Reports and publications
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Does a Senate electric vehicle bill disproportionately punish Florida EV owners?
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 27, 2023
Electric vehicles already make up 6.7% of vehicles today, and it is anticipated that they will see enormous growth over the next decade. A new tax in SB 1070 would create an annual license tax of $200 for Florida electric vehicle owners, making it one of the highest in the nation.
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EDF paper demonstrates who is at risk from diesel trucks serving warehouses, summarizes the new science about health impacts from air pollution generated by these trucks, and points to solutions that can protect community health.
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A North Star for Sustainable Aviation: Science, People and Nature.
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 24, 2023
The Biden administration has worked to keep its promise to follow the science in dealing with challenges like housing, COVID, air pollution — and especially climate change.
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This paper explains how jurisdictional HFLD credits meet integrity and additionality thresholds for fungibility.
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U.S. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Investments and Jobs - March 2023
Type: Report
Date: March 20, 2023
This report from Environmental Defense Fund and WSP USA summarizes the significant investments in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem that have been announced over the past 8 years. This includes announced investments in EV, EV battery, and battery component manufacturing.
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Industry-specific suggestions on the framework for climate-related information disclosure
Type: Report
Date: March 10, 2023
Based on the status quo of climate-related information disclosure within China, this paper proposes suggestions for climate-related information disclosure for key emission industries and financial institutions to provide relevant references for climate-related information disclosure in China.
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Climate-related information disclosure based on China National ETS data management mechanism
Type: Report
Date: March 10, 2023
This report analyzes the experience and characteristics of carbon market information disclosure in China, the European Union (EU), and the U.S., and puts forward relevant policy recommendations from the aspects of the standard system, disclosure platform, capacity building, and supervision and management under the current situation and challenges.
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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF
Type: Link
Date: March 8, 2023
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. This free online resource includes a searchable database that catalogues all of the climate change-related provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as a tracker that records actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions.
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This EDF report examines the intersection between agriculture, technology, the environment and society, particularly how these areas can support and enhance one another.
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A new climate law offers a big boost to sustainable aviation fuels – but the details matter. The Biden administration must avoid subsidizing fuels whose production would do more harm to than good.