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EDF Statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager for U.S. Climate

EDF statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager for U.S. Climate

As the biosphere continues to warm and the ocean acidifies, solving the global carbon problem becomes more critical each day. Keeping temperatures to survivable levels requires reducing emissions while at the same time working aggressively to absorb as much carbon dioxide as possible, using approaches that can nurture natural ecosystems and help vulnerable human communities …

EDF and Princeton University researchers show how emissions reductions policies and programs can drive lasting reductions in carbon dioxide.

The new report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the direst warning yet that we must rapidly and drastically slash climate emissions around the world and that reducing methane emissions is mission critical. Though the report includes some important opportunities, it’s a very sober read. Let’s get some of the central …

The bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under debate in Washington includes a new, $4.7 billion program to address a significant environmental legacy of the fossil fuel industry — the plugging and remediating of orphan oil and gas wells. Orphan wells have no owner, so the cleanup liability falls largely to the public. Nearly 60,000 such wells …

For the first time in IPCC history, the assessment dedicates an entire chapter to short-lived climate pollutants, casting a spotlight on methane – the reduction of which would have immediate climate benefits, argues EDF President Fred Krupp.

A new climate report is out and it is the most dire yet. Though this report is full of doom and gloom, it is not too late to act to save the planet.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today released its Sixth Assessment Report, which summarizes the current state of Earth’s warming climate while looking ahead to future scenarios with and without effective climate action.

Updated rulemaking is urgently needed given the immense risks climate change poses to companies, investors, and the American financial system.

To avoid a future where the health impacts of wildfires become even more devastating, we must take action on climate change now.

EDF and Legal & General Investment Management America have announced a partnership to raise the bar for climate leadership.

Today's announcement of a new collaboration is the first of its kind between an environmental nonprofit and a global asset management firm.

EDF believes every community should live free of the burden of harmful air pollution.

EDF's review of credit protocols found inconsistencies with measurement, reporting and verification of net climate impact.

New Interactive Map Has Details about Power Plants that Are the Source of Smog-Forming NOx Pollution

We have learned several important lessons about how to better prepare for and react to storms to reduce damages and hasten recovery.

In addition to dumping historic amounts of rain across southeast Texas, Hurricane Harvey triggered a wave of air pollution.

This blog was co-authored by Taylor Bacon, High Meadows Fellow with the U.S. Clean Air team at EDF. As Pennsylvania moves forward with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), questions are being raised about how this will impact Pennsylvania’s neighbors: West Virginia and Ohio. Will coal plant jobs be lost to these states? And will …

EDF Statement from Fred Krupp, President

EDF applauds the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for passing the REGROW Act which would create tens of thousands of jobs and protect local communities from air, water and climate pollution from old, leaky orphan oil and gas wells.

Environmental Defense Fund statement from Jill Duggan, Executive Director, Europe

Will businesses advocate for the bold policies needed to meet their commitments?

There's an often overlooked, invisible source of climate pollution lurking in the supply chain: methane. The post To meet sustainability goals, food companies need to slash methane first appeared on Growing Returns.

Editor’s note: This post was last updated June 29, 2021. At the Leaders Summit on Climate in April, President Biden pledged to go all-in to beat the climate crisis, setting an ambitious and credible target to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Now the administration and federal law makers must …