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By Neda Deylami
With federal policies and incentives backsliding, state action on transportation emissions is more essential than ever. Illinois has made great progress through laws like the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles Act, the EV Charging Act and others — but more work is needed to cut harmful air pollution and ensure an affordable and equitable transition to zero-emission vehicles. Here’s what’s on the table for the 2026 Illinois Legislative Session.
Illinois is at a turning point in transportation policy, new bills this session can speed momentum Share on XSB3732/HB5600 — Warehouse Pollution Reduction Act
Reducing warehouse-related pollution and incentivizing a transition to zero-emission vehicles
The growth in e-commerce over the last few decades has led to considerable diesel truck pollution from warehouses and distribution centers, impacting air quality and risking serious health impacts for communities and workers. This bill would reduce that pollution through a points-based program that incentivizes zero-emission vehicles and other pollution mitigation measures. New developments would also have to meet minimum setback standards, and all regulated facilities must report relevant operating information such as truck trips and pollution reduction progress. Along with community participation and transparency, this bill would improve public health, especially in areas already overburdened by industrial pollution.
SB3980 — Diesel Emissions Accountability and Fleet Data Act
Closing the gap on diesel emissions testing
Illinois’ current diesel emissions testing program has serious gaps. Current testing uses an outdated method that assesses the opacity of exhaust smoke. Nowadays, all vehicles come standard with an onboard diagnostics port that testers can use to check emissions control systems. That means Illinois can modernize its diesel emissions testing technology to prevent pollution before it dirties our air. Also, current law only requires diesel emissions testing for vehicles above 16,000 pounds. This bill would expand testing to medium-duty diesel vehicles above 10,000 pounds, which is necessary, given the recent increase in diesel delivery vehicles in communities contributing to urban pollution.
Data for smarter investments
The transition to zero-emission vehicles is still well underway, even in the MHD space. Illinois is already making significant investments in charging infrastructure, grid upgrades and incentives:
The state therefore needs data on fleets (such as size, home base and vehicle type) to determine where diesel trucks are concentrated and where zero-emission vehicle and infrastructure funding will make the biggest impact. Fleet data collection empowers Illinois to target investments effectively and spend taxpayer money responsibly.
HB 5482 — Clean and Equitable Transportation Infrastructure Act
Upfront affordability through a meaningful point-of-sale purchase incentive
Despite lower total cost of ownership of EVs, upfront affordability remains a barrier to greater EV adoption. Now that the federal tax credit has been eliminated, it is even more important for Illinois to support a robust and sustainable EV incentive program. To be successful, it must be a meaningful amount that will shift consumer behavior to choose electric and be available point-of-sale (not post-purchase as it currently is), so families don’t have to front thousands of dollars waiting for a check in the mail. Otherwise, the rebate will continue to structurally exclude low- and moderate-income families and leave barriers to upfront affordability standing.
Reliable, accessible charging infrastructure — at home and on the road
Another incentive for greater EV adoption is reliable charging infrastructure. Along with other investments in public charging, this legislation expands and improves existing charging deployment at Illinois Tollway oases, growing to 16 ports on each side (parity with available gas nozzles) to give Illinoisans and visitors fueling options no matter the type of their vehicle.
Given the rapid growth in EV sales since the 2023 passage of the EV Charging Act, this bill is also an opportunity for the legislature to make existing residential EV Ready infrastructure requirements more expansive and equitable.
Race to the top for workers
Lastly, an equitable EV transition is not complete without just transition protections for workers. After 2030, all new public passenger vehicle fleet purchases must be ZEV-only. Given the impending large government purchases, procurement policy should incorporate information on wages, benefits and training into bids for the state’s requests for proposals to increase transparency on companies’ workforce practices.
A pro-worker pro-community procurement policy incentivizes a race to the top for workers in the growing EV manufacturing industry. The state already sets standards for cost and quality, so this ensures taxpayer dollars support workers, too.
Together these bills meet the moment: cutting diesel pollution at its source, targeting investments where they deliver the greatest public benefit, lowering upfront costs of EVs for families, expanding reliable charging and ensuring workers share in the gains of a growing clean transportation economy.
At a time of federal uncertainty, Illinois has the opportunity to lead — protecting public health, strengthening its economy and accelerating a zero-emission transition that is affordable, equitable and built to last.
By Glenda Chen and Rohemir Ramirez Ballagas
As the global shipping sector races to cut pollution, the fuels chosen today will either accelerate real climate progress or lock in environmental and social harm for decades to come. There are many options on the table to move shipping away from fossil fuels: biofuels from waste and residues, e-fuels powered by renewable electricity and even electrification in some cases. But not all alternative marine fuels are created equal, and getting the regulatory signals right— with strong, science-based social and environmental safeguards— can ensure benefits are shared fairly across businesses, communities, and the environment.
Shipping’s biofuel moment: lessons from aviation on land use change assessment Share on XWithout the proper safeguards, including careful management of their full value chain impacts, even the two main marine biofuel feedstocks— fuels made from vegetable oil and used cooking oil— or hydrogen could deliver little to no climate benefit. They could even, in some cases, cause damage worse than the fossil fuels they are meant to replace. Scaling the wrong alternatives risks unintended consequences including deforestation, food insecurity, and loss of ecosystems. On the other hand, implementing science-based and robust policies that incentivize truly sustainable fuels can help deliver energy security and long-term value for industry and communities.
Source: International Council on Clean Transportation
That’s why the stakes are so high as discussions advance on the continued development of the International Maritime Organization’s lifecycle assessment guidelines.
Member States are facing a critical decision: how to evaluate where alternative marine fuels come from and how they are produced — particularly biofuels, whose popularity is rising as a fast-track option for a transition to low-carbon shipping. Considering the potential magnitude of shipping’s increased demand for limited biomass supplies, the long-term sustainability of biofuels deserves a nuanced approach.
Where the IMO stands & why direct and indirect land use change are important
At the center of this debate is whether and how the IMO will treat land-use change emissions. Get it right, and sustainable biofuels can support the sector’s energy transition, climate progress and local communities. Get it wrong, and the sector could exacerbate negative environmental and social consequences elsewhere.
The latest version of the IMO LCA Guidelines recognizes that land conversion caused by the production of biofuels, be it direct or indirect land-use changes, matter when assessing a fuel’s overall impact. However, these components have not yet been clearly defined, as the IMO is still developing methodological guidance on how to incorporate them. How the IMO defines these terms and sets up safeguards will determine whether an increase in demand for certain biofuels results in deforestation, loss of wetlands, displaced communities and food insecurity. As these can happen through either direct conversion of land to grow bioenergy crops, or indirectly through domino effects, the IMO needs to lay out a credible approach to addressing both direct and indirect land-use changes. Just quantifying these and adding the associated greenhouse gas emissions to the lifecycle emissions estimates is not enough. The IMO needs sustainability safeguards to prevent other impacts on ecosystems and communities – localized non-greenhouse gas effects that cannot simply be traded away on a carbon market.
How LUC is addressed could not only influence whether a particular biofuel’s sourcing, production and delivery genuinely reduce a ship’s greenhouse gas emissions but also whether the sustainability framework distorts fuel choices toward options that undermine shipping’s transition trajectory, delaying meaningful progress and increasing the risk of stranded assets.
Lessons from aviation policy
The good news is that shipping doesn’t have to start from scratch. Ground transport and aviation have already grappled with many of the same questions. The International Civil Aviation Organization has spent years developing safeguards for sustainable fuels built on lessons learned from ground transport policy. Now, it is IMO’s turn to take up the baton and advance it further towards a fully future-proof framework.
In other words, it is crucial for IMO to build on the lessons from both ICAO’s successes and shortcomings when designing its own sustainability framework. One major contextual difference between ICAO’s and IMO’s development of their respective sustainability frameworks is their foundational language as codified. ICAO’s framework prioritizes multidimensional socioeconomic and environmental criteria beyond greenhouse gas emissions, setting a solid expectation of high-integrity sustainable aviation fuel pathways such that state-level incentives channel resources accordingly. IMO’s sustainability framework has the broader policy goal of directly incentivizing the uptake of zero and near-zero emission fuels and technologies, without having yet defined other specific characteristics. This approach requires careful design to ensure that the shipping sector and its broader fuel supply chain invests only in high-integrity sustainable maritime fuels.
ICAO’s sustainability framework includes a sophisticated hybrid approach that combines quantitative and qualitative elements to account for LUC emissions. Under the ICAO framework, certain feedstocks such as wastes, residues and unintended by-products are designated a “zero” LUC value based on qualitative pre-screening. For other pathways involving land-based feedstocks, the induced land use change (including both default direct and indirect emissions) is quantitatively estimated through modeling. Then, for instances involving land use conversion after 2007, the LUC value is compared to the direct LUC emissions to avoid underestimating the overall LUC value. Finally, biofuel producers are then incentivized to implement best land-use management practices, such as yield improvements through cover cropping or cultivation on degraded, unused land, to qualify for a “zero” indirect land use designation.
What shipping can adapt and improve: A hybrid approach between qualitative and quantitative assessment of indirect LUC
Drawing from ICAO’s experience, the IMO should consider the following:
ICAO’s SAF framework provides a strong starting point for building a credible, future-proof framework for sustainable marine fuels. As IMO discussions evolve, a fair, science-based approach to direct and indirect land use change can help preserve the organization’s credibility and ensure shipping’s transition to low-carbon fuels is not only fast, but durable — strengthening environmental integrity and delivering positive outcomes for generations to come.
Medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles are hitting the road in 2026, and we’ve collected last month’s most exciting news. In 2025, EDF delivered monthly deployment updates on the biggest zero-emission transportation stories. By the end of 2025, it was clear that momentum was sustained throughout a challenging year. This year will undoubtably see more big announcements, and we’ll be here to showcase the biggest orders and deployments of zero-emission trucks happening around the country.
January 2026: Electric trucks, buses round-up Share on XJanuary announcements included several exciting deployments for heavy-duty and freight focused operations, including a large Class 8 deployment in Texas, several semi-trucks delivered in New York and an expanded partnership for intermodal shipping in California.
Largest known deployment of Class 8 battery-electric trucks set for Texas
A pilot procurement project led by the Center for Green Market Activation and Smart Freight Centre will deliver the largest known deployment of Class 8 zero-emission trucks in Texas to create an all-electric freight corridor between Houston and Dallas. The initiative aims to send a strong demand signal that encourages manufacturers to scale up production. The program will deploy 40 battery-electric heavy-duty trucks operated by Nevoya across Texas and the Southwest by late this year and early next year.
Upcoming delivery of Volvo VNR electric trucks to City Harvest marks major step in ‘Bronx is Breathing’ initiative
Volvo Trucks North America will deliver three zero-tailpipe-emission Volvo VNR Electric trucks to City Harvest in 2026 as part of the Bronx is Breathing project, a $10 million New York Clean Transportation funded initiative aimed at cutting noise and air pollution in South Bronx communities near a major freight corridor. The battery-electric trucks will enable fully zero-emission food rescue and delivery across all five New York City boroughs. Future charging will be developed around a freight-focused public hub by MN8 Energy featuring DC fast chargers and heavy-duty truck stalls in 2029.
RoadOne expands Tesla partnership with first of up to 10 Semis
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics announced the addition of a Tesla Semi to its fleet as part of an expanded partnership with Tesla, and plans to deploy up to 10 electric semis in Oakland, California. The truck has been in active service for several months and has exceeded performance expectations. The Tesla Semi is reported to offer up to 500 miles of range.
Now is a critical time for fleets to invest in medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks. These vehicles improve public health and help combat the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Unlike traditional diesel-powered trucks, electric trucks produce no tailpipe emissions, which significantly cuts down on health-harming pollution. Adoption represents a key step toward a more sustainable and resilient transportation industry.
Check back here next month to see a collection of the most exciting zero-emission vehicle announcements from February. In the meantime, check out EDF’s Electric Fleet Deployment & Commitment List to track announcements as they happen in real time, and view all January announcements.
Check out last month’s announcements here.
The medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle landscape has transformed dramatically over the past five years. In early 2020, electric trucks were a rarity on U.S. roads, and most fleets were only beginning to think about how electrification might fit into long-term transition plans. Today, the electric vehicle market looks very different: Rapid maturation has led to the deployment of over 38,000 medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks across 386 fleets, shifting from initial pilot projects to early-scale adoption.
In 2020, there were a total of 219 electric trucks on the road, according to EDF’s Electric Fleet Deployment & Commitment List, with announcements spread across 66 companies. During this time, fleets were starting to make public commitments to deploy electric trucks and largely focused on pilot projects or initial learning efforts. Several of these early commitments, like Amazon’s announced order of 100,000 Class 2b Rivian vans in 2019, signaled where the market was headed as technology improved and more options became available.
Electric truck deployments sustain momentum through a challenging 2025 Share on XBy 2021, that acceleration became evident. The market saw the first major increase in deployments, with 611 trucks hitting the road in a single year, bringing the total above 800. Growth accelerated further in 2022, as the cumulative total of electric trucks on the road reached 2,898. That year also marked a turning point in the scale of fleet commitments, with more fleets announcing larger orders of electric vehicles. Notably, the U.S. Postal Service committed to transitioning their delivery fleet to electric with 45,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles, and Walmart committed to over 10,000 electric vehicles across several manufacturers for last-mile delivery.
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 set the stage for rapid growth of the MHD electric vehicle market in 2023 and 2024. IRA investments paired with strong vehicle standards helped set clear direction for manufacturers, fleets, utilities and infrastructure providers to advance cleaner truck technologies — delivering meaningful air quality and public health benefits in communities. This jolt in funding and expanded market access, along with fulfillment of earlier orders as production time decreased, led to a record year of deployments in 2023, with 10,675 trucks deployed. Momentum continued in 2024, which surpassed the previous year’s record, with 15,431 deployments. In total, 26,106 MHD electric trucks were announced over two years, compared to 2,898 over the previous several years of tracking.
After consecutive years of exponential growth, the electric vehicle market entered 2025 facing heightened headwinds after the repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act, but major investments from previous years laid the foundation for continued progress. Despite the challenges, 2025 still saw continued investment in electric vehicle infrastructure, as fleets committed to or placed on order more than 134,000 MHD electric vehicles nationally since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Announcements of new vehicle deployments remained strong in 2025, with 9,139 deployments announced during the year. This represents a modest 14% decline from 2023, the second highest year on record, for a deficit of only 1,536 trucks. As the third-highest deployment year on record, 2025 proves that zero-emission vehicle solutions are still viable.
In addition to deployments, 2025 saw broadened participation across companies with 49 new fleets announcing deployments, and 20 fleets announcing new order commitments. In 2025, 61% of fleets announcing deployments were doing so for the first time. At the same time, nearly half of the fleets placing new orders already had an existing electric MHD order or deployment announced, signaling continued confidence among those early adopters.
While 2025 began with uncertainty, the year ended with a robust number of new MHD electric vehicles hitting the road. Looking ahead, 2026 will likely face continued headwinds from changes to incentives or economic and supply chain constraints. Even so, electric trucks remain viable solutions to reduce emissions and improve financial and operational efficiency. Because of this, fleets will remain well positioned to shape the next phase of the zero-emission transition and make zero-emission technologies standard, not the exception.
Fleets can continue to move the market forward by:
Since 2020, the transportation industry has made great strides in improving the health of our communities and reducing harmful pollutants from diesel trucks, but we must sustain momentum to achieve 100% zero-emission truck sales and net-zero emissions by 2040.
Fleets interested in starting or continuing their electrification journey can check out EDF’s Fleet Electrification Solution Center for resources, and EDF’s Electric Fleet Stories case studies series to see how other fleets are making alternative fuels work. Additionally, Electric Fleet Deployment & Commitment List tracking tool has up to date data on orders, deployments, and commitments. Stay tuned for new and exciting updates to the Deployment & Commitment List coming in 2026.
By Aashney Shah, EDF Legal Intern, Clean Energy Transition
“Electricity is the new price of eggs.” That line, from a recent New York Times article on rising electric bills and data center growth, captures the political moment with startling clarity. Consumers want solutions. While states have been exploring a wide range of actions to address affordability and equity, policymakers still face a core question: How can we ensure that the biggest benefits reach the communities that need them most?
As equity mandates rise, delivery is the real test
States have begun to codify such distributional mandates for energy. To name just a few, Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act requires that “at least 40% of the benefits” of grid modernization and clean energy should go towards Equity Investment Eligible Communities;” New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires at least 35 percent, with a goal of 40 percent, of the overall benefits of investments related to clean energy and energy efficiency programs be directed to disadvantaged communities, and Washington’s Healthy Environment for All Act requires agencies to direct “40% of all grants and expenditures that create environmental benefits to vulnerable populations and overburdened communities.”
While many of these states are developing new electric grid plans, the numerical guidelines may be helpful. However, the task is complicated by the fact that many “benefits” are unquantifiable. The answer thus requires more than funding tallies or box-checking exercises. Instead, it requires modern, credible equity analysis grounded in community expertise and rigorous methods that measure real outcomes. Here’s how states can build grid plans that actually deliver:
1. Use a four-part equity framework to score benefits more accurately
Illinois’ 2024 refiled plans highlighted a critical flaw in traditional approaches: utilities relied on binary scoring – a simple yes/no – when evaluating qualitative benefits. Regulators required a more rigorous method, noting that a simple “yes/no” hides meaningful differences in benefit levels and fails to show exactly how investments meet the 40% benefit requirement for Equity Investment Eligible Communities (EIECs). A stronger approach, which contributed to a straw proposal that the Commission ultimately approved, evaluates investments across four established equity dimensions:
Scoring measures across these four dimensions creates accountability and clarity; something binary scoring simply cannot achieve.
2. Start with authentic, ongoing community engagement
Research consistently shows that utilities cannot achieve equitable outcomes without two-way, long-term engagement with communities. Effective engagement builds trust, improves social acceptance, and helps ensure solutions reflect real needs. A comprehensive review of 51 equity-focused energy projects found that community engagement efforts that are context-specific are more likely to lead to more equitable energy outcomes, which requires approaches that reflect the diverse perspectives of the communities impacted.
Utilities should identify the engagement process behind each proposed measure and show how it informs the project and its equity analysis. Simply treating spending as a proxy for community benefit may deepen mistrust. Meaningful engagement which shifts the focus to quantitative and qualitative impacts on the community are more likely to be accepted through strengthening trust, especially in communities who have long been excluded from decision-making.
Distributional Equity Analysis provides a practical model by embedding community input into equity metrics, program design, and investment prioritization. California’s Microgrid Incentive Program utilized this approach to generate equity “scores” through stakeholder workshops, enabling transparent evaluation of whether projects met legislative goals.
3. Apply quantitative tools that capture real community impacts
Various proven, practical tools have been developed that quantify equity impacts more accurately than simply cost totals and participation numbers:
Together, these tools allow regulators to pursue equity using empirical measurements, not theoretical projections, increasing the chances that communities experience noticeable improvements to their quality of life because of these efforts.
4. Use community solar as a model for quantifiable, equitable outcomes
Community solar offers one of the clearest examples of how programs can deliver measurable, equitable benefits when designed intentionally. Studies show that community solar participants earn significantly less, are more likely to rent, and are more likely to identify as people of color or Hispanic than rooftop solar adopters. In Illinois, policy accounted for 38% of the income gap reduction between non-participants and community solar subscribers, proving that program design – not just market forces – expands access.
Community solar also delivers meaningful bill savings, increases resilience and reliability, and can be more profitable under equity-enhancing policies. This reinforces a simple truth: deployment numbers alone cannot show whether benefits reach EIEC communities. Qualitative, equity-driven factors must be considered as well.
5. Measure energy burden outcomes – not just spending
Funding levels rarely reflect whether high-burden households actually see relief. That’s why researchers recommend tracking avoided burden (real dollar reductions in bills) and avoided need (burden reductions specifically for high-need customers). Metrics like operational and targeting effectiveness help utilities determine whether programs truly reduce energy insecurity. This shift from inputs to outcomes is essential for credible equity analysis and can help to address the root cause of inequities.
6. Pair distributed equity analysis with benefit-cost analysis
Benefit-Cost Analysis results alone only demonstrate the average impact on customers and do not disaggregate the costs and benefits to understand how they are distributed amongst various populations. Pairing DEAs, as described above, with BCAs allows regulators and utilities to provide a more complete picture of the program’s impacts.
By utilizing DEAs to develop context, identify priority populations, develop metrics, and apply such metrics to priority populations, pairing the results of DEAs provides more robust BCA results. This can be achieved by utilizing the BCA to understand the benefits and burdens of certain interventions of the average customer while utilizing the DEA to show how the benefits and burdens impact priority populations differently.
Building grid plans that deliver measurable equity
As states develop the next generation of grid plans, they have a powerful opportunity to move from check-the-box equity to real, measurable equity outcomes. By strengthening engagement, adopting multidimensional assessment frameworks, and using rigorous quantitative tools, utilities and regulators can ensure that grid investments deliver cleaner energy, lower bills, and greater resilience for the communities that need it most.
EDF will continue working with partners across states to refine these methods and support implementation. The moment demands solutions that work and equity analysis that proves it.
By Edwin LaMair, Senior Attorney, U.S. Legal & Regulatory, EDF and Ryan J. Call, Policy and Campaigns Specialist, Eco-Cycle
Landfills are a major – and growing – source of harmful pollution
When food scraps and yard waste end up in landfills, they rot and release dangerous air pollution. That pollution includes methane – a greenhouse gas more than 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over 20 years – as well as smog-forming compounds and toxic carcinogens like benzene and vinyl chloride. Landfills are now the third-largest source of methane emissions in America, making them a major driver of climate change and poor air quality.
Communities living near landfills bear the brunt of this pollution. Emissions often contain hazardous air pollutants that increase the risk of cancer and respiratory disease. Low-income communities and communities of color face these health threats most acutely, compounding existing environmental and public health inequities.
Proven technologies can quickly find and fix methane leaks
Fortunately, proven and affordable solutions already exist. Advanced technologies like drones and satellites can identify large, “super-emitter” methane leaks that traditional monitoring often misses. By integrating these innovations into regulatory programs, agencies can quickly pinpoint high-emitting sites and require corrective action.
Upstream solutions matter, too. Diverting organic materials from the landfill, such as composting food scraps and yard trimmings, and recycling paper, cardboard, and wood prevent organic waste from generating methane in the first place. But even if we diverted all organic waste today, the material already buried in landfills will continue to produce methane for decades. This reality makes strong landfill controls essential.
Colorado raises the bar on cutting landfill methane nationwide
In December 2025, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted leading standards to dramatically cut methane pollution from landfills. The regulations require stronger leak detection, improved methane capture and destruction, better landfill cover practices, and the phase-out of open flares.
Once fully implemented, these rules will deliver major climate and health benefits. In 2020 alone, Colorado landfills emitted 4.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) equivalent – roughly the same climate impact as driving more than one million gas-powered U.S. cars for a year.
Broad support forged a practical, commonsense solution
A broad coalition helped shape these rules. Environmental Defense Fund, Eco-Cycle, Moms Clean Air Force, Full Circle Future, Western Leaders Network, GreenLatinos Colorado, Black Parents United Foundation, Clean Air Task Force, Earthjustice and several other environmental organizations all voiced collective support for stronger protections, emphasizing health, climate and environmental justice benefits. Large landfill operators, including Waste Management, along with municipal landfill owners, also participated in the rulemaking process. Together, the parties negotiated a practical, commonsense framework to cut pollution and meet shared goals. Key regulatory updates include:
Additionally, if remote sensing detects elevated methane emissions, landfill operators must investigate and begin corrective action within five days of notification and report results within fifteen days. All of these updates will reduce landfill emissions and lead to a cleaner, safer Colorado.
A national model other states can – and should – follow
Diverting organic waste remains the most effective way to prevent methane generation. EDF, Eco-Cycle and our partners will continue pushing for expanded composting and organics diversion programs to keep methane-producing materials out of landfills.
Colorado’s rules offer a powerful model for other states and federal policymakers. By adopting strong, scalable standards, the state is demonstrating it can curb landfill methane and protect public health efficiently. The benefits of state action far outweigh the costs. For example, Colorado estimates proposed landfill methane rules deliver at least $5 in benefits for every $1 in cost, with minimal impact on consumers. California reached a similar conclusion, finding benefits far outweigh costs.
With more states, such as New York, poised to act, transparent public processes and robust stakeholder engagement will be essential. EDF and Eco-Cycle will continue advocating for strong upstream solutions and robust landfill standards that deliver lasting climate, health and equity benefits.
