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Press release
Appeals Court Affirms California’s Longstanding Authority to Set Clean Vehicle Standards
April 9, 2024The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected challenges that sought to overturn California’s long-established authority under the Clean Air Act to set its own protective standards for pollution from new cars and trucks.More on:
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Press release
EPA Takes Important Action to Cut Petrochemical Pollution and Protect Public Health
April 9, 2024 | Dionne Delli-Gatti, Associate Vice President, Community EngagementToday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced stronger rules to limit toxic pollution from petrochemical plants. The new rules include vital measures to protect the health and safety of communities on the fenceline of this pollution.More on:
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Blog post
Strategic Roadmaps for SBTi Forest, Land, & Agriculture Targets
April 8, 2024 | Katie Anderson, Senior Director, Business, Food and ForestsIn this must-read guide, Environmental Defense Fund and Deloitte equip food companies with actionable guidance to more strategically advance ambitious climate targets aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi) guidance.More on:
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Blog post
Climate Action Explained: A Must-Have Guide to Reducing Food Emissions
April 8, 2024 | Katie Anderson, Senior Director, Business, Food and ForestsPathways for six key commodities aligned with SBTi FLAG guidance for food companies to more strategically work toward climate targets.More on:
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Report
Strategic roadmaps for SBTi forest, land, & agriculture targets: Prioritizing action for impact
April 8, 2024Report from EDF and Deloitte examines the role of key greenhouse gases, identifies primary drivers of emissions, and recommends potential abatement solutions for six primary Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG commodities – beef, dairy, chicken, corn, soy, and wheat in an effort to help companies develop plans to work towards achieving the target reductions.More on:
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Op-ed
From smokestacks to tailpipes: The all-out effort to cut air pollution in neighborhoods across the country
April 7, 2024 | Tonya Howard Calhoun, PhD , Director, Community EngagementNearly two years ago, the U.S. secured historic investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS and Science Act. This clean energy plan supports all the hard work being done to strengthen technology and pollution standards to advance environmental justice and health equity at all levels. It takes everyone, individuals, our elected leaders, industry and all levers of government protections to address these challenges meaningfully.More on:
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Press release
New How-to Guide from Environmental Defense Fund and Deloitte Empowers Food Companies to Accelerate Climate Progress Through Strategic Commodity Pathways
April 5, 2024New guide provides invaluable insights for food companies seeking a more strategic approach to drive climate impact.More on:
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Article
Is your neighborhood a toxic chemical hot spot? This new map can tell you.
April 4, 2024A new interactive map can help you identify potential chemical exposures in your neighborhood.More on:
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Collection
Advancing flood resilience: Blog posts by EDF experts
April 4, 2024This collection of blog posts by EDF experts on flood resilience is featured in EDF’s Growing Returns blog, which focuses on building resilient land and water systems that allow people and nature to prosper in a changing climate. -
Toolkit
Toolkit for local climate action
April 4, 2024Developed in partnership with the African American Mayors Association (AAMA) and Elemental Accelerator, the Toolkit for Local Climate Action is a roadmap for developing robust climate action plans and seizing funding opportunities to address critical infrastructure and economic needs.More on:
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Press release
New Agriculture Finance Sustainability Coalition partners with multi-billion dollar awardee of the EPA’s National Clean Investment Fund
April 4, 2024The Agriculture Finance Sustainability Coalition, a new partnership between agriculture, environmental groups and financial institutions, supported a significant awardee of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's $14-billion National Clean Investment Fund. Climate United secured $6.97 billion, which it will use to mobilize financing and private capital and accelerate market activity to combat the climate crisis.More on:
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Article
Climate change and your mental health
April 3, 2024From PTSD to anxiety and grief, climate change is taking a toll on people’s mental health. Here’s an expert take on this growing crisis, and tips on how to cope.More on:
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Overview
Building resilience along coasts and watersheds
April 3, 2024Climate change is making flooding from rivers, rain and the ocean more destructive. We’re bringing natural flooding solutions to communities along the East and Gulf coasts of the U.S., the Mississippi River area and the Caribbean. -
Blog post
Cómo la reutilización de tierras está comenzando a transformar comunidades y ecosistemas vulnerables en California
April 2, 2024[View the English version of this post] La próxima vez que te encuentres buscando direcciones en tu teléfono móvil, mueve el mapa hacia el centro de California y haz zoom. Activa la capa de satélite. Lo que verás es un desconcertante mosaico. Un inmenso tablero de ajedrez marrón y verde, dividido en rectángulos, cortado por … -
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Here’s how land repurposing is beginning to transform strained communities and ecosystems in California
April 2, 2024 | Anna Schiller, Program Manager, Climate Resilient Water SystemsNext time you find yourself looking up driving directions on your phone, scroll over to central California and zoom out a bit. Turn on the satellite layer. What you’ll see is a mindboggling patchwork. A massive brown and green checkerboard, cut up in rectangles, sliced by highways, besieged by a ring of arid foothills. This …More on:
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Blog post
It’s Time to Uncover the Mysteries of Blue Carbon
April 2, 2024 | Rod Fujita, Associate Vice President, Research & Development, Lead Senior Scientist IIBy Rod Fujita and Kristin Kleisner To mitigate climate change, sea level rise, and other environmental problems, some experts are looking to nature-based solutions. But which solutions are the most impactful when it comes to sequestering carbon? And what do we still need to learn to improve our scientific understanding of nature-based solutions? We co-authored …More on:
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Press release
Colorado River Basin Groups Advocate for Environmental and Resilience Priorities in Proposal to Bureau of Reclamation
March 29, 2024 | Kevin Moran, Associate Vice President, Regional AffairsToday, a coalition of conservation groups across the Colorado River Basin jointly submitted the Cooperative Conservation Alternative to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to protect the nation’s most endangered river after current management guidelines expire in 2026. Recognizing the essential role that natural systems play in supporting the Basin, the Alternative proposes a comprehensive set of operational activities to help maintain the integrity of Basin ecosystems, while working to support resilient communities, Tribal nations, businesses and agriculture.More on:
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Press release
EPA Unveils Clean Truck Standards
March 29, 2024 | Amanda Leland, Executive DirectorStatement of EDF Executive Director Amanda LelandMore on:
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Press release
EPA Clean Truck Standards Are the Next Step to a Clean Transportation Future
March 29, 2024 | Amanda Leland, Executive DirectorThe Environmental Protection Agency today finalized standards that will slash climate and smog-forming pollution from new heavy-duty vehicles like freight trucks, garbage trucks, and school buses in model years 2027 through 2032.More on:
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Blog post
The Meaning of PR100 for the communities of Puerto Rico
March 28, 2024 | Abimarie Otaño Cruz, Senior Manager, Energy TransitionBy Abimarie Otaño Cruz The results of the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) contain an important conclusion: “Puerto Rico can make a feasible transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050, but significant improvements and investments in the system, guided by meaningful community participation, are necessary to achieve this.” …More on:
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Blog post
Governor Inslee moves Washington state one step closer to linking carbon market with California and Quebec
March 28, 2024 | Caroline Jones, Senior Analyst, U.S. ClimateToday, the state of Washington took a big step toward linking its cap-and-invest program with the carbon markets in California and Quebec, a move that could boost climate action and create a more stable, more predictable market for all. Governor Inslee signed E2SB 6058 into law, which will further align Washington’s program with the joint …More on:
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Blog post
How Economists Can Leverage MethaneSAT Data for Climate Action
March 28, 2024 | Lauren Beatty, High Meadows Postdoctoral Economics FellowThis blog was co-authored by Maureen Lackner (Senior Manager of Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund) and Lauren Beatty (High Meadows Postdoctoral Economics Fellow, Environmental Defense Fund). Climate change is a pressing issue, partly fueled by methane: a greenhouse gas responsible for about 30% of today’s global warming. Reducing methane emissions will slow down …More on:
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Press release
Joe Lieberman’s Voice on Climate Action Will Be Missed
March 28, 2024 | Fred Krupp, PresidentStatement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 28, 2024More on:
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Overview
Our cutting-edge science is guiding global action to cut methane
March 28, 2024Methane is a potent climate pollutant. To help speed reductions, EDF scientists have conducted extensive research on methane and its impact on the climate.More on:
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Overview
Helping the world get hydrogen right
March 28, 2024For hydrogen to be an effective climate solution, we must produce it cleanly and use it wisely. EDF is helping make sure hydrogen infrastructure is built the right way, benefiting the climate, communities and people’s health. We’re working to prevent leaks and raising awareness that the best uses of hydrogen are in places where clean electricity from renewable sources can’t do the job alone.