Shopping online for sustainable products is nearly impossible. Companies can change that. The fact is, most businesses aren’t telling you enough about the impacts of the products they sell. Products might contain harmful chemicals. Rainforests could have been cleared in the making of the product. Or air and water might have been polluted during the […]

Climate backstops are a critical part of a carbon fee that help ensure expected emissions reductions actually occur. More federal climate proposals are using them, including the new America’s Clean Future Fund Act from Senator Richard Durbin. New research on these innovative mechanisms can help advance our understanding of different design options and implications for […]

Strong emissions trading system prices encourage and facilitate climate action but also reflect private sector confidence in governments’ commitments to long-term transformation. Every evening in my Brooklyn neighborhood we come out onto our stoops with our children, dogs, bells, horns and pots (my contribution – inspired by the Colombian cacerolazos I witnessed protesting – non-violently, […]

Living in southeast Louisiana almost certainly means living with water. A new national database has provided us with even more tools to help you determine your home’s flood risk.  The First Street Foundation’s Flood Factor site lets you type in an address and gives you a risk rating scored on a 10-point scale. When I tried out the tool for my New Orleans apartment, it gave my address a four out of 10, or what it called a “Moderate Flood ...

Read The Full Story

The post Find Out Your Home or Business’s Flood Risk With This Tool appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

Living in southeast Louisiana almost certainly means living with water. A new national database has provided us with even more tools to help you determine your home’s flood risk.  The First Street Foundation’s Flood Factor site lets you type in an address and gives you a risk rating scored on a 10-point scale. When I tried out the tool for my New Orleans apartment, it gave my address a four out of 10, or what it called a “Moderate Flood ...

Read The Full Story

The post Find Out Your Home or Business’s Flood Risk With This Tool appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

The Philippines is a fishing nation, among the top 25 in the world, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. The country has about 2 million small-scale fishers who depend on the nearshore waters for their daily needs and livelihoods. The country’s fishing sector faces many challenges, including a lack of science in […]

Animal agriculture companies are feeling the impacts of climate change. As warmer temperatures and extreme weather become more frequent across the U.S., so, too, will supply chain disruptions and risks to businesses large and small. Coupled with the challenge of recovering from the devastating global pandemic, the need for companies that source and sell beef, […]

The pandemic exposed just how vulnerable our country’s food system really is. Companies are battling to contain COVID-19 outbreaks at meat processing plants. At the same time, they are racing to shift operations to avoid empty supermarket shelves and millions of pounds of farm food waste — a result of changing consumption shifting from restaurants […]

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the phase-out of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) used to greaseproof paper and paperboard food packaging made from a specific type of short-chain PFAS known as 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH).  The action, narrow as it is, […]

The post FDA takes an important step by phasing out paper greaseproofing agents containing a specific PFAS first appeared on EDF Health.

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the phase-out of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) used to greaseproof paper and paperboard food packaging made from a specific type of short-chain PFAS known as 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH).  The action, narrow as it is, […]

Tom Neltner, J.D., Chemicals Policy Director and Maricel Maffini, Ph.D., Consultant Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the phase-out of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) used to greaseproof paper and paperboard food packaging made from a specific type of short-chain PFAS known as 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH).  The action, narrow as it is, […]

This post, co-authored with Maureen Lackner, originally appeared on Voices. Cities, states and businesses are still feeling the shock. The coronavirus has stolen more than 138,000 lives and obliterated budgets. Had the U.S. better prepared for the fallout, some of the impacts would have been less severe. Countries in Asia, for example, accustomed to managing […]

This post, co-authored with Maureen Lackner, originally appeared on Voices. Cities, states and businesses are still feeling the shock. The coronavirus has stolen more than 138,000 lives and obliterated budgets. Had the U.S. better prepared for the fallout, some of the impacts would have been less severe. Countries in Asia, for example, accustomed to managing […]

The post How we underestimate the costs of climate change, and why it matters now appeared first on Market Forces.

EDF and Resources for the Future (RFF) partner on a new research series to inform policymaking on fairness for fossil fuel workers and communities in transition. The shockwaves from the COVID-19 pandemic continue to reverberate across the United States, with tens of millions unemployed and workers in every sector in need of support. The energy […]

The post New research series: Ensuring fairness for workers and communities in the transition to a clean economy appeared first on Climate 411.

Project will create a sustainable coast for future generations and buffer from storms and sea level rise (NEW ORLEANS – August 3, 2020) Earlier today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers updated the status and shared the implementation timeline of the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion on the Federal Permitting Dashboard. The update indicates that the expected release of the draft environmental impact statement for this project will be November 2022, and a record of decision is expected by February 2024.  Restore ...

Read The Full Story

The post Coastal groups call progress on Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion vital to Louisiana’s future appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

Project will create a sustainable coast for future generations and buffer from storms and sea level rise (NEW ORLEANS – August 3, 2020) Earlier today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers updated the status and shared the implementation timeline of the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion on the Federal Permitting Dashboard. The update indicates that the expected release of the draft environmental impact statement for this project will be November 2022, and a record of decision is expected by February 2024.  Restore ...

Read The Full Story

The post Coastal groups call progress on Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion vital to Louisiana’s future appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.