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New Mexico methane waste report
November 9, 2017A report based on recent scientific breakthroughs in methane quantification finds that emissions of methane are drastically higher than state reports.More on:
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5 reasons Election Day 2017 was a win for climate action
November 9, 2017A year after Donald Trump won the presidency, the electoral backlash has arrived – and it’s good news for the environment. -
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New Report Gives First Ever Statewide Look at Methane Waste Problem in New Mexico
November 9, 2017 | Jon Goldstein, Associate Vice President, Energy TransitionEDF scientific analysis offers insights into New Mexico's methane waste problemMore on:
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EPA Proposes to Reopen Loophole for Super-Polluting Trucks
November 9, 2017 | Martha Roberts, Senior Attorney, U.S. Climate Legal and Regulatory ProgramEPA proposes to reopen a loophole to the Clean Trucks Standards that will allow more old, dirty, polluting trucks on our roads -
Industry Lawyer William Wehrum is Confirmed to Lead EPA Office of Air and Radiation
November 9, 2017 | Tomás Carbonell, Senior Counsel and Director for Regulatory PolicySenate confirms Industry Lawyer William Wehrum to Lead EPA Office of Air and Radiation -
D.C. Circuit Rejects Trump Administration Request to Indefinitely Delay Clean Power Plan Litigation
November 9, 2017 | Tomás Carbonell, Senior Counsel and Director for Regulatory PolicyD.C. Circuit Rejects Trump Administration Request to Indefinitely Delay Clean Power Plan Litigation -
Nevada, Kinross Gold mark major milestone for sage-grouse
November 8, 2017 | Eric Holst, Associate Vice President, Natural Climate SolutionsStatement of Eric Holst, Associate Vice President of Working Lands, Environmental Defense Fund -
Interior Department takes aim at key environmental mitigation policy. Here's what's at stake.
November 7, 2017The latest assault on the environment comes as the agency seeks to facilitate energy development in ecologically sensitive areas on public and private land. -
Leading chefs from across the United States unite to send message to Congress
November 7, 2017 | Matt Tinning, Associate Vice President, OceansA group of more than 150 chefs, restaurant owners and seafood dealers from across the United States sent a joint letter to Congress today voicing concerns about legislation that would thre -
EDF Helps Defend Illinois’ Clean Energy Future in Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
November 6, 2017 | Michael Panfil, Senior Director and Lead Counsel of Climate Risk & Clean Powerwe file amicus brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Illinois Emergy Case -
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Brazil’s Amazon Hydroelectrics in the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): Defrauding Investors, Cheating the Atmosphere?
November 6, 2017A report from EDF and partners looking at Clean Development Mechanism projects in Brazil finds extensive environmental and financial integrity concerns. -
EPA's science is under attack: What you need to know
November 3, 2017For the first time in modern history, the United States has a government that rejects settled science and claims that evidence doesn’t matter. -
Reversing net benefit standards for mitigation will bring species “closer to the brink”
November 3, 2017 | Eric Holst, Associate Vice President, Natural Climate SolutionsStatement of Eric Holst, Associate Vice President of Working Lands, Environmental Defense Fund -
Pruitt’s Announcement of a Single Public Hearing on Proposed Repeal of Clean Power Plan Violates Law and Shows a Closed Mind on the Issue
November 3, 2017 | Tomás Carbonell, Senior Counsel and Director for Regulatory PolicyEPA announces only one public hearing in West Virginia for proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan -
Climate Science Special Report Shows the Severity of the Threat from Climate Change
November 3, 2017 | Scott Weaver, Senior Climate ScientistCSSR report released showing severity of climate change -
China Takes Major Step toward Setting up National Carbon Trading Program
November 2, 2017The Chinese government today picked the entities that will lead two key systems of its forthcoming national carbon market. -
EPA Moves to Delay New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Gas Based on Legal Theories of the American Petroleum Institute
November 2, 2017 | Matt Watson, Vice President, Energy TransitionEPA Moves to Delay New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Gas based on legal theories of the American Petroleum Institute -
We already know which grid fixes can keep lights on during bad storms. Here are 3.
November 1, 2017By modernizing our electric grid we make it more reliable and clean. -
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Pruitt's playbook: Target EPA and hire polluters
November 1, 2017See how the EPA chief is leading the Trump administration’s assault on public health. -
EDF, Google Use Special Mapping Cars to Help Alabama’s Top Gas Utility Identify and Measure Leaks from Birmingham Natural Gas System
November 1, 2017Methane sniffers attached to Google's streetview cars detect methane leaking from pipelines under the streets of Birmingham -
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What scares Americans the most?
October 31, 2017For the first time since this survey began, four of our top 10 fears have to do with the planet. -
EPA’s Scott Pruitt Attacks Scientific Integrity, Puts American Families’ Health in Danger
October 31, 2017 | Steven Hamburg, Senior Vice President, Chief ScientistEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt launched two major attacks at the agency’s foundation of sound science. -
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Birmingham: Snapshot of natural gas leaks under city streets
October 31, 2017Our readings indicated an average of about one leak for every two miles we drove within the study areas.More on:
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Court Grants Trailer Industry Request to Stay EPA’s Aerodynamic and Other Improvements for Freight Trailers
October 27, 2017 | Vickie Patton, General CounselCourt Grants Trailer Industry Request to Stay EPA’s Aerodynamic and Other Improvements for Freight Trailers -
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DOE's coal bailout plan could cost American business billions
October 26, 2017Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal flies in the face of a competitive energy market that has sustained our economy for decades.