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Houston residents sound alarm on sediment dumping project
September 4, 2024As part of Project 11, muck dredged out of the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel will be dumped in residential communities. Residents want to know what's in it.More on:
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EPA Takes a Crucial Step Toward Closing a Dangerous Air Toxics Loophole Adopted by the Trump Administration
September 4, 2024 | Noha Haggag, Senior Attorney, Clean PowerThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule that will provide much-needed health protections from toxic air pollution emitted by industrial facilities, including petrochemical plants.More on:
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Lawmakers Pass EDF Priority Bills for More Equitable, Efficient Climate Action
September 3, 2024 | Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State DirectorAs California’s 2024 Legislative session comes to a close, Environmental Defense Fund applauds state lawmakers for sending four key bills to Governor Gavin Newsom.More on:
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Community expertise is key to effective, equitable water governance
September 3, 2024 | Mariana Rivera-Torres, Manager, Climate Resilient Water SystemsThe Water Leadership Institute demonstrates that local leaders want — and should have — a voice in water governance. As water crises deepen across the American West, we need more pathways for their participation. Rosanai Paniagua admits that she felt a sense of hopelessness after joining the Richgrove Community Services District board, eager to help …More on:
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Investors, bipartisan former officials, others defend SEC climate risk disclosure rule
August 22, 2024Extreme weather caused by climate change is a threat to human health and safety, but it is also increasingly the cause of serious economic disruptions. And in the transition to a lower carbon economy, companies are navigating both opportunities and challenges. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted a rule to better equip …More on:
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The Scope 3 Playbook: Mitigation Strategies for Companies
August 21, 2024We're launching a new webinar series, “The Scope 3 Playbook: Mitigation Strategies for Companies” for a deep dive on the best Scope 3 strategies.More on:
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EU Green Deal in Action: Critical choices ahead for the EU Low-carbon Hydrogen Definition
August 21, 2024 | Anna Lóránt, Senior Policy Manager, EUBy Anna Lóránt and Léa Pilsner The EU is finalising its Delegated Act on Low Carbon Fuels, a critical piece of its hydrogen policy. This is more than just a low-stakes technical step. If done right, it could significantly advance the EU’s decarbonisation agenda, showing the ‘Green Deal in action’. The details matter because this …More on:
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U.S. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Investments, Jobs Continue to Grow
August 20, 2024 | Ellen Robo, Manager, Transportation and Clean Air PolicyAs Inflation Reduction Act Turns Two, Investments Reach $199 Billion, U.S. Jobs Top 200,000More on:
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U.S. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Investments and Jobs - August 2024
August 20, 2024This report summarizes the significant private investments in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem that have been announced over the past 9 years. This includes announced investments in manufacturing EVs, EV components, EV batteries, EV battery components, and EV battery recycling. This is the fourth iteration of this report with earlier versions of the report issued every six months since March 2023.More on:
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Approaches to long-term liability of class VI injection wells
August 19, 2024This issue brief from EDF and Great Plains Institute outlines operator responsibility during the lifecycle of a typical carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, articulates concerns with overly broad post-closure liability release, describes EPA’s approach to this issue under its Class VI Underground Injection Control program, and proposes a framework for tailoring post-closure liability release to the public interest.More on:
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Public Interest Groups Defend SEC’s Climate Risk Disclosure Rule
August 15, 2024 | Stephanie Jones, Senior Attorney, Climate RiskThe rule is a vital step forward to better protect investors and marketsMore on:
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Sustainability starts with health: Disease prevention and management in aquaculture
August 15, 2024Let’s continue the conversation on sustainable aquaculture. This is the third blog in our series exploring the sustainability of aquaculture—what we currently know, emerging advancements, and areas for growth. In our previous, we covered escapes in aquaculture, and before that, we discussed aquaculture feed. In this blog, we are focusing on diseases in …More on:
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Puerto Rico Hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto
August 14, 2024 | Daniel Whittle, Associate Vice President, Resilient CaribbeanStatement from Daniel Whittle, Associate Vice President, Resilient Caribbean, Environmental Defense FundMore on:
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How Biden’s landmark climate plan is helping a community near you
August 13, 2024The Inflation Reduction Act, combined with Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is the largest public investment the U.S. has ever made in clean energy and to fight climate change.More on:
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Climate Policy News You Can Use
August 12, 2024Latest U.S. climate policy news, key upcoming advocacy opportunities for companies, relevant events, and exciting EDF updates from Victoria Mills.More on:
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The call for accelerating the supply of sustainable shipping fuels
August 8, 2024 | Marie Cabbia Hubatova, Director, Global ShippingBy Marie Cabbia Hubatova and Angie Farrag-Thibault At a time when it is critical to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels, the shipping industry is endeavoring to do its part to decarbonize and keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Its success depends on there being sufficient clean fuel supply to substitute fossil fuels …More on:
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As a major utility doubles down on dirty energy, residents demand better
August 7, 2024Duke energy, one of the largest utilities in the U.S., is planning on expanding gas-powered plants in North Carolina, where residents will not only foot the bill, they'll also deal with the pollution.More on:
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Appeals Court Rejects Attempt to Block Mercury and Air Toxics Protections
August 6, 2024 | Surbhi Sarang, Senior Attorney, Clean PowerThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today denied a request by fossil fuel companies and a group of states, led by North Dakota and West Virginia, to block protections against mercury and other toxic pollutants emitted from coal-fired power plants.More on:
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New USDA Investments Vital to Innovative Western Water Conservation Efforts
August 1, 2024 | Kevin Moran, Associate Vice President, Regional Affairs"USDA’s water conservation investments are a welcome show of support for western communities facing the region’s driest stretch in a 1000 years,” said Kevin Moran, Associate Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund.More on:
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Marking Fifth Anniversary of New York’s Climate Law, Organizations Urge Governor Hochul to Advance Ambitious and Equitable Cap-and-Invest Rules
July 30, 2024 | Kate Courtin, Senior Manager, State Climate Policy & StrategyJoint statement from 33 climate, environmental justice and clean energy organizations on New York's developing cap-and-invest programMore on:
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GOP House Appropriators are on the Wrong Track
July 26, 2024 | Joanna Slaney, AVP, Political AffairsThis week House Republicans advanced only one of the four funding bills originally slated for votes after failing to achieve a consensus within their conference. Their Interior-Environment funding bill to cut the EPA’s budget to 1998 levels narrowly passed with bipartisan opposition. Republican leadership was forced to pull the rest of the bills, including their Energy-Water and Agriculture-FDA funding bills, due to lack of support from their members.More on:
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Setting an 80 by 30 target is critical for the third RGGI program review, new EDF modeling shows
July 26, 2024 | Peter Della-Rocca, Analyst, U.S. ClimateAs the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) undergoes its third program review, it is critical that the program scale its ambition to both meet the demands of the climate crisis and to fully capitalize on the cost-saving potential of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Ensuring ambitious reductions …More on:
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Energy Permitting Reform Must Advance Climate Progress and Community Safeguards
July 26, 2024 | Amanda Leland, Executive DirectorEDF Statement from Amanda Leland, Executive DirectorMore on:
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Five years into New York’s climate law, the state needs a bold cap-and-invest program to bring emissions goals into reach
July 25, 2024 | Kate Courtin, Senior Manager, State Climate Policy & StrategyThis blog was co-authored by Lulu August, State Climate Policy Intern This month marks five years since New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was signed into law. At the time of its enactment in 2019, the groundbreaking climate law set New York apart as a national and global climate leader. Indeed,More on:
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EDF Heads to Court to Defend EPA Action to Identify Climate Pollution, Including Methane from Landfills
July 24, 2024 | Edwin LaMair, Attorney, U.S. Legal & RegulatoryEnvironmental Defense Fund plans to go to court in support of EPA’s actions to strengthen the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program – a vital source of public information about dangerous climate pollution from significant sources, including methane pollution from landfills.More on: