth in our Unleaded Juice blog series exploring how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets limits for toxic elements like lead, arsenic, and cadmium in food and its implications for the agency’s Closer To Zero program.  FDA’s approach to setting draft action levels for lead […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals  This is the fifth in our Unleaded Juice blog series exploring how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets limits for toxic elements like lead, arsenic, and cadmium in food and its implications for the agency’s Closer To Zero program.  FDA’s approach to setting draft action levels for lead […]

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Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities and Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals Denver Water has one of the most successful lead service line (LSL) replacement programs in the country. Since it began the program in 2020, the utility has replaced nearly 14,000 LSLs—prioritizing lines to buildings serving vulnerable populations, such as child-care facilities. Denver Water […]

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Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities and Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals Denver Water has one of the most successful lead service line (LSL) replacement programs in the country. Since it began the program in 2020, the utility has replaced nearly 14,000 LSLs—prioritizing lines to buildings serving vulnerable populations, such as child-care facilities. Denver Water […]

The post Successful Denver Water Lead Reduction Program Seeks 12-Year Extension first appeared on EDF Health.