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The Colorado House of Representatives sent an amended a legislation that establishes an enhanced framework for improving environmental justice in Colorado.

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

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

ExxonMobil shareholders voted for climate and the clean energy transition, shaking up the board. It’s clear: Investors are prioritizing climate action.

Sen. Ron Wyden’s Clean Energy for America Act cleared the Senate Finance Committee. Here are the highlights from the bill.

ExxonMobil faces an investor vote to replace up to four board members who could help accelerate a much-needed transition toward a clean energy future.

This post was co-authored by Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager, U.S. Climate at EDF Washington state just officially became the country’s frontrunner on climate action. On Monday, Governor Inslee signed a landmark cap-and-invest bill, called the Climate Commitment Act, which sets the most ambitious limit on climate pollution of any state in the nation. The …

EDF fact sheet on Washington's cap-and-invest law.

The vision for America laid out in this resolution is transformative--by investing in electrification now the U.S. can cut climate pollution and build a world class economy and workforce for the 21st century.

Statement by EDF President Fred Krupp

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan to implement final standards that will protect millions of Americans from the toxic and climate-damaging pollution.

Without action, we may face 7ºF of warming with catastrophic consequences for health, coastal communities, food, ecosystems and more. Where do the climate pollutants come from? What do we need to do? And how is EDF helping accomplish the solutions?

In all the years I’ve been studying the ocean, whales have provided some of my fondest memories. I remember those humpbacks singing to each other off Maui; the baby gray whale I saw rolling around in the surf near Bodega Bay; and the blue whales that left me awestruck during trips to the Channel Islands.

By: Sindy Benavides, CEO of LULAC, and Esther Sosa, Project Manager at EDF In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in nearly every aspect of life, illustrating the frustrating reality that today, national crises affect everyone but do not impact everyone equally. Similarly, climate change poses a more devastating threat to Latino families. Threats …

Market Choice Act will reduce climate pollution and invest in infrastructure

Amanda Leland, EDF’s executive vice president, talks about why Mother’s Day is a good time to raise kids' awareness about climate change and how to do it.

We can power up the economy with millions of new jobs and reduce air and climate pollution by building more clean trucks, buses, cars and clean energy.

Guided by science, USDA can help harness the power of farms and forests to build climate resilience for all. The post Top 5 priorities for USDA to support climate-smart farms and forests first appeared on Growing Returns.

The Trillion Trees and National Carbon Storage Act, introduced by a bipartisan coalition of senators, would help the U.S. maximize carbon storage and measure impact.

This is the second in a series of papers that Environmental Defense Fund and ENGIE Impact have developed to chart a path for voluntary carbon markets in the post-2020 world. This paper focuses on the growth in the voluntary carbon market and factors that may affect the market.

This is the first in a series of papers that EDF and ENGIE Impact are developing to chart a path for voluntary carbon markets in the post-2020 world. This paper presents a simple summary of the science of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global climate change.

EDF responds to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's request for public input on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy.

"Our lawmakers should work together to provide all Americans with cleaner, healthier air" statement of Vickie Patton, General Counsel for EDF.

New analysis from EDF highlights the benefit of swift action on a potent greenhouse gas and underscores dangers if solutions are slow or delayed.

The LEAF coalition is driving progress at the speed and scale that the climate crisis demands by investing to protect tropical forests.