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The world's one billion+ cows are responsible for about 40% of global methane emissions - a significant contributor to global warming. Some climate-smart farmers and scientists are tackling the problem from, ahem, both ends. 

Black Americans 65 and older are three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white Americans over 65, according to a report prepared by Industrial Economics, Inc. for EDF.

New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) preliminarily approved a nationally leading set of requirements that will curb oil and gas air and methane pollution.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has made it clear that the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Lawsuit Would Compel the Environmental Protection Agency to Enforce Air Pollution Law

Fixing broken incentives is key to reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Here's a look at how we can do this, including cutting deforestation and more.

EDF Joins Broad Coalition to Support EPA’s Proposal about the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Climate change poses major risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system. To manage these risks, investors need comparable, specific, and decision-useful corporate climate disclosures that are not provided through existing voluntary frameworks.  New draft rules for mandatory climate risk disclosure, published by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2022 would, if …

Today’s energy system has become a liability we can no longer afford. As dependence on oil and gas restrains the response to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week issued yet another urgent warning that society is running out of time to avoid dangerous climate change caused …

EDF President Fred Krupp spoke at the Techonomy Climate conference in April 2022 about the future of climate tech. Here’s a look at what experts discussed.

Climate change poses physical and transition risks for investors and the U.S. economy. Rigorous, standardized climate disclosures can help.

EDF and partners have combined a newly created online mapping tool — run on real-time, trusted scientific models — with air pollution and weather forecasting data to help users learn more about the air they’re breathing and allow them to see where it's coming from.

The IPCC report shows ways to curtail our dependence on fossil fuel, like a global economy powered by clean energy and natural climate solutions.

Recent national polling by Morning Consult, commissioned by EDF, makes clear that a bipartisan majority of voters support bolstering federal funding for climate innovation.

EDF's summary for policymakers, based on new modeling from Evolved Energy Research, shares insights on the potential role of carbon removal and carbon capture strategies in reaching net-zero emissions in the U.S.

EDF summary for policymakers, based on new modeling from Evolved Energy Research, shares insights on the potential role of carbon removal and carbon capture strategies in reaching net-zero emissions in the U.S.

EDF fact sheet on carbon capture and carbon dioxide removal, two distinct approaches to addressing carbon pollution. Both approaches will be important for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner by addressing carbon pollution in hard-to-decarbonize sectors.

Statement by Heather McTeer Toney, EDF Vice President of Community Engagement and Phyllis Dickerson, CEO - African American Mayors Association

Statement of EDF Senior Director of Climate and Health Elena Craft – March 29, 2022

Biden Budget Provides Much Needed Increases to Climate-Forward Resources

North Carolina needs to swiftly enact climate, clean energy policies to rapidly drive down climate pollution and close the state’s emissions gap.

Governor Cooper has committed North Carolina to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 levels by 2025, and at least 50% from 2005 levels by 2030. With eight years remaining, the state is not currently on track to reach its emissions targets.

Community Groups, EDF Ask a State Appeals Court to Stop a Pipeline Slated to Go Through a Historic Black Farming Community in Illinois

Today’s business students want the private sector to do more – a lot more –  to address the climate crisis. That’s one of the key takeaways from a new report by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. The thousands of global students surveyed in the report also share a strong belief that climate …

EDF helped secure $4.7 billion in federal funding to plug orphan wells, clean up oil and gas pollution, and create jobs.