By Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities  What’s New?  President Biden recently announced $3 billion in federal funding for lead service line replacement. In the third year of this historic $15 billion investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace harmful lead pipes across the U.S., there is an […]

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By Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities  What’s New?  President Biden recently announced $3 billion in federal funding for lead service line replacement. In the third year of this historic $15 billion investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace harmful lead pipes across the U.S., there is an […]

The post Biden Announces $3B to Replace Lead Pipes – More Money Going to States with Greatest Need first appeared on EDF Health.

By Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals and Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities  What’s New?  President Biden recently announced $3 billion in federal funding for lead service line replacement. In the third year of this historic $15 billion investment through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace harmful lead pipes across the U.S., there is an […]

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Written by Julie Kimmel

Do you have a special mom in your life you'd like to celebrate this year? We have prepared e-cards with messages about climate hope, clean air, and love for our children and grandchildren. Send one to your favorite mom today.

Written by Austyn Gaffney

“Pennsylvania has some of the oldest housing stock in the nation, and these indoor air quality issues are a huge problem." One mom shares the story of how changing her family's living situation improved their asthma symptoms—and what she's doing to ensure more people in her city get needed assistance.

While it may be convenient to place slow onset events like biodiversity loss on the backburner, financing climate solutions now is a more cost-effective approach in the long run. By embracing creative financial mechanisms and harnessing the power of nature-based approaches, we can pave the way for a more resilient tomorrow. 

When it comes to livestock and environmental impacts, methane emission reductions are often top of mind — and for good reason. Lowering methane emissions from animal agriculture is one of the fastest ways to slow down climate change. However, important local air pollutants like ammonia are seldom discussed with the same frequency or urgency. Agriculture […]

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Written by Tanzina Vega

Filmmaker Loren Waters met environmental activist Rebecca Jim when she was making a documentary about Tar Creek, one of most environmentally contaminated sites in the U.S. They’ve become “chosen family” whose shared Cherokee heritage and connection to the land have deeply impacted each other’s lives and activism.

Written by Elizabeth Bechard

Ozone pollution, more commonly known as smog, is dangerous, and EPA has not updated federal protections for ozone since 2015. Progress on strengthening these protections can’t come fast enough for the families and communities living with the impacts of this pollution every day.

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

Leticia Noguiera, our May Supermom of the Month, brings her scientist perspective to our work in Florida. Since she was young, she has asked the question, If we know where this pollution is coming from and what it does to us, why don’t we stop it?

Written by Alexandra Zissu

The community of Point Township, Pennsylvania, is celebrating after Encina, a chemical company, announced they would not move forward with a planned “advanced recycling” plant there.

The updates are a key part of the IRA’s Methane Emission Reduction Program and will improve the accuracy of our emissions inventory

Environmental Defense Fund announced today that Senior Climate Scientist Ilissa Ocko has accepted an appointment with the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, where she will be focusing on non-carbon dioxide climate pollutants, including methane and hydrogen.

Written by Emily Pickett

To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month, Liz Hurtado, Moms’ National Field Manager, joined award-winning journalist and parenting author Anya Kamenetz from the Climate Mental Health Network for a revealing ...

Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division published the final 2024 Intensity Verification Protocol — a document providing guidance to oil and gas producers on how to comply with the state’s GHG Intensity Verification Rule that the Air Quality Control Commission adopted last year.

Efforts to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil carbon storage are picking up steam to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. To have maximum impact, we need ways to reliably quantify their outcomes.  Direct measurement of the impacts of climate smart agricultural practices are imperative to instill confidence, but they aren’t forward-looking […]

Written by Austyn Gaffney

Jayne Black had never really thought about indoor air pollution. But as she began studying green schools, she realized poor air quality in the classroom may have been making her son sick.

Statement from EDF Director of Federal Affairs for Agriculture Policy Andrew Lentz

Statement from EDF Director of Federal Affairs for Agriculture Policy Andrew Lentz

Written by Elizabeth Bechard

As we begin Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re thinking about how parents and pregnant people will experience the mental health impacts of climate-drive extreme weather in unique ways. And we’re finding ways to cope.