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Leaders from communities across Ohio are dedicated to working with local officials to develop equitable global climate change solutions.

Today, American University’s Center for Environmental Policy (AU) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a report finding that programs relying on customers to pay to have their lead pipe fully replaced put low-income and African American households at greater risk of lead exposure.

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to expand the scope of its already dangerous plan to limit the science the agency can consider when developing critical public health and environmental safeguards.

Today, American University’s Center for Environmental Policy (AU) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a report finding that programs relying on customers to pay to have their lead pipe fully replaced put low-income and African American households at greater risk of lead exposure.

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to expand the scope of its already dangerous plan to limit the science the agency can consider when developing critical public health and environmental safeguards.

More than 100 business, parish and community leaders mobilized over the past few weeks, signing their entities onto a request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to contribute to the state’s River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project to balance what will be lost in the construction of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain levee.  The widely-supported Maurepas Swamp project aims to deliver sediment and fresh water from the Mississippi River to 45,000 acres existing wetlands and forests in the East ...

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More than 100 business, parish and community leaders mobilized over the past few weeks, signing their entities onto a request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to contribute to the state’s River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project to balance what will be lost in the construction of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain levee.  The widely-supported Maurepas Swamp project aims to deliver sediment and fresh water from the Mississippi River to 45,000 acres existing wetlands and forests in the East ...

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The post 114 community leaders ask the Corps to make a win-win decision for a threatened swamp appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

I know women of color like me are more exposed to toxic chemicals in beauty products. As someone who’s working to make these products safer, I see reasons for hope. How can beauty products harm women of color? Research shows that women of color are disproportionately exposed to toxic chemicals and that beauty and personal […]

I know women of color like me are more exposed to toxic chemicals in beauty products. As someone who’s working to make these products safer, I see reasons for hope. How can beauty products harm women of color? Research shows that women of color are disproportionately exposed to toxic chemicals and that beauty and personal […]

The post Beauty products can be more toxic for women of color. It’s time to change that. appeared first on EDF+Business.

This post was originally published on the Climate Leadership Conference’s website. Employees across the country are calling on their corporate leaders to change how they operate, particularly as it relates to climate. Recently, Silicon Valley has experienced the most such activism, with employees from tech giants Google and Amazon demanding more strategic and higher impact […]

The post To chart a more sustainable future, look to your employees appeared first on EDF+Business.

This post was originally published on the Climate Leadership Conference’s website. Employees across the country are calling on their corporate leaders to change how they operate, particularly as it relates to climate. Recently, Silicon Valley has experienced the most such activism, with employees from tech giants Google and Amazon demanding more strategic and higher impact […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. This weekend, Elizabeth Shogren at Reveal News published an in-depth investigative report and hour-long radio segment delving into the Trump EPA’s latest abandonment of science and its serious consequences for public health.  The story focuses on the ubiquitous solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), a known human carcinogen and neurotoxicant that […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. This weekend, Elizabeth Shogren at Reveal News published an in-depth investigative report and hour-long radio segment delving into the Trump EPA’s latest abandonment of science and its serious consequences for public health.  The story focuses on the ubiquitous solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), a known human carcinogen and neurotoxicant that […]