Pennsylvania needs to act now to build our future clean energy economy

1 year 1 month ago
Pennsylvania has a long history of energy production, stretching as far back as the late 1700s. A central role in fossil fuels, however, is rooted in Pennsylvania’s past, not its future. The state is poised to become a leader in our nation’s transition to a clean, resilient zero-pollution economy. Pennsylvania will take an important step […]
Mandy Warner

IRA across the USA: 5 communities winning clean energy manufacturing jobs

1 year 1 month ago

A year since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, this historic climate legislation has already led to $278 billion in private investment that will support more than 170,000 clean energy jobs across the country. And the work is just getting started. Manufacturing incentives in the law, which encourage companies to build the […]

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Derek Walker

IRA across the USA: 5 communities winning clean energy manufacturing jobs

1 year 1 month ago
A year since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, this historic climate legislation has already led to $278 billion in private investment that will support more than 170,000 clean energy jobs across the country. And the work is just getting started. Manufacturing incentives in the law, which encourage companies to build the […]
Derek Walker

FDA says “Cookware that exhibits any level of leachable lead upon testing is prohibited.”

1 year 1 month ago

What’s New? For the first time, FDA has provided guidance on how to evaluate whether metal cookware is prohibited due to lead leaching into food. As part of an investigation to find the source of elevated blood lead levels in some refugee children, the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington [1] encountered high […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative

FDA says “Cookware that exhibits any level of leachable lead upon testing is prohibited.”

1 year 1 month ago

What’s New? For the first time, FDA has provided guidance on how to evaluate whether metal cookware is prohibited due to lead leaching into food. As part of an investigation to find the source of elevated blood lead levels in some refugee children, the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington [1] encountered high […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative

FDA says “Cookware that exhibits any level of leachable lead upon testing is prohibited.”

1 year 1 month ago

What’s New? For the first time, FDA has provided guidance on how to evaluate whether metal cookware is prohibited due to lead leaching into food. As part of an investigation to find the source of elevated blood lead levels in some refugee children, the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington [1] encountered high […]

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Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative

New York Climate Week 2023

1 year 1 month ago
Where to find EDF +Business at New York Climate Week 2023 EDF +Business leaders and experts attending Climate Week: Lea Borkenhagen, Senior Vice President, EDF +Business Elaine Gowdy, AVP of EDF +Business Strategic Operations Victoria Mills, Managing Director, Climate Policy Leadership Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing Director, Net Zero Value Chains Andrew Howell, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance […]
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New Approach Methodologies Should Adhere to TSCA Standards

1 year 1 month ago

What’s New? EPA recently asked its Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), comprised of experts in the fields of toxicology and environmental chemistry, to make recommendations on implementing new approach methods (NAMs) for testing the safety of new chemicals. NAMs encompass a wide array of new evaluation strategies, including testing cell lines or invertebrates (rather than […]

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Susanne Brander, PhD, Senior Contributing Scientist

Seaweed to Slow Down Climate Change: Ready? Or Not?

1 year 1 month ago
Seaweed is having a moment. I’ve been working on seaweed for 40 years, and I’ve never seen so many headlines about how seaweed can save the planet.  I can understand why. The need to save the planet is more pressing than ever. We must now dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and, at the same time, […]
Rod Fujita