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Today Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) re-introduced the Tradable Performance Standard Act, a bill that will significantly cut carbon pollution in the electric and industrial sectors.

A new poll released today by Black Millennials for Flint, BlueGreen Alliance, and Environmental Defense Fund reveals voters strongly support funding the replacement of lead pipes in water systems across the country.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 10, 2021

Today, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced an ambitious bill that would significantly cut climate pollution across the economy while investing in mitigation, adaptation and the economic well-being of communities across the country.

NC's Clean Energy Plan analysis shows RGGI as critical to ensure pollution reduction targets while keeping energy costs low and investing in communities.

Researchers found that counties with higher soil organic matter are associated with greater yields, lower yield losses and lower rates of crop insurance payouts under drought conditions. The post Study shows healthy soils protect corn yields and lower crop insurance payouts first appeared on Growing Returns.

By Toby Short, Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs. My father and grandparents worked in the textile mills in North Carolina. When those mills closed, the once vibrant towns that housed the mills began to shut down as well.

With primary school children returning to classrooms this week, EDF research warns that thousands of children are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution because their schools are located close to a major road.

By Larissa Koehler Every pre-COVID school day, approximately 480,000 school buses carry more than 25 million children to school across the United States. Most of them run on diesel fuel and spew pollution that causes cancer, triggers asthma attacks and makes climate change worse. Indeed, of the over 40,000 school buses registered in the U.S.

This blog post was authored by Pedro Piris-Cabezas, Director of Sustainable International Transport & Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund, and Anna Stratton, Consultant This month, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nation’s aviation agency, is holding its 222nd Council meeting. On the agenda: an opportunity for ICAO Council to signal its commitment …

New report by EDF finds that air pollution standards that ensure all heavy-duty trucks and buses sold for community use are zero-emitting by 2040.

International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization encouraging adoption of the Sustainability Criteria for CORSIA Eligible Fuels.

The pace of vehicle electrification continues to pick up steam. The latest company to make a big splash is FedEx — the delivery behemoth with more than 80,000 vehicles in its fleet. The company announced its pickup and delivery fleet will include only zero-emission vehicles by 2040. This is an important step forward, not just …

Three brilliant young environmental leaders - a litigator, an entrepreneur, and an advocate - discuss Gen Z’s impact in the 2020 elections and beyond.

Here are three key takeaways from how the Hays Trinity district is proactively managing groundwater to protect its long-term viability and landowners’ rights to groundwater. The post 3 lessons from a Texas groundwater district on managing during drought first appeared on Growing Returns.

This blog post was co-authored with Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President for Climate at EDF. Now that the United States is officially back in the Paris Agreement, after four years of climate inaction and denial, all eyes are on the Biden administration to see whether it will meet the moment by putting forward a new emissions …

Since the U.S. is back in the Paris Agreement, all eyes are on the Biden administration to see if it will put forward a new emissions reduction commitment.

To restore American leadership in the climate crisis, the Biden administration must put forward a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

A range of analyses show that a bold new commitment to the Paris Agreement that cuts emissions at least 50% by 2030 can be met, putting the country on a path to net zero.

This EDF report demonstrates how a bold 50% emissions reduction is achievable through multiple policy pathways – and that charting an ambitious path on climate is essential for growing a strong, clean U.S. economy.

On February 19, the U.S. officially reentered the Paris Agreement after being on the sidelines for four years. Even with the federal government beginning to restore and strengthen climate leadership, states still have a critical role to play in putting climate action points on the board. Oregon’s recently launched Climate Protection Program has the potential …

Today House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairs Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced an updated version of the CLEAN Future Act.

By Melissa Mahoney and Shems Jud With fisheries providing livelihoods, income and nutrition for hundreds of millions of people around the world, finding ways to preserve them is always essential. Yet in many countries, fisheries management hasn’t caught up with the digital world we live in today. Electronic fisheries monitoring and other applications of cutting-edge …

On January 27, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order that included a commitment to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050.

The Washington Legislature has just advanced ambitious climate policy that would make the state the second in the nation to place an enforceable, declining limit on climate pollution from the largest-emitting sectors of its economy.