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Building on new work in United Nations’ (UN) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to quantify the climate benefits of SAF on a life-cycle basis and ensure its environmental integrity and sustainability in the context of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, this handbook from EDF provides the foundation for air carriers and large corporate customers of air travel to help drive aviation’s energy transition in the near term.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes $369 billion in funding to tackle climate change. Now the law needs to deliver results on the ground. Environmentalists are rolling up their sleeves to make sure it's done right.

This blog was coauthored by Maureen Lackner, Huong Nguyen and Aaron Wolfe. New EDF Economics Discussion Paper describes the instrument options available to policy makers in both oil and gas producing as well as importing countries. Policy makers around the world are increasingly recognizing the need to drastically reduce methane emissions in parallel with carbon …

California Approves Clean Cars Standards, Speeds Toward a Future Free from Tailpipe Pollution

Last week, President Biden signed into law the largest investment to combat climate change ever passed by Congress. The nearly $369 billion in climate and clean energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) include grants and tax credits that will bring down emissions and set the long-term investment certainty to secure the transition to …

The times demand nothing short of a comprehensive rethinking of how we use our quickly dwindling water resources — while we still have an opening to act.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

Testimony by Vanessa Puig-Williams, Director, Texas Water Program, Environmental Defense Fund, August 24, 2022

Degrees is your podcast community for green job mentors, environmental careers, and actionable conversations to make a meaningful impact in the world.

At Africa Climate Week 2022, EDF experts are sharing insights, drawing on our work to speed the transition to clean energy and to ensure healthy and safe livelihoods, in particular for communities most impacted by the effects of climate change.

Featuring a foreword from Microsoft, EDF research offers new solutions and approaches to advance and leverage high-integrity SAF

The Inflation Reduction Act would see $135b ploughed into renewable energy credits. It could help remake energy production in the U.S,

SEC’s Proposed Standards for ESG Funds Meet Investors’ Need for Clarity

Statement from Chris Kuzdas of EDF and Water of Arizona Coalition on latest Bureau of Reclamation forecast for Colorado River reservoir levels.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – August 16, 2022

EDF launches ad urging North Carolina leaders to accelerate the state’s transition to electric trucks and buses

The $369 billion package of clean energy investments will lower energy costs for families and businesses and create more than 9 million jobs over the next decade.  

House Passes Historic Climate Bill that “Will Reshape the Decades Ahead”

The $369 billion package of clean energy investments will lower energy costs for families and businesses and create more than 9 million jobs over the next decade.

With its $369 billion in climate and clean energy investments, the Inflation Reduction Act is the largest, most ambitious climate legislation Congress has ever passed.

“Welcome News” – Engine Manufacturers Drop Lawsuit Over California Freight Truck Pollution Standards

A new EDF study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment finds that long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with higher health care costs for older adults.

U.S. Senate's Inflation Reduction Act includes $369B of clean energy investments that will lower energy costs for families and businesses and create more than 9 million jobs over the next decade. If passed, the law would represent the biggest U.S. action to date to combat climate change.

Senate Takes Bold Action to Help American People and Confront Climate

This post was authored by EDF policy experts. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin on July 27 announced the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — an agreement that will improve Americans’ lives by fighting inflation, lowering healthcare costs, and making significant down payments on energy security and climate progress. If passed by …