With beneficial electrification plans, the Illinois Commerce Commission takes a step towards reducing harmful emissions

2 years 6 months ago

Update: The California Air Resources Board is hosting a public work group meeting on May 4 at 1:00pm PST to discuss the new Proposed Zero Emission Loan Pilot within the Truck Loan Assistance Program. Stakeholder input is needed to determine how loans should work under SB372. There will be future meetings on other elements of […]

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Lauren Navarro

Changes for the better: EPA looks out for workers in revised risk finding for HBCD

2 years 6 months ago

By Samantha Liskow, Lead Counsel, Health EPA has started to fulfill its promise to take another look at many of the chemical risk findings made during the Trump Administration. First up was “HBCD,” a collection of flame retardants present in many goods, including building insulation, furniture, and electronics. In its revised risk determination for the […]

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Samantha Liskow

Changes for the better: EPA looks out for workers in revised risk finding for HBCD

2 years 6 months ago
By Samantha Liskow, Lead Counsel, Health EPA has started to fulfill its promise to take another look at many of the chemical risk findings made during the Trump Administration. First up was “HBCD,” a collection of flame retardants present in many goods, including building insulation, furniture, and electronics. In its revised risk determination for the […]
Samantha Liskow

EPA can incorporate cumulative impacts in its chemical assessments right now

2 years 6 months ago
By Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy, and Lariah Edwards, Ph.D., EDF-George Washington University Postdoctoral Fellow EPA recently asked its Science Advisory Board to provide advice on how it can incorporate cumulative impact assessments into its decisions making and on research to support cumulative impact assessments. At a public meeting of the SAB on March […]
Maria Doa

This week, all eyes are on zero-emission trucks. It’s time for policymakers to go bold.

2 years 6 months ago

As leaders from government, business and tech meet this week at CERA Week, The Work Truck Show and the ATA Technology and Maintenance Council annual meeting, the growing availability of zero-emission trucks will be center stage. The last five years have seen tremendous progress in the availability of and fleet interest in large, zero-emission vehicles. […]

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Jason Mathers

This week, all eyes are on zero-emission trucks. It’s time for policymakers to go bold.

2 years 6 months ago
As leaders from government, business and tech meet this week at CERA Week, The Work Truck Show and the ATA Technology and Maintenance Council annual meeting, the growing availability of zero-emission trucks will be center stage. The last five years have seen tremendous progress in the availability of and fleet interest in large, zero-emission vehicles. […]
Jason Mathers

This week, all eyes are on zero-emission trucks. It’s time for policymakers to go bold.

2 years 6 months ago
As leaders from government, business and tech meet this week at CERA Week, The Work Truck Show and the ATA Technology and Maintenance Council annual meeting, the growing availability of zero-emission trucks will be center stage. The last five years have seen tremendous progress in the availability of and fleet interest in large, zero-emission vehicles. […]
Jason Mathers

The truth about Russia’s war: Our addiction to oil gives Putin power

2 years 6 months ago
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is alarming and wrong — recognized by governments across the political spectrum as a dangerous assault on peace and stability. How sad, then, that some columnists here in the United States are using it as an opportunity to spin up a partisan attack on the Biden administration’s energy policy. Instead of […]
Mark Brownstein