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EDF calls on the North Carolina Utilities Commission to develop a plan that leverages renewable energy and battery storage to improve affordability, promote equity, reduce pollution, and meet the goals of House Bill 951.

Environmental Defense Fund names Katelyn Roedner Sutter as California State Director

By: Katelyn Roedner Sutter and Michael Colvin This past summer, Californians have been hit hard by inflation: rising food costs, utility bills and nowhere more obviously than at the gas pump. The cost to fill up a tank has many potential causes and lots of experts are weighing in — see here, here and here.

EDF applauds the California Air Resources Board staff for proposing to strengthen the 100% pollution-free truck sales target. Now, CARB must vote to adopt the strengthened regulation to ensure that the next generation of Californians won’t grow up breathing the nation’s dirtiest air.

Today, EDF welcomes the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations aviation agency, passage of a commitment to a sustainable future for global aviation by adopting long-term goal of 2050 net-zero emissions goal for international aviation.

EDF statement by Dr. Margot Brown on the Enforcing & Empowering Environmental Justice Act

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

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

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

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

Chemicals linked to infertility and birth defects also linked to preterm birth. EDF and its allies are calling on the FDA to withdraw its approval of the phthalates it allows in food handling equipment and food packaging.

EDF statement from Carol Andress, AVP, Congressional Affairs and Climate Policy

Farms, ranches and forests can get the U.S. 17% of the way toward the national goal to cut emissions in half by 2030.

Major steps forward by many of the world’s leading economies should be cause for cautious optimism at this year’s Climate Week — tempered with a clear-eyed perspective on the work still to be done.

EDF statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager, U.S. Climate

North Carolina is taking steps to ensure coastal resilience following the storm.

USDA awarded $2.8 billion for pilot projects that develop and expand markets for crops and livestock farmed in ways that reduce emissions or sequester carbon.

Climate legislation failed five times before the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

EDF’s Climate-Resilient Fisheries Toolkit brings together the best available knowledge, research and experiences from around the world to serve you in your efforts to build a brighter future for the marine environment and coastal communities.

EDF joined the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law to submit letters supporting a proposal from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would standardize public companies’ disclosures of climate risk information.

This post was co-authored by Natalie Hurd, Western states climate policy intern at EDF. Washington state is on the cusp of finalizing the rules to launch its ambitious new climate policy. This comes at an important moment of opportunity for states to lean into their climate commitments and increase their ambition. The passage of the …

Before we go all-in on deploying hydrogen, it’s essential we understand – and prepare for – its potential risks. As hydrogen hub proposals come together, EDF gives nine initial recommendations for federal and state policymakers and hydrogen hub developers to follow.

After eight years of research and analysis, EDF published the High-Integrity Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Handbook, a resource that provides clear guidance and insight on some of the thorniest obstacles that stand in the way of decarbonizing the way we fly.