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How to Reduce Packaging Waste

The Environmental Blog

It’s no secret that pollution and waste are big problems in today’s world. For example, think about the Shisha Tobacco Act of 2023. Here’s why: Less Pollution When we use less packaging, we create less pollution. But if we use less packaging, we use less energy and make less pollution.

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Building community knowledge in Colorado

Defend Our Future

Despite Colorado having some of the nation’s strongest clean air protections, Denver ranks as being the seventh-most polluted city for ozone pollution in the country according to the American Lung Association’s last State of the Air Report. But without clean air, our health and safety in outdoor environments is threatened.

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Climate News You Can Use — September 2023

EDF + Business

See the White House’s statement and compiled quotes from elected officials, industry groups, businesses and other organizations. Go Deeper: Check out EDF’s Farm Bill Pages and blog: Three priorities for a climate -smart Farm Bill. Check out EDF and Deloitte’s IRA Activation Guide for Climate -Smart Agriculture.

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Electric Trucks Are A Gamechanger If Strong Policy Leads The Way

Energy Innovation

This piece was authored by Muhammad Abdullah, an 2023 summer Transportation Policy intern with Energy Innovation and Energy Innovation’s Chris Busch, Director Transportation and Senior Economist. Ella Kissi-Debrah was born, raised, and died a tragically early death in south London, a hot spot for motor vehicle pollution.

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Google launches its first climate change accelerator for European start ups

Business Green

Writing in a blog post , Kate Brandt, chief sustainability officer at Google said the Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change had supported 22 start-ups across North America over the past two years, providing a range of services to promising early stage climate technology providers.

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Threatened by wildfire smoke, West Coast cities are piloting clean-air centers

Grist

wildfires and the air pollution they bring to surrounding areas have become increasingly familiar in the West, where some cities have begun piloting solutions to keep residents safe from the hazards of smoke and emergency response systems to deploy when conditions are bad. While this was a shock to many in the Eastern U.S.,

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Climate Policy News You Can Use — December 2023

EDF + Business

EPA released its long-awaited methane rules for new and existing oil and gas facilities on December 2 nd (see EDF’s blog ). Go Deeper: Read EDF’s blog: Leading oil and gas companies and investors have rallied around EPA’s new methane rules. Read on for key policy developments and advocacy opportunities in the U.S., See EDF’s statement.

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