What this summer's heat waves tell us about America's electric grid

6 years 2 months ago
With another triple-digit heat wave scorching the Southwest this week, fears of widespread outages are back. California’s grid operator has urged homes and businesses to crank up thermostats and avoid running power-hungry appliances during evening peak hours – all in an effort to avoid disruptions like the ones we saw earlier this month. The dangerous […]
Tim O'Connor

What this summer's heat waves tell us about America's electric grid

6 years 2 months ago
With another triple-digit heat wave scorching the Southwest this week, fears of widespread outages are back. California’s grid operator has urged homes and businesses to crank up thermostats and avoid running power-hungry appliances during evening peak hours – all in an effort to avoid disruptions like the ones we saw earlier this month. The dangerous […]
Tim O'Connor

What this summer’s heat waves tell us about America’s electric grid

6 years 2 months ago
With another triple-digit heat wave scorching the Southwest this week, fears of widespread outages are back. California’s grid operator has urged homes and businesses to crank up thermostats and avoid running power-hungry appliances during evening peak hours – all in an effort to avoid disruptions like the ones we saw earlier this month. The dangerous […]
Tim O'Connor

Six Senators key to TSCA reform question EPA’s new chemical reviews in letter to Wheeler

6 years 2 months ago
Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. In a letter sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, six Senators who were instrumental to achieving the 2016 Lautenberg Act’s reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) raised “serious concern” about further weakening changes EPA is poised to make in its review […]
Richard Denison

Six Senators key to TSCA reform question EPA’s new chemical reviews in letter to Wheeler

6 years 2 months ago
Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. In a letter sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, six Senators who were instrumental to achieving the 2016 Lautenberg Act’s reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) raised “serious concern” about further weakening changes EPA is poised to make in its review […]
Richard Denison

Six Senators key to TSCA reform question EPA’s new chemical reviews in letter to Wheeler

6 years 2 months ago
Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. In a letter sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, six Senators who were instrumental to achieving the 2016 Lautenberg Act’s reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) raised “serious concern” about further weakening changes EPA is poised to make in its review […]
Richard Denison

EDF submits comments for peer reviewers on EPA’s exposure, use and hazard information on five PBT chemicals

6 years 2 months ago
Lindsay McCormick, is a Project Manager. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. Yesterday, EDF filed comments on several draft EPA documents that are part of the basis for developing restrictions EPA is required to impose on five persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals under the 2016 reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  […]
Lindsay McCormick

EDF submits comments for peer reviewers on EPA’s exposure, use and hazard information on five PBT chemicals

6 years 2 months ago
Lindsay McCormick, is a Project Manager. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. Yesterday, EDF filed comments on several draft EPA documents that are part of the basis for developing restrictions EPA is required to impose on five persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals under the 2016 reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  […]
Lindsay McCormick

EDF submits comments for peer reviewers on EPA’s exposure, use and hazard information on five PBT chemicals

6 years 2 months ago
Lindsay McCormick, is a Project Manager. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. Yesterday, EDF filed comments on several draft EPA documents that are part of the basis for developing restrictions EPA is required to impose on five persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals under the 2016 reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  […]
Lindsay McCormick