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EDF support letter for the SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019

With the US administration turning its back on the Paris Climate Agreement, demands for corporate climate leadership are mounting. At a time when executives should be filling the leadership gap, too many CEOs continue to be trapped by short-term, profit-only thinking.

Continued commitment to the Paris accord is critical — but it’s also only one part of what's needed to fill the climate leadership void, build the clean energy economy and remain “in.”

Behind each box is a complex chain of events that contribute to unhealthy air and a warming planet. As a consumer, you're part of the solution.

Instead of raising our fists in righteous indignation, we should be focused on these five big steps to fight climate change.

Colorado River Basin story map highlights importance of managing water below the ground

Under mounting pressure from stakeholders, CEOs have a huge opportunity to use their existing technology investments for both business and the planet.

Comment of Environmental Defense Fund and New Jersey Conservation Foundation on Docket No. GO19070846, In the Matter of the Exploration of Gas Capacity and Related Issues

After declining for several years, carbon dioxide pollution from U.S. power generation and industry ticked back up in 2018.

Once again, the EPA is caving to the chemical industry’s demands, and worker health is being left in the dust.

If you take care of fish, you’re taking care of a world where people and nature can prosper together. It is not too late to think this way. Believing we can make a difference is essential.

The push for clean energy must be supplemented by a suite of technologies known as carbon dioxide removal.

As the world’s attention turns to the climate, it’s clear that this year feels different. The passion has been turned up to 11.

Climate change is a hot topic for voters, but major news networks too often fail to talk about climate when they cover extreme weather.

If the U.S. drops out of the innovation race, we’ll be turning our backs on our most critical challenge: climate change.

With recent technological changes, could batteries become the new emergency power generators?

What thousands of student applications to EDF’s Climate Corps program say about the incoming workforce.

New York City will be the first urban area in the country to implement congestion pricing, a move that will raise billions for the city's ailing subway system.

The same tenacity that ushered in the digital age and put humans on the moon can build us a cleaner future.

The EPA is considering a rule change, even though we still lack science on what's in the wastewater and how to best treat it.

Pollutants like particulate matter affect our brains' ability to function well in the workplace, research shows.

Easily collected sensor data could have direct implications for methane reduction policies going forward.

Since taking office, the Trump administration has implemented the Lautenberg Act in a way that threatens the bipartisan achievement along with public health.

Today the United States House of Representatives passed a bipartisan compromise that provides much needed disaster relief for Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

EDF's Steve Schwartzman argues that the evidence does not support ProPublica's recent piece's conclusions about forest carbon crediting.