Project to Restore Maurepas Swamp Takes One Important Step Forward
2 years 5 months ago
Army Corps releases plan selecting Maurepas restoration project as mitigation for nearby levee construction. Overview of Maurepas Swamp As one of the largest forested wetlands in the nation, Maurepas Swamp provides important ecological and socioeconomic benefits to southeast Louisiana. The swamp not only improves water quality and habitat for many species of conservation importance, but also increases resilience against storms for coastal communities from the Greater New Orleans region to the River Parishes and up into Greater Baton Rouge. However, ...
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Project to Restore Maurepas Swamp Takes One Important Step Forward
2 years 5 months ago
Army Corps releases plan selecting Maurepas restoration project as mitigation for nearby levee construction. Overview of Maurepas Swamp As one of the largest forested wetlands in the nation, Maurepas Swamp provides important ecological and socioeconomic benefits to southeast Louisiana. The swamp not only improves water quality and habitat for many species of conservation importance, but also increases resilience against storms for coastal communities from the Greater New Orleans region to the River Parishes and up into Greater Baton Rouge. However, ...
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Our Ocean Conference Must Deliver Solutions to Meet Deepening Ocean Crises
2 years 5 months ago
malspaw
Our Ocean Conference Must Deliver Solutions to Meet Deepening Ocean Crises
2 years 5 months ago
A sense of urgency, opportunity and optimism must prevail at the upcoming Our Ocean Conference in Palau as governments, civil society and businesses convene during a critically important year.
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An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
A new study proposed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is infected with methodological flaws and faulty assumptions that would put it out of step with the state’s energy and climate policy.
Source: EDF Energy Exchange
An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
A new study proposed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is infected with methodological flaws and faulty assumptions that would put it out of step with the state’s energy and climate policy.
Source: EDF Energy Exchange
An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
A new study proposed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is infected with methodological flaws and faulty assumptions that would put it out of step with the state’s energy and climate policy.
Source: EDF Energy Exchange
Moms Are Speaking Up About Pollution From Trucks and Buses
2 years 5 months ago
Written by Molly Rauch
This week, dozens of Moms Clean Air Force volunteers, organizers, and staff are testifying at EPA's public hearing this week. Show your support here!
Molly Rauch
Innovative new financing models help dairy companies slash methane emissions
2 years 5 months ago
Theresa Eberhardt
Innovative new financing models help dairy companies slash methane emissions
2 years 5 months ago
Cutting methane pollution is the single fastest, most effective strategy we have to slow the rate of warming. The benefits to the climate will be almost immediate. If we are to meet net zero targets, companies need to take innovative approaches to slash both carbon dioxide and methane pollution. The dairy industry is particularly well […]
Theresa Eberhardt
Unpacking the Proposed SEC Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure
2 years 5 months ago
Giada Mannino
Unpacking the Proposed SEC Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure
2 years 5 months ago
Climate change poses major risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system. To manage these risks, investors need comparable, specific, and decision-useful corporate climate disclosures that are not provided through existing voluntary frameworks. New draft rules for mandatory climate risk disclosure, published by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2022 would, if […]
Giada Mannino
An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
EDF Blogs
An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
By Elizabeth B. Stein and Cole Jermyn Update: On August 17th, the BPU voted to accept the final version of the Ratepayer Impact Study. The final version has the same limitations EDF and others identified in comments on the proposed study, including not accounting for the environmental and public health benefits of the energy transition, […]
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EDF Blogs
An all-inclusive way to look at energy transition in New Jersey
2 years 5 months ago
By Elizabeth B. Stein and Cole Jermyn New Jersey, like many other states, has been hard at work developing a strategy to drastically reduce its own climate impact. The state’s residents are already experiencing more than their share of climate change. With 130 miles of coastline, including population centers near much-loved beaches, more frequent extreme […]
EDF Blogs
Underregulated chemicals used to make food packaging are a business risk. Here’s how to avoid it.
2 years 5 months ago
Cassie Huang
Underregulated chemicals used to make food packaging are a business risk. Here’s how to avoid it.
2 years 5 months ago
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was called out for falling short of its mandate to protect consumer health. The investigation exposes the agency’s long track record of failing to effectively act in a timely manner on several food safety issues, including heavy metals in baby food and foodborne illnesses from contaminated produce. These […]
Cassie Huang
The twin crises of energy supply and climate have the same solution
2 years 5 months ago
Mark Brownstein
The twin crises of energy supply and climate have the same solution
2 years 5 months ago
Today’s energy system has become a liability we can no longer afford. As dependence on oil and gas restrains the response to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week issued yet another urgent warning that society is running out of time to avoid dangerous climate change caused […]
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Mark Brownstein
The twin crises of energy supply and climate have the same solution
2 years 5 months ago
Today’s energy system has become a liability we can no longer afford. As dependence on oil and gas restrains the response to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week issued yet another urgent warning that society is running out of time to avoid dangerous climate change caused […]
Mark Brownstein