Accelerating Zero-Emissions Delivery: An innovative approach to transforming the last mile

3 years 7 months ago
The urgency for companies to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles is underscored as demand for e-commerce, and with it last-mile deliveries, soars. The result: more fossil-fuel based trucks on the road that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions worsening air pollution. Companies are setting ambitious climate goals, and zero-emissions shipping will be critical for hitting […]
Aileen Nowlan

Accelerating Zero-Emissions Delivery: An innovative approach to transforming the last mile

3 years 7 months ago
The urgency for companies to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles is underscored as demand for e-commerce, and with it last-mile deliveries, soars. The result: more fossil-fuel based trucks on the road that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions worsening air pollution. Companies are setting ambitious climate goals, and zero-emissions shipping will be critical for hitting […]
Aileen Nowlan

House Oversight Committee draws renewed attention to heavy metals in baby food and calls for FDA to act

3 years 7 months ago

Tom Neltner, J.D. is the Chemicals Policy Director. Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released an important report summarizing baby food testing data submitted by four companies (Beech-Nut, Gerber, Happy Family, and Earth’s Best), finding that “baby foods are tainted with dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative