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Petrochemical lobbyists are asking the Trump EPA to provide an exemption for “all sources” required to meet national limits on hazardous pollution.

Watch this TED Talk by EDF’s Dr. Daniel Zavala to learn how combining technology, data and policy is the fastest way to slow global warming today.

Solar and wind power jobs are not only the fastest growing jobs in the U.S., they also pay well. But their continued growth is under attack.

From a firefighting satellite to cleaner air in London, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate change fight. These are this month's good climate news stories.

Today Environmental Defense Fund joins the largest global climate action movement to mobilize small-to-medium sized enterprises.

This fact sheet outlines the benefits of the Lead and Copper Rule improvements and why Congress should protect Americans' health by voting to support HJ.Res.44.

The vast majority (84%!) of the business community is keeping to their climate commitments, or better yet, accelerating them.

Statement of EDF Senior Attorney Stephanie Jones

By Angie Farrag-Thibault and Natacha Stamatiou   A version of this blog ran as an op-ed in Bunkerspot.  The global shipping sector is grappling with ensuring fair, equitable outcomes as it transitions to a more sustainable future in the face of climate change. To reach a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 and reduce pollution from …

By Meagan L. Weisner Colorado is increasing air quality monitoring requirements, providing scientific researchers with more consistent data and empowering the communities near oil and gas production seeking information on the hazardous air pollutants that are being emitted.    Last month, Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission unanimously voted to update and improve air monitoring requirements …

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) joined North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today at a groundbreaking event to celebrate the progress of a new and significant natural infrastructure pilot project.   The post Celebrating the groundbreaking of a natural infrastructure project to combat flooding in North Carolina first appeared on Growing Returns.

India has seen a boom in electric rickshaws on the roads. Young entrepreneurs are building out a universal charging network as India's EV industry surges forward.

Today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it would not defend its climate risk disclosure rule in court.

In conversations with farmers in recent months, one word keeps coming up to describe their economic reality: “squeeze.” High farm input costs and loan interest rates are making it more expensive for farmers to grow crops. At the same time, low commodity prices mean they earn less money for the crops they grow. Farmers are …

EDF files FOIA request for all records related to the website.

Reaching global methane goals requires national oil companies to slash methane emissions. The finance sector can unlock progress.

Residents of Boxtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Memphis, have long battled industrial threats to their air and drinking water. The latest comes from a supercomputer called Colossus, built by Elon Musk’s company xAI.  

As India’s CCTS evolves, businesses have an important opportunity to integrate carbon markets into their corporate strategy.

As India’s CCTS evolves, businesses have an important opportunity to integrate carbon markets into their corporate strategy.

Spanish translation below. This blog was authored by Francisco Pinto and Rodrigo Bórquez, economists of the Climate Action Teams (CAT) initiative, and by Environmental Defense Fund economist Luis Fernández Intriago. A collaboration between energy modelers and the Dominican Republic government explores innovative ways to finance decarbonization. EDF is working with a group of energy modelers …

Today, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation proposed rules for its Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

Lawsuit Follows FOIA Requests to Department of Interior, NOAA, CEQ

Measuring soil carbon accurately is essential for ensuring confidence in large-scale efforts to improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support initiatives like carbon credit programs. But determining how much organic carbon is stored in soil from decomposed plants can be a challenge, leading to a well-known problem: different soil testing labs can give …

  This post was co-authored by David Cordero-Heredia, Professor of Law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, and Visiting Scholar for Cornell University’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies program, and Santiago Garcia Lloré, Acting Director Forest Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund  Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation (IPLVI) are communities that have chosen to avoid …

The Trump EPA is delaying deadlines under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.