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EDF, Sierra Club Plan to Sue the Environmental Protection Agency to Protect People from Pollution Discharged by New Gas-Burning Power Plants

Hurricane Ian’s extreme winds and storm surge highlight how climate change is intensifying storms, EDF experts warn.

EDF statement of Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Virginia

Stronger Focus on Equity Can Improve Energy System Reliability – New Report

House committee advances H.R. 4690 to reauthorize fisheries law, supporting sustainable U.S. ocean management and fishing practices.

EDF co-authored a study in published in journal Science, which finds that climate-warming methane emissions from flaring, the practice of burning off gas rather than capturing it for productive use, are five times higher than government estimates — primarily due to unlit and malfunctioning flares.

Gov. Newsom signs $40M bill funding land repurposing program as California continues to face severe drought.

EDF has field directors and climate scientists on the ground who can speak to the challenges fellow Floridians are facing as the hurricane approaches.

Illinois Commerce Commission Votes Will Help Ensure More Reliable, Affordable, Equitable Electric Service in the State

Dr. Lea Borkenhagen leads EDF+Business, partnering with major companies to drive corporate sustainability and transform operations and advocacy.

EDF’s Degrees podcast features Wes Gobar on expanding diversity in the climate workforce and growing green job opportunities.

Worldwide Electric Vehicle Investments Will Grow to More Than $626 Billion By 2030 – New Report

This blog was co-authored with William Barber III, Founder and CEO at Rural Beacon Initiative. With the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act elevating the importance of state implementation of climate action, North Carolina is well-positioned to make critical progress to reduce climate-warming pollution from the electric power sector. Last year, the state took …

This blog was authored by Alice Alpert, Senior Climate Scientist at EDF. Meaningful methane emission reductions are not only possible—such efforts can potentially have a massive impact on warming. Readily available methods to reduce methane can deliver a whopping 0.25°C of avoided temperature rise by 2050. This year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

An archived list of D.C. Circuit cases on state authority.

FDA’s approach to setting draft action levels for lead in juice is based on ill-conceived presumptions.

Roya Alkafaji, Manager, Healthy Communities and Lindsay McCormick, Senior Manager, Safer Chemicals Denver Water has one of the most successful lead service line (LSL) replacement programs in the country. Since it began the program in 2020, the utility has replaced nearly 14,000 LSLs—prioritizing lines to buildings serving vulnerable populations, such as child-care facilities. Denver Water …

Maricel Maffini, consultant and Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director In May, FDA decided to allow continued use of nine ortho-phthalates in food packaging and processing equipment but punted on deciding whether or not using those phthalates is safe. We’ve written about the petitions that resulted in the decision, along with the agency’s decision to “abandon” …

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals For the eighth year in a row, consumers rated chemicals as their top food safety concern according to the annual industry survey of consumer perspectives on food issues. In the survey conducted in March 2022, 48% of consumers rated chemicals as their top category of food safety concern – …

EDF statement on the creation of the new Office of Environmental Justice at EPA

Taeun Kwon and EDF’s Yesh Pavlik Slenk discuss climate change, gender, power, and money, and reshaping finance leadership.

Industrial processes, packaging and certain additives all contribute toxic chemicals to our foods. EDF works with regulators and companies to tackle the issue. Here’s what you can do too.

EDF and allies urge FDA to revoke approval of phthalates in food packaging due to links to reproductive health risks.

Study co-authored by EDF analyzes the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) to examine the role of the forestry sector in mitigating climate change and how emissions trading might drive behavior change.