EDF lauds yesterday’s announcement that California’s State Water Resources Control Board appointed Jay Ziegler as the new Delta Watermaster. Previously, Ziegler was the external affairs and policy director for the California Office of The Nature Conservancy and now succeeds Michael George, who held the Watermaster position for two four-year terms.

The extremely wet spring of 2019 caused 14.2 million acres of cropland to go unplanted in the Midwest. Farmers across the region had flooded fields that kept them from getting equipment onto the fields to plant their crops. This resulted in over $4 billion of prevent-plant crop insurance claims, which assists farmers when weather conditions […]

The extremely wet spring of 2019 caused 14.2 million acres of cropland to go unplanted in the Midwest. Farmers across the region had flooded fields that kept them from getting equipment onto the fields to plant their crops. This resulted in over $4 billion of prevent-plant crop insurance claims, which assists farmers when weather conditions […]

The post New analysis shows cover crops and no-till reduce crop insurance claims first appeared on Growing Returns.

The extremely wet spring of 2019 caused 14.2 million acres of cropland to go unplanted in the Midwest. Farmers across the region had flooded fields that kept them from getting equipment onto the fields to plant their crops. This resulted in over $4 billion of prevent-plant crop insurance claims, which assists farmers when weather conditions […]

The post New analysis shows cover crops and no-till reduce crop insurance claims first appeared on Growing Returns.

Written by Dominique Browning

Plastic is not a biofuel. So why is EPA inserted waste plastic into a program designed to fast-track the production of renewable fuels from plants, algae, and other biological sources.

Written by Almeta Cooper

Women of color and women of faith know that climate change negatively impacts our families. We've joined together to co-author an open letter calling for climate justice.

New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters examines the effectiveness of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Community Rating System (CRS). Authored by researchers from Environmental Defense Fund and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis, the study examines how the program has effectively reduced flood damages, where the program could be improved upon, and what lessons it holds for similar programs.

New EDF research offers insights and opportunities for strengthening the integrity of California's temperate forest carbon credits by accounting for differences in forests' geography and tree species composition.

EDF statement from Pam Kiely, Associate Vice President, U.S. Climate 

This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist, Carolyn Kousky. Facing $150 billion annually in direct costs from climate-related disasters, the current system of disaster recovery in the U.S. is failing many families and communities. Most households struggle with timely access to sufficient financial support for the wide-ranging expenses disasters impose. And without adequate […]

Juan Pablo Hoffmaister to lead international advocacy and climate adaptation finance work

The IPCC’s last report is unequivocal: deep, rapid, and sustained reductions in GHG emissions are needed to limit catastrophic impacts of climate change.

The following statement was issued by Eric Schwaab, Senior Vice President of People and Nature at Environmental Defense Fund, in response to the recent decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down the regulation governing the electronic monitoring program used by for-hire fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico.