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Results were released today for California’s first cap-and-trade auction of 2025. Prices decreased from the November 2024 auction, reflecting continued uncertainty among market participants due to the lack of regulatory and legislative clarity. This uncertainty is costing California hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue for climate and environmental justice programs at a time …

News Reports: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Wants to Strike Down EPA’s Endangerment Finding

From bumpy flights to that pricey cup of coffee, climate change is already showing up in our daily lives.

California has taken a critical first step towards creating a cheaper, cleaner and stronger grid through the creation of a western regional electricity market. By working more with its neighbors, California can unlock new clean energy technologies across the West, including offshore wind, long duration energy storage and other clean options that can take a …

Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission voted to require the state’s oil and gas producers to fully phase-in zero-emitting pneumatic controllers

Contribution-based greenhouse gas pricing, a strict global fuel standard, and revenue disbursement are key to decarbonizing the shipping industry

This blog was authored by Andrew Howell, Senior Director of Sustainable Finance at EDF.  This is the fourth blog in a multi-part series on how insurers can support decarbonization and the energy transition. More than any other, the property and casualty insurance industry sits on the front lines of climate risk. Global economic losses from …

Statement by Sarah Poon, Associate Vice President, Resilient Fishery Solutions at EDF

Costello will lead EDF’s team of economists and researchers to innovate climate and environmental policymaking using economics.

International Maritime Organization sets North Star for shipping transition to net-zero by 2050, with indicative checkpoints for years 2030 and 2040.

A program in Washington state has slashed pollution while raising over $2 billion for investments in public transit, clean school buses, solar energy and more. 

Action Threatens Fast Commutes, Clean Air, Economic Benefits for Millions of New Yorkers

As banks navigate the changing landscape of climate-related disclosures, a new metric – the energy supply finance ratio – merits a closer look.

Missed the GreenBiz25 corporate sustainability conference this year? Catch up on our top takeaways.

All Americans deserve to drink safe water. An estimated 9 million homes and businesses across the U.S. still get their water from lead pipes.

EDF statement from Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities

A new Datu Research analysis shows how a $2 billion waste problem is turning into an economic opportunity for U.S. workers

Study commissioned by EDF finds that the U.S. methane mitigation industry continues to expand steadily, marked by the growth of innovative companies and an increasing number of employee locations each year.

On his first day in office, President Trump issued dozens of executive orders attacking the nation’s climate and clean air protections. Buried in one of these orders is direction to the Environmental Protection Agency to make recommendations by February 19th on the “legality and continued applicability” of EPA’s Endangerment Finding. The Endangerment Finding is EPA’s …

Today news broke that the Trump administration halted a policy and blocked funding for two programs that save taxpayer dollars and protects lives.

Canada’s leadership on climate change has helped foster and grow the methane mitigation industry into an economic engine. New regulations can help this economic sector continue to grow and create good Canadian jobs.  Creating jobs and cleaning up the air, the Canadian methane mitigation industry is a dynamic and growing part of the Canadian economy.

Statement from Adam Peltz, Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund

In the last two years, Texas has made over $100 million available in incentives for zero-emission trucks and buses. With incentive programs at the federal level uncertain, Texas has quietly but confidently become a leader in the clean truck industry. Texas’ light-touch approach to regulation allows it to move at the industry’s pace, focusing on …

By Flavia Sollazzo The European Union’s methane regulation, set to begin reporting requirements this May, is a landmark step in climate policy. By targeting methane — a potent greenhouse gas responsible for a third of global warming – these rules reinforce Europe’s climate commitments and set a global standard  for methane emissions reductions. Overcoming Industry …

A group of former Inspectors General for eight federal agencies just sued President Trump for illegally firing them. President Trump fired about 17 independent Inspectors General en masse in a two-sentence email released Friday night, January 24th – including the Inspectors General for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and Department of Interior.