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Despite a challenging geopolitical environment, COP30 delivered action on forest protection, adaptation and "super" climate pollutants.

With electricity prices rising around the nation, here’s some good news: Saving money on your electric bill is easier than you think. 

Energy regulators in California are poised to take two critical steps to address energy bill affordability, while still protecting the environment. The first is a critical decision on how energy utilities structure their profits, known as the “cost of capital”, and the second is a new set of rules focused on how California measures the affordability of utility services.  The post California regulators prioritize keeping electric bills affordable over increasing utility shareholder profits appeared first on Climate 411.

Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a climate pollutant that is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Cost of living top of mind for Arizonans in new EDF poll

Authors: Alison Eagle, Jocelyn Lavallee, Renske Hijbeek Soil is one of our best allies in tackling climate change, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Myths about what soil can (and can’t) do still shape global debates. That’s why scientists from Environmental Defense Fund and Wageningen University dug into the data to bring clarity.

The proposed rule would waste gas, cost American families money, and put more pollution in the air we breathe.

By Elizabeth Lieberknecht and Benek Robertson  New data and analysis show that while production increased in both states, decreasing loss rates in New Mexico reflects that progress is possible with strong methane standards. Findings show that methane intensity on the New Mexico side of the Delaware sub-basin is half that of Texas, despite New Mexico …

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has proposed altering the way it assesses risk for cancer-causing formaldehyde

No matter what the Trump administration says about coal, there’s nothing beautiful or clean about it. The dirty fossil fuel endangers people’s health, jacks up electric bills, and turbocharges extreme weather events like heatwaves, hurricanes and floods.

Yesterday, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released its final regulations to establish a Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (...)

EDF statement on Canada and Alberta's MOU on energy development and equivalency agreement for methane emissions.

Today’s results demonstrate that certainty is key for market confidence, but also that there is an opportunity to increase ambition. Now CARB needs to take the next steps to drive more pollution reductions and ensure long-term market ambition and stability. The post California’s latest cap-and-invest auction highlights opportunity for stronger climate action appeared first on Climate 411.

The rule would delay implementation of many of the requirements in the 2024 U.S. EPA Methane Standards by 18 months.

On former farmland in California’s drought-prone San Joaquin Valley, the Wukchumni Tribe is restoring wetlands, harvesting native plants and building food sovereignty. Supported by funding from California’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program, the project is a living model of Indigenous stewardship and climate resilience. 

Today, the Hochul administration filed an appeal of the Albany Supreme Court’s decision that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (...)

Learn more about the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as well as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2576) in this side-by-side comparison.

Lecture by Dr. Richard Denison as part of an online course developed by Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. This 5-part lecture discusses the need for and status of chemicals policy reform in the United States. It covers the problems with the old law (The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976), what drove reform, what the new law does (the Lautenberg Act) and steps toward implementation.

Learn all about preemption under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

Read this redline of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) final bill to understand how the Lautenberg Act amends the old law.

This paper summarizes TSCA research and reform calls, as well as the Lautenberg Act’s passage, reforms and public health relevance.

Learn how the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act will protect the health of American families.

An investigation finds the federal agency is not accounting for the cumulative health effect of chemicals as required by law. Such neglect leaves consumers at higher risk for chronic diseases.

Soot, made up of tiny toxic particles that lodge deep in the lungs, results in severe health harms, including premature death.

Governor Hochul can and should lead by implementing the Clean Air Initiative and demonstrating that with powerful policy, New York and other states alike can tackle affordability and climate crises at once. The post New York doesn’t need to choose between climate action and affordability appeared first on Climate 411.