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EPA’s Significant New Use Rules under TSCA must reflect its policy goals
January 6, 2022 | Lauren Ellis, Research Analyst, Environmental HealthLauren Ellis, Research Analyst, Environmental Health We recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a subset of proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) published by the New Chemicals program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). We commend EPA for issuing these proposed SNURs. Our review of some of the SNURs, however, raised concerns about chemical releases to the environment, risks to consumers,More on:
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Broken GRAS: It’s time for FDA to wake up and protect consumers from dubious ingredients
January 5, 2022 | Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer ChemicalsMaricel Maffini, consultant and Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director This blog is the third in our Broken GRAS series where we explore how the Food and Drug Administration’s Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) voluntary notification system for novel chemicals added to food works in practice and why it is broken. In this blog, we examine …More on:
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An environmental justice case study: how lead pipe replacement programs favor wealthier residents
January 5, 2022 | Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer ChemicalsTom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director and Lindsay McCormick, Program Manager Dr. Karen Baehler and her team at American University’s Center for Environmental Policy, with support from EDF, recently published a peer-reviewed case study highlighting the environmental justice issues that arise when water utilities require property owners to pay when they replace lead service lines (LSLs) that connect …More on:
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Nearly 1 million Virginians are at risk of flooding by 2080. The state just released a plan to address that risk.
January 1, 2022 | Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, VirginiaWith a new coastal resilience master plan, Virginia leaders have an opportunity to identify and prepare for climate-induced flood risks that impact all Virginians. The post Nearly 1 million Virginians are at risk of flooding by 2080. The state just released a plan to address that risk. first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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Broken GRAS: Scientists’ safety concerns are hampered by FDA’s inactions on food chemicals
December 30, 2021 | Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer ChemicalsMaricel Maffini, consultant, and Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director A federal district court this fall ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to allow food companies to make Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) safety determinations for novel chemicals added to food without notifying the agency. The decision followed a lawsuit by …More on:
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Eight steps to strengthen FDA’s Closer to Zero plan to reduce toxic metals in children’s food
December 30, 2021 | Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer ChemicalsTom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals EDF this week submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), applauding the agency’s recent activities related to its Closer to Zero Action Plan for reducing toxic elements in children’s food and outlining specific steps to strengthen the FDA’s action. The agency’s November 18 public meeting on the …More on:
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Three vital business interests at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court climate case
December 21, 2021An upcoming Supreme Court case has major implications for businesses including regulatory certainty, climate commitments and climate risk.More on:
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Why the e-commerce supply chain has a big environmental footprint and how companies can reduce it
December 20, 2021 | Boma Brown-West, Former Director of Consumer Health, EDF+BusinessThe e-commerce supply chain has a huge environmental footprint. To reduce it, companies need to invest in zero-emissions delivery, advance clean circularity and create more sustainable products.More on:
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Walmart and Pepsi push for policy action on zero-emission trucking
December 18, 2021 | Jason Mathers, Associate Vice President, Zero-Emission Truck InitiativePepsiCo and Walmart operate collectively over 18,000 freight tractors. So, when these companies make a joint statement on the future of trucking, folks pay attention. In a blog post published earlier this week, executives from PepsiCo and Walmart noted their support for federal policy action on trucks, as well as the importance of state leadership …More on:
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Video helps Texans visualize and protect the groundwater they cannot see
December 18, 2021 | Vanessa Puig-Williams, Senior Director, Climate Resilient Water SystemsProtecting Texas’ vulnerable groundwater supplies raises a challenging dilemma: How can you motivate people to stand up for an underground resource they cannot see? So, we made a video to bring this vital resource to life. The post New EDF video helps Texans visualize and protect the groundwater they cannot see first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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Indonesia-Philippines learning exchange: International collaboration for fisheries management
December 18, 2021Effective fisheries management is critical to food security, livelihoods for millions of people and vibrant marine life and biodiversity. By empowering communities to sustainably manage marine resources, we can build resilience to climate change, secure healthy oceans and better protect communities that are vulnerable to extreme weather events. This is especially true in the Philippines,More on:
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Natural climate solutions cut a steady course through a sea of proposals for ocean carbon dioxide reduction
December 16, 2021 | Jamie Collins, Marine Biogeochemical ScientistWhen it comes to slowing the warming of our planet, there is no substitute for immediate, dramatic reductions in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. But emissions reductions alone won’t be enough to limit warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement, or even to the Agreement’s upper limit of …More on:
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Safeguarding EPA’s authority at the Supreme Court is a climate imperative
December 16, 2021 | Michael Panfil, Senior Director and Lead Counsel of Climate Risk & Clean PowerCoal companies and supporting states recently filed opening briefs in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case involving the Trump Administration’s repeal of, and weak replacement for, the 2015 Clean Power Plan regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Although neither regulation is in effect – indeed, EPA has indicated that it plans to adopt …More on:
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Governor Murphy’s 2030 climate goal demands a new climate game plan for New Jersey
December 16, 2021Last month, Governor Phil Murphy elevated New Jersey’s fight against the climate crisis this decade by signing Executive Order No. 274, which commits the state to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2006 levels by 2030. The Governor’s action is a critical step toward putting New Jersey on a path to do what is necessary to avoid …More on:
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People of color hit hardest by air pollution: EPA needs to consider this in benefit-cost assessments of policies
December 16, 2021 | Beia Spiller, Former Lead Senior EconomistThis blog was co-authored by Jeremy Proville, Director: Office of the Chief Economist, and Ananya Roy, Senior Health Scientist at EDF. New analysis finds that prevalent methods of assessing impacts of air pollution underestimate pollution’s health impacts on people of color. Everyone has the right to breathe clean air. Yet communities of color, falsely labeled …More on:
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Virginia Beach’s new flood bond can be a model for other cities. Here’s how.
December 16, 2021 | Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, VirginiaHow coastal cities can better fund natural infrastructure and protect their residents. The post Virginia Beach’s new flood bond can be a model for other cities. Here’s how. first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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Wells and springs are drying up in Texas. Here is what leaders can do about it.
December 16, 2021 | Vanessa Puig-Williams, Senior Director, Climate Resilient Water SystemsGroundwater management in Texas is headed in the wrong direction, but groundwater agencies have the authorities and tools to reverse this alarming trajectory. The post Wells and springs are drying up in Texas. Here is what leaders can do about it. first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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With supply chain issues expected to last, companies must go beyond “coping” to fostering resilience
December 16, 2021 | Katie Anderson, Senior Director, Business, Food and ForestsBuilding more resilient supply chains is a business imperative, especially as the likelihood for more disruption increases. -
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Flint area residents raise the bar on raising environmental justice concerns
December 15, 2021 | Ugbaad Ali, Community Environmental Health Tom Graff FellowUgbaad Ali, Community Environmental Health Tom Graff Fellow We all deserve to live in a healthy and vibrant community, yet many residents of Flint, Michigan, are overburdened by a lifetime of toxic exposures and environmental injustice. Recently, a coalition of environmental justice groups and community organizers in Flint used their combined power to organize against …More on:
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Helping EPA identify and protect those at greater risk from chemicals undergoing TSCA risk evaluation
December 15, 2021 | Jennifer McPartland, Former Senior Scientist, Health ProgramJennifer McPartland, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist, and Lariah Edwards, Ph.D., is an EDF-George Washington University Postdoctoral Fellow EPA Administrator Michael Regan recently completed a five-day “journey to justice” tour, highlighting communities across three US states that have been adversely affected by decades of chemical and air pollution. EPA’s focus on protecting those whose health is …More on:
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EPA’s updated guidance highlights property management companies’ responsibilities under the Lead-Based Paint Rule
December 7, 2021 | Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer ChemicalsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to withdraw two answers to frequently asked questions about the responsibilities of property management companies (PMCs) to comply with the agency’s Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (RRP). EDF applauds the agency’s action, which is consistent with the intent of the rule. The agency’s Federal Register notice explaining …More on:
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Breaking silence around Black women’s reproductive health: A conversation with Lilly Marcelin
December 7, 2021Community activist Lilly Marcelin has dedicated her career to addressing racial and social inequities. In 2012, she founded and is now the Executive Director of the Boston-based organization, Resilient Sisterhood Project (RSP). The organization’s mission is to educate and empower women of African descent about common, but rarely discussed, diseases of the reproductive system that … -
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Conservation Tillage Reduces Operating Costs
December 7, 2021The positive impact of conservation tillage was one of the key findings from 2021 report, Conservation’s Impact on the Farm Bottom Line. -
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4 ways to reduce climate pollution from shipping in the Belt and Road Initiative
December 4, 2021 | Hongming Liu, Director, Carbon MarketBy Catherine Ittner and Hongming Liu Despite global efforts to address the climate crisis, the shipping sector is on track to increase its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to 10% by 2050 – unless countries take urgent action. China’s effort to increase investment and economic collaboration by building the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime …More on:
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Western Climate Initiative ends the year on a high note with record prices
December 2, 2021 | Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State DirectorThe latest results of the Western Climate Initiative’s quarterly auctions were announced today. All current and future vintage allowances sold, and for the second quarter in a row, settled at a record-high allowance price. These results arrive as new data underscores the success of the program’s design and the strength of the market. Auction quick …More on: