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Sen. Ron Wyden’s Clean Energy for America Act cleared the Senate Finance Committee. Here are the highlights from the bill.

Statement of Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund

Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are valuable and necessary allies in the fight to address the climate crisis — allies who could wield the kind of political power key to environmental progress.

ExxonMobil faces an investor vote to replace up to four board members who could help accelerate a much-needed transition toward a clean energy future.

This week, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released its final rule to link the state with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to reduce carbon pollution from the state’s power plants starting in 2022. This is a momentous step, not only for Pennsylvania, but for the country’s fight against climate change: The Keystone state …

More development in Texas is leading to an increase in discharge permit applications, putting pristine rivers and streams at risk. Proposed legislation will protect them, if the Senate passes it. The post Pristine streams in Texas need protection. It’s up to the state Senate to act. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Tom Neltner, J.D., is Chemicals Policy Director Lead poisoning prevention advocates should mark May 14, 2021 as a consequential day in our collective efforts to protect public health. Last week, two decisions and a preliminary report were issued that lay a solid foundation for further progress. When translated into action, the decisions and report should result …

Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton – May 20, 2021

Statement of Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan to implement final standards that will protect millions of Americans from the toxic and climate-damaging pollution.

Yesterday, Illinois State Senator Celina Villanueva and House Representative Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. introduced a resolution to encourage Gov. Pritzker to sign on to a memorandum of understanding that would commit the state to a goal of transitioning all medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses to zero-emission models by 2050. Spearheaded largely by the Little Village …

California just moved further down the road toward cleaner cars and vital air pollution reductions. The state’s Air Resources Board hosted a public workshop on the development of its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) program last week, where it announced that it intends to propose multipollutant standards that will ensure all new cars sold …

Statement from Ann Hayden on CA Gov. Gavin Newsom's emergency drought declarations and $5.1 billion to address drought and related water challenges.

It is imperative that Congress include direct pay as part of the full suite of solutions we need to rebuild a stronger and cleaner economy.

By: Sindy Benavides, CEO of LULAC, and Esther Sosa, Project Manager at EDF In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in nearly every aspect of life, illustrating the frustrating reality that today, national crises affect everyone but do not impact everyone equally. Similarly, climate change poses a more devastating threat to Latino families. Threats …

Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director. Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) released ground breaking guidance to help utilities in the state develop their “Complete Distribution System Materials Inventory” (CDSMI) that is due in 2025. The guidance is important because it explicitly allows utilities to use predictive tools to …

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. Reprinted by permission from The Environmental Forum®, May/June 2021. MAY/ JUNE 2021 | 55 Copyright © 2021, Environmental Law Institute®, Washington, D.C. www.eli.org. [NOTE:  This post is my contribution to a debate on TSCA implementation published by ELI.  I wrote this piece, which ELI titled “Reversing New Chemicals …

A strong Advanced Clean Cars II program would mark a decisive return for CA full authority to reduce dangerous pollution from its transportation sector.

The American Jobs Plan is designed to generate millions of new, well-paying union jobs, all while mitigating climate change. Learn more about it here.

Amanda Leland, EDF’s executive vice president, talks about why Mother’s Day is a good time to raise kids' awareness about climate change and how to do it.

EDF strongly supports Senator Carper’s call for EPA to eliminate tailpipe pollution from new cars by 2035

Guided by science, USDA can help harness the power of farms and forests to build climate resilience for all. The post Top 5 priorities for USDA to support climate-smart farms and forests first appeared on Growing Returns.

Spring is in full swing across the U.S. – flowers are blooming, pollen is blowing – and this means that the 2021 heat wave, hurricane, and wildfire seasons are just around the corner. After the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season produced a record number of named storms and record-breaking wildfires ravaged the Western U.S., vulnerable communities …

What might happen to ocean ecosystems and global carbon cycles when widespread ocean restoration occurs?

We have no time to waste in setting America’s agricultural economy on a sustainable path. EDF outlines several recommendations for the USDA.