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How an energy entrepreneur is helping to light up the world Dan Schnitzer has been passionate about renewable energy since the eighth grade, when he discovered he could make clean fuel from apple peels using his grandma’s pressure cooker. Later, he learned that lack of access to energy is a trap that keeps people in …

En los últimos años, se han conseguido importantes avances en materia de políticas de incentivo a la reducción de la deforestación. En esta misma línea, se pueden citar varios ejemplos concretos de cómo esta estrategia se puede aplicar en el terreno que debe tenerse en cuenta a la hora de evaluar los posibles riesgos y beneficios de la iniciativa LEAF. 

Statement by Will McDow, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Environmental Defense Fund

EDF report focuses on groundwater conservation districts and the regulatory tools that are available to these districts to manage groundwater sustainably.

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

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

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Build Back Better Act later this month, a bill with an unprecedented $555 billion in climate and clean air investments that will drive the creation of clean energy and manufacturing jobs. And the economic potential of manufacturing trucks and buses is underscored by two recent …

EDF Guide to existing authorities and management tools for groundwater conservation districts and communities in Texas.

EDF demands the utility Spire Missouri and its affiliate, Spire STL Pipeline, immediately halt a misleading public relations campaign.

The UN climate talks at COP26 in Glasgow finally gave us a strong Paris Agreement rulebook for international cooperation through carbon markets.

Heavy-duty standards case resources for freight trailers.

Turning COP26 methane promises into action

Order Granting Cert Petitions, October 29, 2021

Westmoreland Mining Holdings Reply Brief, August 24, 2021

North American Coal Corp. Reply Brief, August 24, 2021

North Dakota Reply Brief, August 24, 2021

This piece was co-authored by Dr. Tianyi Sun, Climate Scientist, and Dr. Ilissa Ocko, Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund. As the international negotiations in Glasgow come to an end, we celebrate getting closer to the goal put forth by the 26th Conference of Parties — securing global net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century.

West Virginia et al. Reply Brief, August 24, 2021

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One of the biggest accomplishments from COP26 is the global consensus around the urgent need to reduce methane emissions. More than 100 countries representing more than two-thirds of the global economy promised to collectively reduce 30% of man-made methane emissions by 2030. The agreement follows recent analysis from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which …

For the first time, a UN body has defined a clear and robust standard for what constitutes sustainability for a mitigation action

More than 140 million workers in the U.S. prepare for their retirement through 401(k) investment plans. With nearly $8 trillion in assets under management, these plans are a crucial vehicle for employees to prepare for retirement. They also  offer tremendous potential for employees to  align their values with their investments.  The rapid growth of ESG …

Portuguese version of "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Carbon Credit: Indigenous peoples and incentives for forest protection"

The German Development Bank’s REDD Early Movers (REM) Program in Acre and Mato Grosso states illustrates how equitable and effective jurisdictional emissions reductions programs have worked, and model how they can work elsewhere.