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The Senate's Fix Our Forest Act proposal will expedite forest restoration and management in the most threatened landscapes.

According to news reports, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eviscerate the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

IMO's Climate Diplomacy Sets the Course for the Shipping Sector’s Energy Transition

The Trump Administration EPA is offering to help some of the nation's biggest polluters dodge clean air standards. Environmental Defense Fund and others have determined that more than 500 facilities could take advantage of this free pass to pollute.

By Ilissa Ocko, Senior Climate Scientist, Spark Climate Solutions; and Sofia Esquivel Elizondo, Low Carbon Energy Scientist, EDF It’s no secret that there are big ambitions for hydrogen as a climate solution. Many champions of proposed hydrogen infrastructure argue that it’s a viable swap to move hydrogen through vast networks of existing natural gas systems.

States have broad and bedrock authority to protect people from pollution – and President Trump’s Executive Order issued yesterday instructing the Attorney General of the United States to interfere with foundational state prerogatives to protect people from harm cannot change that. The Executive Order was one of four the President signed yesterday. It is revealing …

Coal use has declined because of the high cost of operating coal plants, and no Executive Orders will change that market reality.

As extreme weather events increase from warming weather due to climate change, people across the U.S. and the world are being forced to leave their homes. 

EDF and other groups released a new analysis documenting the industrial facilities that the Trump EPA has invited to ask for a pass from pollution laws

This post was co-authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist Luis Fernández Intriago and Senior Manager of Economics and Policy Analysis on EDF’s Economics team Maureen Lackner.  Texas has a huge problem with inactive oil and gas wells. Inactive wells account for 21% of all wells in the state and represent a potentially enormous $15.5 billion …

EDF Statement of Joanna Slaney, Associate Vice President, Political Affairs

Senate parliamentarian confirms that waivers allowing California to implement protective vehicle standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act

Petrochemical lobbyists are asking the Trump EPA to provide an exemption for “all sources” required to meet national limits on hazardous pollution.

Watch this TED Talk by EDF’s Dr. Daniel Zavala to learn how combining technology, data and policy is the fastest way to slow global warming today.

From a firefighting satellite to cleaner air in London, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate change fight. These are this month's good climate news stories.

Solar and wind power jobs are not only the fastest growing jobs in the U.S., they also pay well. But their continued growth is under attack.

Today Environmental Defense Fund joins the largest global climate action movement to mobilize small-to-medium sized enterprises.

This fact sheet outlines the benefits of the Lead and Copper Rule improvements and why Congress should protect Americans' health by voting to support HJ.Res.44.

The vast majority (84%!) of the business community is keeping to their climate commitments, or better yet, accelerating them.

Statement of EDF Senior Attorney Stephanie Jones

By Angie Farrag-Thibault and Natacha Stamatiou   A version of this blog ran as an op-ed in Bunkerspot.  The global shipping sector is grappling with ensuring fair, equitable outcomes as it transitions to a more sustainable future in the face of climate change. To reach a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and reduce pollution from …

By Meagan L. Weisner Colorado is increasing air quality monitoring requirements, providing scientific researchers with more consistent data and empowering the communities near oil and gas production seeking information on the hazardous air pollutants that are being emitted.    Last month, Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission unanimously voted to update and improve air monitoring requirements …

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) joined North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today at a groundbreaking event to celebrate the progress of a new and significant natural infrastructure pilot project.   The post Celebrating the groundbreaking of a natural infrastructure project to combat flooding in North Carolina first appeared on Growing Returns.

India has seen a boom in electric rickshaws on the roads. Young entrepreneurs are building out a universal charging network as India's EV industry surges forward.

Today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it would not defend its climate risk disclosure rule in court.