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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities voted in favor of opening the application process for investment solicitations for offshore wind projects.

With Hurricane Florence threatening the Southeastern U.S., Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act on the lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

House Committee is considering a bill introduced by Cong. Graves which amends Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act to increase share of offshore oil and gas revenues to Gulf states.

Why aren’t more cities trying this brilliant water protection scheme?

EDF and Quantified Ventures investigate how environmental impact bonds can help make coastal communities more resilient to climate change.

Environmental impact bonds could help the state of Louisiana – and other coastal areas dealing with land loss and sea level rise – restore its rapidly disappearing coast faster, better and for less money, according to a new report by EDF and Quantified Ventures.

Fact sheet for EDF report on how environmental impact bonds can accelerate wetland restoration in Louisiana and beyond.

EDF and Quantified Ventures investigate how environmental impact bonds can help make coastal communities more resilient to climate change.

EDF Statement from Dan Grossman, National Director of State Programs, Oil & Gas

USDA, EDF and Southern Plains Land Trust generate and sell first listed grassland carbon credits.

EDF statement from David Kelly, Senior Manager, North Carolina Political Affairs

EDF statement from Dionne Delli-Gatti, Director, Southeast Clean Energy

EDF statement from Elizabeth B. Stein, Senior Manager, New York Clean Energy Law & Policy

A new EDF survey found that a vast majority of Floridians believe that access to clean and renewable energy for businesses and homes is critical for the future of the state and will help mitigate the effects of climate change.

Governor Announces Plan to Move Ahead with State Clean Air Protections

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, New Jersey Clean Energy

PSE&G will use technology from EDF and partners to find and reduce methane emissions from gas lines.

EDF and Kaiser Permanente combined block-by-block traffic-related air pollution data with electronic health records to show how location impacts health.

Today the Louisiana Legislature unanimously passed the FY19 Coastal Annual Plan, which will fund coastal restoration and protection projects in the state over the next fiscal year.

New drilling permits would not help reduce New Mexico’s methane hot spot or other harmful pollution

Louisiana's future coast will not be what it is today, but it will continue to exist, although on a smaller footprint. Letter to the editor by EDF's Natalie Peyronnin for The Washington Post.

California's SB 1088 includes unnecessary provisions that would severely limit Californians’ access to distributed energy resources, the very tools that can help the state more quickly and cheaply fight climate change – a large contributor to its fire risk.

A new study from the Western Regional Air Partnership finds methane emissions from New Mexico’s oil and gas facilities are higher than previous estimates.

Advocates Call on Albany to Cut Traffic Congestion, Lower Air Pollution, and Address Growing Health Concerns

With the right standards, Pennsylvania could reduce pollution by up to 60%