New Jersey State legislators today introduced a bill that requires warehouses, ports and other high-traffic facilities to take necessary steps to reduce health-harming pollution.

Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter on the $10 billion climate bond agreement reached by lawmakers, which must be passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Newsom by Wednesday to appear on the November ballot — June 30, 2024

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently released a draft equivalency agreement for oil and gas methane emissions in British Columbia. Intended to ensure provincial methane regulations meet comparable emissions reduction goals as federal regulations, equivalency agreements are a way for provincial and federal regulators to prevent redundancy while improving overall effectiveness.

By Braulio A. Quintero Seven years after hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico in 2017, the island continues to struggle with a deficient electrical power infrastructure. Power outages are common, the price of electricity continues to increase and the reconstruction of the power grid is not happening fast enough. Power outages affect […]

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Written by Alexandra Zissu

John Darnton, best-selling novelist and a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, blends his two genres in a new book, Burning Sky. It’s climate fiction rooted firmly in nonfiction—a story involving three generations of one family confronting the terrifying challenge of global warming.

Statement from Vickie Patton, General Counsel for Environmental Defense Fund

  By Grace Smith and Elizabeth Lieberknecht The Biden administration just made another major investment in a cleaner, safer energy future for all Americans. On Friday, EPA and the Department of Energy announced applications are open for $850 million in funding to monitor and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.   The funding […]

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit late Wednesday rejected an emergency stay that would have delayed critical parts of an Environmental Protection Agency action to reduce cancer-causing pollution—in particular, the highly carcinogenic pollutant chloroprene.

Written by Dominique Browning

Wind blows pollution across the country and doesn’t stop at state lines. This is exactly why we need EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule—a rule that protects downwind states from upwind industrial air pollution. But today the Supreme Court issued a ruling to pause implementation of this rule.

A divided 5-to-4 Supreme Court today granted pre-judgment stay applications to block a critically important Environmental Protection Agency rule aimed at reducing interstate smog pollution and improving public health.

In EDF’s new guide for food companies engaging their farmers on dairy methane solutions, we walk through how to get started with new manure management systems.

Court Ruling Puts Millions of People at Risk from Potentially Deadly Air Pollution

Written by Emily Pickett

Tonight, as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump take the debate stage, Moms will be tuning in to hear how each candidate responds to questions about our swiftly changing climate. The stakes could not be higher.

Statement from Andy Darrell, Senior Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund

Written by Rachel Meyer

Along the Ohio River in northern West Virginia, the city of Follansbee is at a crossroads. After almost 100 years, a highly polluting plant that heated coal to produce a hotter burning fuel known as coke closed in 2020. Now an “advanced recycling” facility is knocking at the door.

Written by Sarah McBride

Read the latest news from Moms Clean Air Force staff and members in Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, and Vermont.

Analysis of a new jurisdictional REDD+ pricing guide for tropical forests nations by Environmental Defense Fund.

Is aquaculture sustainable? As with so many important questions, the inevitable—often infuriating—answer is, “it depends.”   As the U.S. looks to expand into open ocean aquaculture (usually between 3 and 200 nautical miles off the coast), we have the opportunity to get things right from the start. We can create diverse local jobs, build a more […]

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NEW ORLEANS (June 25, 2024) — This weekend, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law several key budget bills passed by the Legislature during its 2024 Regular Session. While the Legislature directed over $1 billion to one-time projects, only $10 million was allocated to the Coastal Trust Fund to support the implementation of the science-based Coastal Master Plan. Restore the Mississippi River Delta remains concerned about recent changes in the coastal program, particularly this decrease in Legislative funding for priority ...

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NEW ORLEANS (June 25, 2024) — This weekend, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law several key budget bills passed by the Legislature during its 2024 Regular Session. While the Legislature directed over $1 billion to one-time projects, only $10 million was allocated to the Coastal Trust Fund to support the implementation of the science-based Coastal Master Plan. Restore the Mississippi River Delta remains concerned about recent changes in the coastal program, particularly this decrease in Legislative funding for priority ...

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