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With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

New Reports Show Electric Vehicles Continue to Race Ahead in Market Share, Price Parity, Feasibility

Last week Governor Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) released a new analysis of groundwater in the Phoenix metro area. News broke around the country with headlines questioning the viability of future development in the region. But, what does this new analysis actually mean for Arizona? Let’s dive in.  What does this …

Norway leads the world in electric vehicles per person. How did it get there?

Something exciting is happening in the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle industry. The trucks, buses and port vehicles that drive our economy are quickly heading toward a zero-emission future. Automakers and battery manufacturers are investing over $600 billion worldwide through 2030 to develop new electric cars, trucks and buses. This shift will benefit the communities and …

Maritime shipping is responsible for 3% of global greenhouse emissions. For the shipping industry to play its role in limiting global warming to 1.5°C, emissions must be rapidly reduced within this decade and reach zero by 2050.

Fuel Production Stakeholders Call for Ambitious Shipping Decarbonization Policies

Today Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and other legislators put forward the Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act, which will expand access to local air pollution data and health impacts and help us know what tools will help communities most afflicted by air pollution.

FERC Takes Crucial Steps toward Better Grid Reliability in the Face of Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

Analysis on environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned wells provides a framework that can be used to manage the millions of documented and undocumented orphaned wells in the U.S. and abroad.

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

The House Appropriations Committee this week advanced bills that would undermine the nation’s climate goals and energy needs by funding government agencies below levels agreed to during the recent debt limit negotiations. These drastic rollbacks would raise energy costs for families and harm public health.

By Katelyn Roedner Sutter and Daniel Barad Last month, the California Air Resources Board unanimously voted to adopt the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule, which sets purchase requirements for private and government fleets to increasingly transition to zero-emission trucks, and sets a 100% sales requirement for manufacturers in 2036.  Advocates and communities across the board lauded …

Maricel Maffini, consultant, and Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals What Happened A recent peer-reviewed publication criticized FDA’s criteria for identifying adverse health effects associated with exposure to pathogens, chemicals, or allergens in foods. The authors gave two recent examples of the agency dismissing health concerns: a toxin created in spoiled fish that caused temporary,

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed tailpipe pollution standards would be a win for your health.

Today, the California State Senate and Assembly each fulfilled their constitutional requirement to pass a balanced budget by midnight on June 15.

By Neda Deylami The newly passed Illinois EV Charging Act will address the residential charging access gap by requiring new homes to have basic electrical infrastructure to support future EV charging and giving renters and condo owners a right to charge. Study after study of electric vehicle owners has found that the vast majority charge …

Fred Krupp in TIME magazine on why new EPA standards will give consumers better and healthier choices for cars.

President Biden today vetoed a Republican-led repeal of public health and clean air rules that his administration finalized in December 2022. EPA’s Heavy-Duty NOx Final Rule applies nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards to new medium- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles sold in model years 2027 and later, the first update to the standards in over 20 years. The new standards on NOx emissions are more than 80% stronger than current standards according to the EPA.

This week the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on H.R. 277, the REINS Act, and H.R. 288, SOPRA. Both bills directly and broadly threaten public health and the environment.

Proposed Consent Decree Addresses EPA’s Failure to Modernize National Pollution Limits for Gas-Burning Power Plants

Maricel Maffini, consultant, and Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals What Happened? On June 2, the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU) responsible for proposing legislation and implementing decisions, announced it is preparing an initiative that “will impose a ban on the use of BPA [bisphenol A] in food contact materials …

Environmental Defense Fund supports the leadership of New Jersey’s Governor Phil Murphy and Department of Environmental Protection and their commitment to protect communities from riverine flood risk and stormwater runoff.

Over the past year, leaders have responded to our call to act – a call that was supported by more than a hundred organizations around the country. Here are two major ways their efforts can prepare us for the next hurricane. The post Hurricane season is here again. And finally, leaders are addressing multiple flood risks. first appeared on Growing Returns.

A new study from EDF of satellite data shows smog intensifying in Northern India over the last 40 years. The links between meteorology, particulate emissions from both urban and rural areas suggests mitigation measures across the region could benefit communities.