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By Neda Deylami The newly passed Illinois EV Charging Act will address the residential charging access gap by requiring new homes to have basic electrical infrastructure to support future EV charging and giving renters and condo owners a right to charge. Study after study of electric vehicle owners has found that the vast majority charge …

President Biden today vetoed a Republican-led repeal of public health and clean air rules that his administration finalized in December 2022. EPA’s Heavy-Duty NOx Final Rule applies nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards to new medium- and heavy-duty diesel vehicles sold in model years 2027 and later, the first update to the standards in over 20 years. The new standards on NOx emissions are more than 80% stronger than current standards according to the EPA.

Proposed Consent Decree Addresses EPA’s Failure to Modernize National Pollution Limits for Gas-Burning Power Plants

A new study from EDF of satellite data shows smog intensifying in Northern India over the last 40 years. The links between meteorology, particulate emissions from both urban and rural areas suggests mitigation measures across the region could benefit communities.

EDF Statement from Mandy Warner, Virginia Director

In this analysis published in Geophysical Research Letters, we use long-term satellite data to show a significant increase in aerosol exceedances over northern India, resulting in sustained atmospheric warming and surface cooling trends over the last two decades.

The first Global Stocktake is rapidly nearing its official conclusion at COP28.

It’s been two months since the debut auction of Washington’s cap-and-invest program — the nation’s most ambitious climate program to date — which puts a firm, declining limit on climate pollution across the state’s economy. Since then, state leaders have turned their attention to the next major decision facing the program: whether to link up …

Operators waste over $680 million of natural gas annually, underscoring importance of federal safeguards that cut waste, protect communities and increase climate security.

EDF’s delegation to the climate talks taking place in Bonn, Germany from June 5 to June 15, 2023 give us some insights into the issues they're following.

D.C. Circuit Dismisses Attacks on EPA’s Finding that Greenhouse Gases Endanger People’s Health and Well-Being

Frontiers in Climate paper co-authored by EDF scientists explores how the longstanding method for reporting greenhouse gas emissions—carbon dioxide equivalence (CO2e)—systematically underestimates methane-dominated economic sectors' contributions to warming in the coming decades.

EDF Experts Testify in Support of EPA Proposals to Reduce Tailpipe Pollution from Cars, Mercury Pollution from Power Plants

The 2023 farm bill is a historic opportunity for Congress to build on bipartisan efforts to help U.S. agriculture become more competitive, more resilient, and a global leader in conservation and climate solutions.

EDF Welcomes EPA Proposal to Limit Climate Pollution from Power Plants

In passing SB 23-016, the legislature has reaffirmed the imperative to achieve rapid and sustained emissions reductions in line with what climate science tells us is necessary to avoid the most damaging impacts of the climate crisis.

Statement from Dr. Elena Craft, Associate Vice President, Climate and Health, Environmental Defense Fund

New York’s Congestion Pricing Program Moves Ahead With Federal Highway Administration Letter of Legal Sufficiency

At Public Hearing, EDF Calls on EPA to Finalize Protective Climate Pollution Standards for Freight Trucks and Buses

EDF Statement from Alex DeGolia, Director for U.S. Climate

Our country is going to rapidly deploy and manufacture clean energy technologies to a scale never seen before, thanks in large part to historic laws passed by the Biden-Harris administration and Congress. This shift is already unleashing new jobs and economic opportunities around the country, but many communities reliant on fossil fuel production – coal,

Methane is kind of like carbon dioxide's pesky younger sibling. It's often overlooked, but it can still do a lot of damage in a short time. This article explains the impact of methane on the climate, sources of methane pollution, how to reduce methane pollution, and why cutting methane is the fastest way to slow climate change.

Statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, EDF’s California State Director

EDF paper demonstrates who is at risk from diesel trucks serving warehouses, summarizes the new science about health impacts from air pollution generated by these trucks, and points to solutions that can protect community health.

There’s been a lot of recent attention on the California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) rice protocol, the first ever carbon offset protocol for crop agriculture in a compliance market. Here's a primer on the program from EDF.