Complete list of press releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week House Republicans advanced only one of the four funding bills originally slated for votes after failing to achieve a consensus within their conference. Their Interior-Environment funding bill to cut the EPA’s budget to 1998 levels narrowly passed with bipartisan opposition. Republican leadership was forced to pull the rest of the bills, including their Energy-Water and Agriculture-FDA funding bills, due to lack of support from their members.

“Congress needs to meet their basic responsibility of funding the federal government, but extreme Republicans in the House are once again putting culture war messaging tactics ahead of governing,” said Joanna Slaney, Environmental Defense Fund Associate Vice President for Political Affairs. “This week’s funding failure reinforces that the draconian budget cuts and harmful provisions in the funding bills put forward by House Republicans are unrealistic and unpopular. We need responsible funding bills that provide agencies with the resources to protect our health, keep our air and water clean and stabilize our climate. Extreme House Republicans should take a page from the Senate and engage in realistic, bipartisan negotiations.”

(WASHINGTON – July 26, 2024) Senator Manchin and Senator Barrasso released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. Following is a statement from Amanda Leland, Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund, in response:

“Getting more clean energy onto our grid is fundamental to addressing the climate crisis and delivering affordable, reliable and clean power to communities across the country. 

“This proposal would make meaningful improvements to unlock clean energy projects and build out a stronger power grid. Well-planned transmission, as the bill properly recognizes, would prevent blackouts amid more extreme weather and cut costs for consumers. The bill will accelerate needed transmission development in several important ways: first, it will require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to move forward quickly with strong requirements for interregional transmission planning, which has the greatest potential to link together distant areas to support clean energy and increase reliability; second, it ensures that transmission projects of national importance can receive federal review and support.

“While we welcome efforts to bolster a clean and reliable grid, we also have serious concerns about provisions in this bill that would increase fossil fuel pollution, harm communities’ health and limit public input. The bill increases oil and gas leasing, while at the same time limiting the government’s ability to minimize the impacts of fossil fuel development on nearby communities and the climate. It would also halt efforts by the Department of Energy to analyze the climate and economic impacts of proposals to export natural gas, requiring decisions without critical information about methane pollution in the LNG supply chain and the effects of such exports on efforts to transition to cleaner energy in markets across the globe. Further, this legislation would limit opportunities to seek redress or raise concerns for frontline communities. Permitting proposals drafted without meaningful consultation of frontline communities will not deliver the enduring and equitable change we need to transition to a clean energy future.

“We look forward to working with Members of Congress to make improvements to this bill and ultimately pass permitting and transmission reform legislation that supports clean energy development and safeguards communities from pollution.”

(Washington, D.C. – July 24, 2024) Environmental Defense Fund plans to go to court in support of EPA’s actions to strengthen the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program – a vital source of public information about dangerous climate pollution from significant sources, including methane pollution from landfills.

EPA’s improvements to its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program are facing a legal challenge from the National Waste and Recycling Association. EDF filed a motion to intervene with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today to defend EPA’s reporting standards against that challenge.  

“Methane pollution from landfills is a significant contributor to climate change, which is causing the extreme heat and more powerful storms that are putting all people at risk,” said EDF attorney Edwin LaMair. “Communities have a right to accurate pollution data that can be used to further strengthen the foundation for commonsense solutions – solutions that are urgently needed to cut landfill methane pollution.”

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program provides the public with information about climate pollution from large emission sources of that pollution. In April of this year EPA finalized updates to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program that improve the quality and accuracy of its data, including for municipal landfills. 

When organic waste ends up in landfills it produces methane as it decomposes. In the U.S., landfills are the third largest source of methane pollution, which is a potent near-term driver of climate change. Municipal landfills emit as much climate pollution as 66 million gas-powered cars driving for a year. Landfills also emit large amounts of cancer-causing pollution such as benzene, and other health-harming pollutants. 

Data gathered under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program provides communities and policymakers with important information to support protective action to reduce climate pollution. For instance, earlier this week, the administration announced a number of new actions to reduce methane and other super pollutants, including EPA’s commitment to issue revised pollution standards for new and existing landfills. The same Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data is also made publicly available and is used by a wide variety of state and local governments, businesses, communities, and organizations like EDF.

The National Waste and Recycling Association challenged EPA’s action. EDF filed its motion today to join the case in defense of EPA’s efforts to provide more accurate and transparent information on pollution from landfills to the public.  

EDF is also taking action, alongside these important updates, to provide additional, vital information on methane pollution. For instance, EDF scientists have published numerous scientific papers on methane emissions, and on March 4 of this year EDF launched MethaneSAT – a new satellite that will identify and measure methane emissions worldwide – including from landfills – from space.

(WASHINGTON – July 24, 2024) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy selected 20 projects across 16 states to receive up to $371 million to accelerate the permitting of high-voltage, interstate transmission projects. Funded by the historic Inflation Reduction Act, these investments will also support economic development projects along new and upgraded transmissions lines.

“These projects are going to generate real and tangible benefits for communities – bringing down energy costs, supporting resilience to extreme weather, and creating good-paying jobs and training programs,” said Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy at EDF. 

“Building more electric transmission is absolutely essential to connecting and delivering reliable, clean power that communities depend on. These investments will speed up the permitting and siting process to get high-impact transmission projects onto our grid faster. They also put communities front and center by requiring strong local engagement and delivering funding for community priorities and needs – from improving public school buildings to job training and education programs.

“With this announcement, the Biden-Harris administration is continuing to deliver strong action to build a modern, reliable and clean power grid.”

Key selected projects:

• The Siting and Permitting Grant to the Illinois Commerce Commission will support community engagement, digitize records, and improve public-facing databases housing data on environmental and cultural resources, in support of transmission projects that will support regional clean energy development and reliability.
• The Economic Development Grant to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and the Town of Barnstable to support a school-based microgrid that will cut greenhouse gas pollution, improve indoor air quality and support community resilience.
• The Economic Development Grant to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians will establish the Santa Ynez Chumash Oceanographic Institute, which is a partnership with a tribe to support development and management of the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and environmentally responsible siting and development of offshore wind.

View the full list of selected projects.

(RALEIGH, N.C. — July 23, 2024) New analysis shows that if Duke Energy succeeds at getting its current plan approved by the NC Utilities Commission the company’s excessive reliance on gas-powered plants could come with a high price tag for customers. This new, forward-looking analysis comes on the heels of a retrospective look at Duke Energy’s rate hike data, which revealed that increases in gas fuel costs accounted for 67% of residential retail rate increases since 2017 in parts of Duke Energy’s North Carolina territory, and nearly 50% in others.

This analysis by leading energy analytics firm EQ Research was commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and comes as Duke Energy is seeking approval to build thousands of megawatts of new gas plants, representing one of the largest and most expensive investments in new fossil fuel power plants of any utility in the country.

“Duke Energy’s own data shows that the company’s reliance on gas is the culprit for 46-67% of rate hikes in the last seven years, and new analysis shows that their insistence on building expensive and unnecessary gas plants will continue to drive up customer power bills,” said Will Scott, EDF’s Southeast Climate and Clean Energy Director. “Duke missed the mark badly on gas prices in the past, and their current numbers indicate they continue to systematically underestimate the financial risks and impacts of their gas ambitions on customers.”

The new analysis used data from Duke Energy’s current proposal combined with predictive pricing modeling for costs of gas and showed that, with high gas prices, Duke Energy Progress customers would see a total increase in residential power bills of $764 from 2024-2031, and $2,094 from 2024-2038. Duke Energy Carolinas customers would see a total increase in residential power bills of $474 from 2024-2031, and $1,291 from 2024-2038.

Analysis further showed that Duke Energy’s modeling underestimates the potential price of gas, leading to an underestimation of the financial risk of their plan for customers. Duke has a track record of underestimating gas prices, specifically during the skyrocketing gas prices from 2021-2023 that are showing up on Duke customers’ bills this year.

EQ’s analysis predicts that Duke’s proposed gas plant additions would exacerbate North Carolina customers’ exposure to gas price shocks. If Duke’s proposed gas plants are approved and constructed, and North Carolina experiences a similarly volatile period for gas prices, the analysis estimates that price volatility alone may result in a typical residential customer in Duke’s DEC service area experiencing a nearly $300 rise in energy costs over a similar two-year period. Cost increases for a DEP customer due to fuel price volatility could approach $500 over two years, more than $20 per month.

“Customers bear all the risks associated with Duke Energy’s power plant fuel costs, while the utility is guaranteed to make approximately 10 percent on building the plants themselves,” added Scott. “There are more affordable, less risky, and less polluting pathways Duke can and should pursue in order to meet North Carolina’s energy needs while protecting NC households from increased exposure to volatile gas prices.”
 

“Joe Biden has taken on the climate crisis more than any other president in U.S. history. He called it ‘a blinking code red for humanity,’ and his actions have matched his rhetoric. I marvel at just how many of his promises were kept, delivering real, positive benefits for everyone, including the most significant climate law ever passed, the Inflation Reduction Act. 

“President Biden understands that turning around climate change is about upholding our right to live our lives as fully as possible. The Biden-Harris administration is using all the tools to grow the economy and clean up life-threatening pollution and waste from the burning of fossil fuels, making sure the water we drink doesn’t have forever chemicals, the school buses our kids ride on don’t hurt their lungs, and the vehicles we drive during the day don’t make the heat waves forcing our utility bills to rise even hotter.  

“President Biden’s enduring leadership is already saving people money on their energy bills and family cars thanks to rebates and tax credits and creating hundreds of thousands of new, good-paying clean energy and manufacturing jobs. The future’s only beginning. And the communities most affected by pollution are receiving long-overdue funding for clean water and clean air, while companies are making unprecedented investments in America’s clean energy economy. 

“The Biden-Harris administration’s actions will help protect our families and our children’s families from future climate impacts — and the huge costs that will come with them. 

“I am grateful for everything President Biden has done and understand the decision he’s made. He is a good man who wants to see the U.S. thrive. He has always sought to embody the democratic ideal of working together to accomplish great things. Let’s continue to move climate solutions forward.”  

(Washington, D.C. – July 19, 2024) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today unanimously denied an attempt by Republican Attorneys General and fossil fuel industry parties to block EPA’s protections limiting climate pollution from power plants.

“Climate change is here and it is harming all of us. Americans across the nation are suffering from the intense heat waves, extreme storms and flooding, and increased wildfires caused by climate pollution,” said Vickie Patton, General Counsel of Environmental Defense Fund, which filed an amicus brief in the case. “EPA has a legal responsibility, mandated by Congress, to control harmful climate pollution, which the court recognized today. We will continue to strongly defend EPA’s cost-effective and achievable carbon pollution standards for power plants.”

On April 25, EPA unveiled standards that will slash climate pollution from new gas-burning power plants and existing coal-burning power plants. Fossil fuel-fired power plants are responsible for about one-quarter of all U.S. climate pollution. 

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to address climate pollution, and the agency’s authority was recently reinforced by Congress in specific instructions in the Inflation Reduction Act. The performance-based standards that EPA unveiled in April allow power companies flexibility to achieve required pollution reductions. The availability of low and zero-emitting solutions has been turbocharged by extensive investments under two recent Congressional laws – the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Clean power is now the most affordable and most reliable option in the U.S.

A group of Republican Attorneys General and fossil fuel-related businesses petitioned the D.C. Circuit to stay – or immediately block – these critically important protections. EDF filed an amicus, or friend of the court, brief opposing those stay requests and supporting EPA’s standards. 

Today a unanimous three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit denied the request for a stay, saying:

[“P]etitioners have not shown they are likely to succeed on [their] claims given the record in this case. Nor does this case implicate a major question under West Virginia v. EPA … because EPA has claimed only the power to ‘set emissions limits under Section 111 based on the application of measures that would reduce pollution by causing the regulated source to operate more cleanly[,]’ a type of conduct that falls well within EPA’s bailiwick.” 

The panel included judges Millett, Pillard, and Rao – who was a high-ranking official in the Trump White House. 

The D.C. Circuit had already rejected an administrative request for a stay, by West Virginia and by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The court will now begin considering the case on the merits. 

(July 15, 2024) - Today a coalition including a local business and three conservation groups filed motion to intervene as defendants in Jurisich Oysters, LLC v. USACE to ensure the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project moves forward to provide critical community protection and vital ecosystem benefits. The Mid-Barataria project will restore critical flood and sea level rise protections for the region while creating more than 3,000 new jobs regionally and over $2.8B in new economic activity. 

 The intervenors - Louisiana Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, Orleans Audubon Society, and Cajun Fishing Adventures - have lent their expertise to improving the project since its inception and have consistently engaged local communities, scientists and agency staff to advance a project that will restore 21 square miles of wetlands to buffer communities from future storms and sea level rise. 

 “Louisiana faces an existential coastal crisis. We have already lost over 2,000 square miles of coastal lands since the 1930s and there is no time left to lose,” said Katie Gruzd Daniel, manager for Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds program. “Without immediate action, Louisiana faces additional land loss over the next 50 years. This extensive land loss has and will continue to threaten the economy, culture and environment of this unique delta region. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is one of the largest individual ecosystem restoration projects ever undertaken globally. It will provide vital and long-lasting ecosystem and economic benefits to our region as it builds new land.” 

“I got involved because there is no protection without restoration,” said Ryan Lambert, the owner of Cajun Fishing Adventures. “To stay in South Louisiana, we have to have the marsh between us and the levees for the levees to work. It is vital to have this diversion build land and restore that marsh.” 

“It’s critical that this sediment diversion is completed and builds land as we know the river can do,” said Rebecca Triche, executive director for Louisiana Wildlife Federation. “The project provides a sustainable, restorative, natural process to an area that is losing wetlands faster than anywhere in the world. The Barataria Basin receiving area has been starved of freshwater and sediments for decades. It’s a real threat to communities, infrastructure, and wildlife habitat if saltwater intrudes further up the estuary and coastal wetlands continue to wash away with every high tide and storm.” 

“A delta disconnected from the river that built and sustains it is doomed, and ours is washing away. In addition to losing vital protection for our communities, the Barataria Basin’s incomparable bird, wildlife and aquatic species will also disappear, and with them a way of life. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is a crucial first step in reversing the long decline of what is one of North America’s most ecologically productive estuaries. It is not too late, but time is running out,” said David Muth, a board member for Orleans Audubon Society.       

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project reconnects a portion of the Mississippi River to its natural deltaic processes by diverting a portion of the river into the Barataria Basin south of New Orleans as a key component of building resilience in the region. Earlier this year, oyster fishing interests, along with a national partner, filed suit against the US Army Corps, National Marine Fisheries Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service in United States District Court Eastern District Louisiana.  

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently released a draft equivalency agreement for oil and gas methane emissions in Saskatchewan. If made-at-home provincial regulations are likely to meet comparable emission reduction goals as the federal government’s, the Minister can grant an equivalency agreement as a way to prevent redundancy and improve overall outcomes. The newly proposed agreement compares Saskatchewan’s current methane regulations to the existing federal regulations that seek to reduce national emissions by 40-45% by 2025. 

"Saskatchewan’s methane rules don’t reflect that best practices in methane management and won't achieve the dramatic emissions reductions we sorely need to slow global warming. Research shows that Saskatchewan’s gas industry is by far the most polluting in Canada. The province allows at least 16% of its gas to escape into the atmosphere, while companies have pledged to reduce leakage to .2%.

The federal government has an opportunity to rein in Saskatchewan’s methane pollution, but this will only be achieved with strong regulations that require improved leak inspections, the prohibition of flaring, accurate measurement, transparent reporting, and accountability. Measurement is essential for ensuring regulations work and provides regulators with the information they need to design policy. 

We strongly support the federal government’s climate leadership as seen in its commitment to reduce methane emissions by 75%. We hope to see an equivalency agreement that can enable this outcome."

• Ari Pottens, Senior Campaign Manager, Canada 

WASHINGTON — This week the House marked up five funding bills that would dramatically cut funding for federal agencies that protect our air and water and are tasked with reducing the pollution impacting our health, our climate and the severity and frequency of extreme weather, like Hurricane Beryl. House Republicans’ funding bills propose slashing EPA funding to 1998 levels, Department of Energy clean energy programs by 43% and NOAA funding by 11%, and collectively include over 50 harmful environmental provisions that do not belong in funding bills.

“Most of us want clean air and water, healthy communities and a stable climate,” said Environmental Defense Fund associate vice president for political affairs Joanna Slaney. “But House Republicans’ proposed funding bills would undermine essential health protections, cut investments in clean energy and prevent federal agencies from doing critical work, including holding polluters accountable. They’ve also proposed harmful policy provisions that have absolutely no business being included in funding bills meant to keep our government operating on behalf of every American. These bills are not the starting point to any reasonable negotiations. Congress should reject these proposals and begin work on real solutions that improve people’s lives.”

The House Appropriations Committee marked up the Interior-Environment; Energy and Water; Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; Agriculture-FDA; and Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bills.

(Washington, D.C. – July 9, 2024) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected an attempt by Oklahoma and allied states, along with oil and gas trade associations, to block the Environmental Protections Agency’s methane standards for the oil and gas sector.

“EPA’s commonsense oil and gas methane protections deliver vital reductions in climate and health-harming pollution. The court’s decision today ensures that the safeguards will begin to deliver benefits to communities that have long been overburdened by oil and gas pollution,” said Rosalie Winn, Environmental Defense Fund’s Director and Lead Counsel for Methane and Clean Air Policy. “EDF looks forward to continuing to vigorously defend these standards – which are firmly rooted in both EPA’s core authority to protect public health and a detailed factual record – against meritless legal attacks.” 

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that has more than 80 times the heat-trapping capacity of carbon dioxide in the short term. Reducing methane pollution from oil and gas is one of the fastest, most cost-effective ways to address the climate crisis while also safeguarding public health for millions of Americans.

EPA’s safeguards will reduce tens of millions of tons of climate-damaging methane and other toxic, smog-forming pollution from oil and gas leaks, venting and flaring.  

Opponents had asked the court to stay the standards, which would have put more pollution into our air while challenges to EPA’s protections were duly considered by the courts. EDF and a coalition of health, environmental, and community groups opposed the request for a stay, and have intervened in support of EPA’s standards in litigation on the merits. 

Today Judges Katsas, Rao, and Childs of the D.C. Circuit denied requests for a stay, which means the protective standards will remain in place during litigation. 

(LaPlace, LA – July 2, 2024) Louisiana has filed a petition to review Environmental Protection Agency standards to reduce cancer-causing pollution. Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality also announced that LDEQ has attempted to grant a request from Denka Performance Elastomer for a two-year waiver to delay compliance with the pollution limits for its synthetic rubber manufacturing facility.

“For far too long, families in St. John the Baptist Parish have been denied their right to breathe clean air. Stronger federal safeguards against toxic air pollution are vital and long overdue, and EPA’s pollution limits will deliver urgently needed protections.

“LDEQ’s attempt to delay Denka’s requirement to comply with these basic modern emissions controls is a failure of the agency’s responsibility to protect the public health of every Louisiana resident. Under EPA’s updated standards, only EPA may waive this compliance deadline. 

“It’s essential that Denka immediately take necessary steps to reduce harm from its cancer-causing pollution. Just last week, the D.C. Circuit rejected Denka’s request to stay its compliance deadline. We look forward to vigorously defending EPA’s safeguards against these new attacks so that communities on the frontlines of this industry can breathe cleaner, safer air.”

• Rosalie Winn, Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air Policy

Background

In April, EPA strengthened standards to limit toxic pollution from petrochemical facilities. The rules are expected to slash more than 6,200 tons of a year of air pollution at about 200 chemical plants, including Denka’s St. John the Baptist facility and 50 other sites in Louisiana, and reduce air toxics-related cancer risks in nearby communities by 96 percent.

Pollution from Denka’s Louisiana plant has been linked to extraordinarily high cancer rates in nearby communities, primarily due to the facility’s chloroprene emissions. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined Denka’s request to delay the 90-day deadline to comply with EPA pollution limits, a deadline forged in statute. This left intact the vital clean air protections at stake for the people of Louisiana that the Governor is now trying to disrupt and delay.   

EDF and Earthjustice, on behalf of its clients—Air Alliance Houston, California Communities Against Toxics, The Concerned Citizens of St. John, Environmental Integrity Project, LEAN, RISE St. James, Sierra Club and T.e.j.a.s.—have intervened in defense of EPA’s standards and had filed a response in opposition to Denka’s motion to stay the rule.

(Trenton, New Jersey – July 1, 2024) New Jersey State Senator John McKeon (D-27) and Assembly member Andrea Katz (D-8) introduced a bill Friday that would require warehouses, ports and other high-traffic facilities to take necessary steps to reduce health-harming pollution.

The Warehouse and Port Pollution Reduction Act (S3546/A4679) comes at a time when roughly one in three New Jersey residents lives near a mega-warehouse, as detailed in a recent EDF report, co-released with the Coalition for Healthy Ports NY/NJ. The trucks that serve these facilities are mainly diesel powered, and their emissions have been clearly linked to health issues including asthma, cardiovascular disease and premature death.

The bill builds upon similar indirect source review efforts in states such as California that are already seeing success in the fight against diesel pollution, and would provide cleaner air for everyone in New Jersey. Notably, most warehouses are located near Black, Latino and Indigenous communities and communities with low wealth, which bear an enormous and unequal burden of chronic exposure to air pollution; this bill would provide particular relief to these communities.

“Everyone in New Jersey should be able to breathe clean air, but far too many people do not because of the traffic-related pollution near warehouses and ports. This important bill would provide needed relief for communities while still providing flexibility for facility operators. We are grateful to Senator McKeon and Assembly member Katz for their important leadership to lower air pollution and improve health outcomes for all New Jerseyans,” commented Karla Sosa, Project Manager, New Jersey State Affairs.

“We have long said California must double down on climate action and it’s exciting to see state leaders poised to deliver this choice to voters. This bond is twice as big as any comparable bond in state history, giving voters a real chance to invest in proven and necessary climate solutions to build a better future. We can’t afford to wait. Millions of Californians lack or are at risk of losing access to safe drinking water. The growing threat of wildfire is causing insurance costs to skyrocket, leading many insurers to drop California policies entirely. Toxic air pollution from wildfires caused over 50,000 deaths in 11 years. Workers on farms and construction sites face extreme heat exposure risks at jobs they can’t afford to lose. Climate change is intensifying and this bond will help protect our health, lives, and jobs. Our kids are counting on us to secure a safer, more prosperous future for them. The stakes have never been higher and Californians deserve the chance to make this choice.”

— Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Ottawa (July 1, 2024) - Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently released a draft equivalency agreement for oil and gas methane emissions in British Columbia. Intended to ensure provincial methane regulations meet comparable emissions reduction goals as federal regulations, equivalency agreements are a way for provincial and federal regulators to prevent redundancy while improving overall effectiveness. 

“While EDF is pleased to see ECCC and BC acting to address this powerful climate pollutant, the final agreement will need to include robust accountability and transparency measures to ensure regulations don’t fall short of the climate ambition this moment demands. 

All oil and gas facilities should be required to measure and publicly report their emissions. The agreement uses modelling to estimate future emission reductions, however, this method has repeatedly been revealed to be extremely inaccurate. The agreement should formally recognize the need to quickly transition to a reporting system based on actual emissions.   

While BC’s current regulations are relatively strong, there are still easy and affordable mitigation opportunities at the ready. Other jurisdictions, including at the U.S. federal and state level, are adopting more stringent measures, shown to be inexpensive and highly effective at reducing emissions in key areas such as eliminating certain devices that are designed to intentionally emit climate pollution.”  

• Ari Pottens, Senior Campaign Manager, Canada