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By Pedro Piris-Cabezas and Glenda Chen Airport activity emits a noxious cocktail of air pollutants, including ashy particulate matter, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Among them, PM emissions from aircraft turbines often fly under the radar yet have an outsized impact on regional air quality and public …

Rosa Inguanzo is uniting her central California community to call for clean water.

After four years of stalled negotiations, COP29 has delivered a breakthrough on Article 6.

This post was authored by Bärbel Henneberger, Senior Partnerships Manager at the Environmental Defense Fund.  On November 21, COP29 celebrated Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP and LCs) as a thematic day in the Action Agenda of the Azerbaijani COP presidency. The day underscored the essential role of IP and LCs in safeguarding 80% of …

At the U.N.'s annual climate summit, COP29, island leaders demand urgent action.

As the United Nations biodiversity summit, COP16, approaches, Environmental Defense Fund's Amanda Leland explains three vital steps to protecting nature while also helping the world tackle climate change.

There are unprecedented opportunities that can lift up workers, families and entire communities, and we need to make sure they reach everyone.

Authors: Erin Leonard and Maggie Monast With more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after its release, methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gasses. One major contributor to global methane is livestock operations — 32% of methane emissions from human activity come from livestock and …

Léalo en español This post is written by Santiago García Lloré, Senior Manager of IPLC and Conservation Partnerships at EDF. In the coming days, major international events like New York Climate Week, the COP for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, and the UN Climate Change Conference (COP) in Baku will gather world …

This is the seventh year of the contest, which encourages students to THINK BIG about Houston’s environmental problems and potential solutions.

As part of Project 11, muck dredged out of the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel will be dumped in residential communities. Residents want to know what's in it.

This blog was authored by Brigitte Castañeda and Minwoo Hyun, former EDF Doctoral Interns, Raphael Heffron, Professor at the Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, and by Environmental Defense Fund economist, Luis Fernández Intriago. As temperatures rise globally, the energy sector stands clearly accountable, putting a critical spotlight on the need for a …

Op-ed discusses how, as we approach Katrina’s 19th anniversary, the decisions we make on Election Day will determine whether we can prevent future superstorms.

EDF statement from Dr. Karla Sosa, Project Manager, New York State Affairs

A report released Tuesday, June 18, 2024 by Environmental Defense Fund and the Coalition for Healthy Ports NY/NJ traces the growth of mega-warehouses in New Jersey and associated pollution from diesel trucks across New Jersey.

Lamont Taylor has spent decades as a civil rights activist. Now, the 72 year old has turned his attention to environmental racism. 

As the impacts of climate change reveal themselves to North Carolinians in the form of heat, flooding, wildfires, drought, and increasingly intense and more frequent tropical storms, the case for urgent action to combat climate change is strengthening. Our state has made important strides, setting vehicle electrification goals and power sector emissions reductions directives, but …

Cancer Alley, a stretch of land in Louisiana known for its high cancer rates and heavy industrialization, has a glimmer of hope as the EPA looks to cut down on toxic air pollution.

The process to make petrochemicals, which are found in everything from plastics to fertilizers to yoga pants, exposes nearby communities to serious health risks, like cancer and respiratory illnesses, says Tonya Calhoun of the Environmental Defense Fund, shown in front of banner on Cancer Alley in Louisiana.

A new report from Environmental Defense Fund, ‘The Just Transition and Safeguards Framework’ offers a roadmap for countries and energy companies alike to successfully navigate the complexities of transitioning to clean energy while ensuring fairness and equity at every step of the way.

Nearly 100 organizations are now working collectively on agricultural land transformation according to the first-ever annual report on California’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program released earlier this month. Launched by the Department of Conservation in summer 2022, the program seeks to increase regional capacity for repurposing irrigated agricultural land to uses that reduce reliance on groundwater while providing a range of new community benefits. EDF, alongside Self-Help Enterprises, is the official state support entity for the program.

Nearly two years ago, the U.S. secured historic investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS and Science Act. This clean energy plan supports all the hard work being done to strengthen technology and pollution standards to advance environmental justice and health equity at all levels. It takes everyone, individuals, our elected leaders, industry and all levers of government protections to address these challenges meaningfully.

EDF & Arup offer a roadmap to help ports reach net zero by 2050

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today took important steps to strengthen safeguards intended to prevent toxic chemical disasters at thousands of industrial facilities across the country.

A high-integrity carbon market can play a significant role in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. But carbon mitigation should not be the only ‘win’ that comes from the purchase of high-quality carbon credits. Benefits-sharing and social safeguards deliver the durability and longevity we need for any achieved emissions reductions.