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By Adam Peltz and Elizabeth Lieberknecht  Recently, Louisiana, under the leadership of Gov. John Bel Edwards, became the latest state taking action to curb pollution and waste from oil and gas production. In a new proposal, the state says it will limit natural gas venting and flaring and attempt to reduce the risk of thousands …

By Nini Gu On Thursday, July 20th we saw a major shift in how methane emissions from oil and gas sources can be regulated, and to no one’s surprise it came from the nation’s leading state on this issue: Colorado. Methane is a potent, fast acting climate pollutant causing about a quarter of current global …

EDF Statement from Mandy Warner, Virginia Director

A new Biden administration proposal to restore and strengthen our core environmental law will help establish new clean energy around the country, protect communities, and address the climate crisis.

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) just released its global guidance on high-integrity carbon credits. These Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) could transform the voluntary carbon market for the better, but more work is needed to unlock its full potential to ensure carbon credits deliver true climate action.

Establishing a Chief Resilience Officer, a government position that is responsible for spearheading resilience coordination and bringing together stakeholders to build, develop and implement resilience strategies, helps leaders effectively plan at the state, county and municipal level and is a major step forward in protecting communities from future climate impacts. The post Why every state needs a Chief Resilience Officer first appeared on Growing Returns.

The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday advanced its markup of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies funding bill, which helps meet the nation’s climate goals, promote energy security and fund government agencies at the levels agreed to during the recent debt limit negotiations. This proposal protects our clean energy progress and shows how Congress can work in a bipartisan fashion to fund the government.

Statement of Ted Kelly, EDF Senior Attorney, Energy Markets and Regulation

It’s been exactly one year since nearly two dozen U.S. and Canadian states signed onto a roadmap to 100% zero-emission truck sales by 2050. While this was an important milestone, it was only intended to be the starting point. States were encouraged to build on these plans by developing localized versions that would meet their …

EDF statement from Nini Gu, Regulatory and Legislative Manager

Louisiana takes steps to reduce pollution and waste from oil and gas industry.

Governor Katie Hobbs announced that Arizona has joined the U.S. Climate Alliance.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Below the Blue, and Clean Water Action submitted a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan today, calling on the agency to investigate the uncontrolled release of lead into water or surface soil by more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom cables across the nation.

Oregon’s 2023 legislative session concluded with a wide-ranging drought package passing through the House and the Senate, enabling key investments necessary to building a water-secure future for Oregon’s communities and ecosystems.   The investments come at a critical moment as climate change is impacting water resources throughout Oregon. The vast majority of the state remains …

Statement from Fred Krupp, President and Marie Cabbia Hubatova, Director, Global Shipping at Environmental Defense Fund

By Michelle Allen, Manager, Community Engagement Recent high-profile chemical disasters in East Palestine, Ohio, and Deer Park, Texas, have highlighted the risks facing communities where the petrochemical industry operates, but not every spill or toxic pollution release makes headlines. By some counts, there is a chemical fire, explosion or release every other day in this …

Today, Assembly Member Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) will be sworn in as the next Speaker of the California Assembly.

Texas will create an interagency task force to evaluate infrastructure charging and capacity needs for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, a tremendous step forward in the state’s ongoing efforts to support the zero-emission vehicle industry. The taskforce is the result of a rider adopted in the state budget, which was signed into law earlier this month.

An estimated 9.2 million homes and buildings in the nation get their drinking water through a lead pipe, according to EPA’s April 2023 report. The agency estimated the number of lead service lines (LSLs) in each state to arrive at the country’s total.[1] Based on these estimates, each state was allocated a share of the …

In a flurry of last-minute negotiations, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Senate and Assembly have agreed to a major budget deal.

Statement on the release of the Voluntary Carbon Market Initiative (VCMI) Claims Code by Mandy Rambharos, Vice President of Global Climate Cooperation at Environmental Defense Fund

New York’s Landmark Congestion Pricing Program Receives Final Federal Approval

EDF, Allies Call on EPA to Strengthen Protections against Coal Plant Mercury and Toxic Air Pollution

Last week Governor Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) released a new analysis of groundwater in the Phoenix metro area. News broke around the country with headlines questioning the viability of future development in the region. But, what does this new analysis actually mean for Arizona? Let’s dive in.  What does this …

Fuel Production Stakeholders Call for Ambitious Shipping Decarbonization Policies