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New action by California, GM, EDF and the EPA is accelerating the timeline for electric cars and cleaner cars and trucks. That means people can see the benefits of reductions in climate pollution and air pollution faster.

In September, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection announced awards to purchase 227 electric transit buses in 13counties and 218 electric school buses in seven school districts across Florida from the Volkswagen settlement.

Members of Indore’s public health community came together at the Sayaji Hotel on May 5, 2022, to discuss how to promote clean air solutions in the city at a health sector stakeholder engagement workshop.

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

Collaboration aims to strengthen regional cooperation to lower air pollution levels in the region, bringing them closer to World Health Organization’s newly updated Air Quality Guidelines

California Approves Clean Cars Standards, Speeds Toward a Future Free from Tailpipe Pollution

A new EDF study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment finds that long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with higher health care costs for older adults.

U.S. Representative A. Donald McEachin (VA) today introduced the “Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act” to strengthen hyperlocal air quality insights and improve understanding of the health impacts of air pollution.

U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today reintroduced the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022, a bill that would strengthen air quality monitoring in communities near industrial sources of pollution.

In a new report released by Environmental Defense Fund, scientists found that fine particle pollution, primarily generated by burning fossil fuels, is especially rampant — and deadly — in Black, Hispanic, and low-income communities. But there is a way for all of us to breathe easier. The Environmental Protection Agency could tighten its standard.

In a new report released by EDF, scientists found that fine particle pollution, primarily generated by burning fossil fuels, is especially rampant — and deadly — in Black, Hispanic, and low-income communities. But there is a way for all of us to breathe easier. The Environmental Protection Agency could tighten its standard.

An expert from Environmental Defense Fund testified to stress the importance that EPA provides full, lasting, and durable effect to two California rules that that will help put more zero-emitting freight trucks and buses on our roads, protect people from unhealthy pollution, and create thousands of new jobs.

EDF “Strongly Supports” Proposal to Strengthen Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Protect Millions from Smog-Forming Coal-Plant Smokestack Pollution

Air Tracker is a new web-based tool that allows users to plot the likely path of air pollution 

REPORT: For Senior Populations, Black Americans Are Three Times More Likely to Die from Exposure to Particle Pollution Than White Americans

Truck pollution causes asthma in young children. Community groups like South Ward Environmental Action in Newark, New Jersey, are fighting for clean air and clean economic development. EDF is supporting their efforts. 

Truck pollution causes asthma in young children. Community groups like South Ward Environmental Action in Newark, New Jersey, are fighting for clean air and clean economic development. EDF is supporting their efforts.

Most Americans hadn’t thought about the importance of ports until pandemic-driven disruptions in the global supply chain created delays and uncertainty about the delivery of the goods we count on in our homes, schools, businesses and beyond. But people who live in the communities near ports, where last century’s fossil fuel-powered equipment belches out harmful …

EDF Urges EPA to “Substantially Strengthen” Proposed Emissions Standards for New Commercial Trucks and Buses

“50 Years is Enough!” That was the theme at this year’s 8th Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Climate Change Conference in New Orleans. 50 years of indiscriminate toxic dumping, 50 years of hazardous waste sites in frontline communities, 50 years of land-use decisions that harm communities of color – enough! It’s a searing …

By Erin Murphy and Joe von Fischer New peer-reviewed research reveals neighborhoods with more people of color and lower household income tended to have more gas leaks. Because natural gas is composed primarily of methane, leaks are a source of climate pollution as well as a health and safety hazard and nuisance to nearby communities.

Toxic pollution from Suncor oil refinery in Colorado exceeded permitted limits more than 500 times in two years

In a major milestone for environmental justice advocates, the EPA has questioned Colorado state over permits issued to the Suncor oil refinery which has been exceeding toxic pollution limits for years.

The Bond Act would fund $1.1 billion in restoration and flood risk reduction projects, such as restoring wetlands, benefitting both communities and nature. The post Environmental bond gives New York a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fund a more climate resilient future. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Supreme Court Should Deny Request to Reinstate a Ban on Use of the Best Available Science about the Costs of Climate Damage