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Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

The newly established Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) represents more than just another funding mechanism – it’s an opportunity to reimagine how climate finance can work better for countries already experiencing the extreme impacts of climate change.   As the Fund prepares for its “start-up phase” in 2025, it has the potential to …

Environmental Defense Fund is calling on electric utilities in Illinois to draw on the model for several upcoming electric utility planning dockets.

Russell Vought is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget. He has plans to greatly expand the powers of the president, detailed, in his own words, in Project 2025 and beyond. 

From clean energy expansions to a major electoral victory, here are five big environmental wins in 2024 to give you hope.

National oil companies dominate industry methane emissions; enlisting them to clean up requires understanding the governments that manage them.

Paasha Mahdavi and Andrew Howell explore why reducing methane emissions from oil and gas in the global south is often seen as “low hanging fruit.”

Report prepared for EDF reviews four broad levers that can be used to achieve deep and sustained methane reductions by NOCs.

The dairy sector plays a vital role in India's economy, serving as a key driver of rural livelihoods and agricultural growth.

Statement from Andy Darrell, Senior Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund

Today, the Biden administration announced a new emissions target under the Paris Agreement, called a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

The Regenerative Agriculture Finance Program, also known as RAF, was launched in January 2022 by Farmers Business Network in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund. The pilot year of the RAF program included 48 corn, wheat and soybean farmers seeking access to lower interest rates on operating loans by achieving standards for soil health and nitrogen …

With budget reconciliation looming, it is critical that companies advocate to Members of Congress on the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act to their businesses and investments.

The recent US election marks a shift in government and new approaches to climate policy.

The Regenerative Agriculture Finance Program, also known as RAF, was launched in January 2022 by Farmers Business Network in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund.

In a new video, Lauren Johnson explains how companies can integrate a just transition into corporate sustainability work.

Nitrous oxide might not make the news like carbon dioxide, but it’s a powerful hidden force behind the extreme, climate-driven weather we’re experiencing. This super-pollutant is the third most significant greenhouse gas, with a warming impact almost 300 times greater than carbon dioxide. Lowering it is essential for avoiding the most dangerous climate impacts. The …

Standards Will Reduce Pollution from New Gas-Powered Cars and Trucks

Department of Energy Study On Environmental and Economic Impacts of U.S. Natural Gas Exports Shows Urgent Need to Cut Methane Pollution

Follow our Climate Corps fellow’s green jobs journey and how they helped Chubb develop their new Agriculture Resource Hub.

New Environmental Defense Fund analysis of climate-smart investments in U.S. row crops unearths strategic opportunities for the private sector to accelerate climate action and future-proof agricultural supply chains.

In negotiating the continuing resolution, policymakers excluded solutions to ease clean energy permitting and strengthen the electric grid that were in the

Case study to better understand the financial, soil and animal health impacts of regenerative agriculture practices on Native farming and ranching operations.

Global leaders made progress this year, but urgent work remains to ensure farmers, fishers and ranchers can feed a growing population on a changing planet. The post Four takeaways from a year of global action on food, agriculture and climate first appeared on Growing Returns.