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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

China ETS Newsletter Issue 10 - July 2021

Interactive tool from EDF shows how clean energy progress can accelerate reductions in carbon emissions across the U.S. economy.

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 …

The results of the latest Western Climate Initiative cap-and-trade auction were released today and all current and future allowances sold. This generates substantial revenue for California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund but could also indicate that greenhouse gas emissions are rebounding as the economy recovers from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Auction quick takes: All …

EDF Statement from Pam Kiely, Associate Vice President for U.S. Climate

At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Here's how we can strive to cut methane emissions.

Today Congress voted to reinstate Obama-era rules that reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Here's all you need to know.

EDF announced an ad campaign calling on Congress to “Go Bold” by passing an American Jobs Plan that addresses the threat of climate change.

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President for Political Affairs

Several of the nation’s leading climate action advocacy groups are insisting that any package include ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis, improve environmental justice, and invest in clean energy and jobs.

EDF joined nine other organizations this week to support EPA’s efforts to undo a Trump-era rule that left millions of Americans at greater risk from dangerous air pollution and more severe climate change.

EDF Statement from Mandy Warner, Director of Climate and Clean Air Policy

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President for Political Affairs

EPA's announcement that it will reconsider strengthening protections against particle pollution is a vital step towards fulfilling the agency’s legal obligation.

Some Texas leaders and oil and gas industry advocates have for years promoted the idea that produced water — the wastewater generated through oil and gas development — has a role to play in meeting broad water needs in our state. However, the state has a limited understanding of the chemicals in this wastewater and …