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States Can Act Now to Create Workplace Heat Standards

BackgrounderUnited StatesJuanita Constible
There are several pathways to heat standards, which vary by the different buckets of state plan states and territories.

Trump EPA Rejects Hawaiʻi's Clean Air Plan, Preventing Utility's Own Requests to Retire Aging Oil-Burning Plants

Press ReleaseHonolulu
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency finalized its rejection of Hawaiʻi's Regional Haze State Implementation Plan on Friday.

House Transportation Bill Would Stick Americans With New Fees, Higher Costs

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released legislation that would set priorities and funding for federally funded transportation over the next five years.

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EEFA Issues Pandemic Response Guidance for Under-Resourced Communities

Press ReleaseUnited States
With under-resourced communities facing severe short- and long-term impacts from the COVID-19 crisis, the Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) project today released Pandemic Response Guidance to highlight recommended actions for local and state policymakers to take for protection against utility…

Court Restores Limits on Climate-Polluting HFCs

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled that the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency acted illegally in suspending the agency’s limits on the uses of super climate-polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The court restored a prohibition on switching…

Maryland Phasing Out Chlorpyrifos Use

Press ReleaseMaryland
The Maryland General Assembly announced that virtually all use of chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—will be phased out in the state by the end of 2020, following years of pressure from public health, farmworker and community groups.

PA Senate Sends Petrochemical Bill to Gov. Wolf’s Desk

Press ReleasePennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State Senate today sent HB 1100 – a bill that would give tax breaks to fossil fuel plants that use fracked gas to manufacture petrochemicals – to Governor Wolf’s desk for signature. This comes at a time when…

Court Approves Settlement Requiring EPA Rules on Most Dangerous Chemical Spills

Press ReleaseUnited States
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a consent decree between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a coalition of community and environmental organizations, including the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform (EJHA)…

Cuomo Signs Child Safe Products Act into Law

Press ReleaseNew York
Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed the Child Safe Products Act into law, which requires manufacturers to disclose chemicals of concern in children’s products and phases out some of the most toxic chemicals, such as benzene, chlorinated tris and asbestos.

Advocates and Public Pressure Snuffs Out Toxic Chemical Chlorpyrifos

Press ReleaseUnited States
According to published news reports, Corteva Inc. will end production of the highly toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos by the end of this year. The company, formerly part of Dow Chemical, has been under increasing scrutiny from environmental and public health advocates…

Department of Energy Sets Major Roadblocks to Future Energy Efficiency Standards

Press ReleaseUnited States
The Department of Energy (DOE) today radically altered its process for setting and updating national energy efficiency standards for residential and commercial appliances and equipment, making it significantly more difficult to establish future energy-saving measures and drastically reducing the potential…

New York Issues Bold Energy Efficiency Order

Press ReleaseNew York
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) today issued an order, implementing the “New Efficiency: New York” plan to bolster its energy efficiency and building decarbonization goals. The programs implemented as part of the order will save more than…

Lighting Associations Drop Lawsuit to Block New California Light Bulb Standards

Press ReleaseCalifornia
Two national lighting associations have dropped their lawsuit attempting to thwart California’s updated light bulb efficiency standards, which are identical to national ones rolled back by the Trump administration last year. The California standards, which went into effect Jan. 1…

Cuomo Signs Robust PFAS Protections into Law

Press ReleaseNew York
Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed into law legislation to phase out the use of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam. PFAS have been found to contaminate a significant portion of New York’s drinking water sources. These “forever chemicals”…