Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA held a public meeting today on “Approaches to Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization” under last year’s reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by the Lautenberg Act. EPA provided brief opportunities for stakeholders to provide comments.  Four of us from EDF gave oral comments […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA held a public meeting today on “Approaches to Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization” under last year’s reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by the Lautenberg Act. EPA provided brief opportunities for stakeholders to provide comments.  Four of us from EDF gave oral comments […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA held a public meeting today on “Approaches to Identifying Potential Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization” under last year’s reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by the Lautenberg Act. EPA provided brief opportunities for stakeholders to provide comments.  Four of us from EDF gave oral comments […]

Written by Diane MacEachern

Want to support the mission to bring clean air and joy to the holiday season? Rather than offer a list of individual gift suggestions, I’ve pulled together this set of seven gift guides that cover the gamut of holiday present needs with healthier options that make...

The Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax (BEAT) approved by the Senate threatens to undermine the foundation of clean energy finance. DOF. C3. Regional.

The Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax (BEAT) approved by the Senate threatens to undermine the foundation of clean energy finance. DOF. C3. Regional.

“I still think environmental problems are solvable, and taking care of people and air and water pollution should be a common ground. But we absolutely have to get on with getting down to the business of finding those solutions.”

Public health experts, freight truck manufacturers and truck dealers sent a shared message to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt at a recent public hearing – don’t reopen a loophole for super-polluting glider trucks. Glider trucks are new freight trucks that have used engines installed in them. Those older engines emit harmful soot and […]

Our staff and program partners from Boston to Beijing wanted to take a moment to thank you for standing with us in these difficult times. Regional.

Our staff and program partners from Boston to Beijing wanted to take a moment to thank you for standing with us in these difficult times. Regional.

What is a leading opportunity for states to create energy security, job growth and economic development with their public dollars? The answer? A public financing institution that can engage effectively with private sector players to meet them on their own terms – addressing real barriers and providing the right types of capital needed to make […]

Lindsay McCormick is a Project Manager.   This morning, CBS News focused on the tragic story of Kevin Hartley—a young man who died at the age of 21 while working with a product that contains methylene chloride. Kevin’s story, powerfully relayed by his mother Wendy, illustrates the need to ban high-risk uses of this chemical. […]

Lindsay McCormick is a Project Manager.   This morning, CBS News focused on the tragic story of Kevin Hartley—a young man who died at the age of 21 while working with a product that contains methylene chloride. Kevin’s story, powerfully relayed by his mother Wendy, illustrates the need to ban high-risk uses of this chemical. […]

Lindsay McCormick is a Project Manager.   This morning, CBS News focused on the tragic story of Kevin Hartley—a young man who died at the age of 21 while working with a product that contains methylene chloride. Kevin’s story, powerfully relayed by his mother Wendy, illustrates the need to ban high-risk uses of this chemical. […]

Written by Dominique Browning

I don’t attend a lot of conferences. I don’t think much gets accomplished when hundreds of people are in a meeting. But I sure am glad I went to Chicago to attend the North American Climate Summit. A group of mayors representing at least 60...