On today’s episode, Simone and Jacques are joined by Jasmine Brown, Public Policy Manager for Greater New Orleans Inc. Jasmine discusses the work her organization is doing, through its Coalition for Coastal Resilience and Economy (CCRE) and beyond, to advance coastal restoration in our region to protect people and the economy, as well as to create jobs and economic growth.  Learn more about GNO Inc.’s work and CCRE at https://gnoinc.org/business-climate/coastal-restoration/.   Listen Now:

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EDF and Legal & General Investment Management America have announced a partnership to raise the bar for climate leadership.

This new collaboration is the first of its kind between a leading environmental nonprofit and a global asset management firm. Today's announcement builds on the momentum of a historic proxy season and a rapidly evolving landscape.

By Jason Mathers and Ellen Bell Truck fleets across the country are enthusiastically embracing the emergence of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This is the main finding of a new EDF analysis of public announcements and known deployments of leading fleets. EDF found nearly 500 existing electric deployments and pledges to deploy nearly 300 times […]

By Jason Mathers and Ellen Bell Truck fleets across the country are enthusiastically embracing the emergence of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This is the main finding of a new EDF analysis of public announcements and known deployments of leading fleets. EDF found nearly 500 existing electric deployments and pledges to deploy nearly 300 times […]

With a record drought depleting rivers and reservoirs, wildfires burning across the Western U.S., historic floods in Germany and China, landslides in Japan, and my own notoriously wet and dreary hometown of Portland, Oregon hitting 115 degrees recently, it’s hard to avoid thinking about climate change. But while the terrestrial impacts are wide-ranging and obvious, […]

U.S. Must Do More to Eliminate Tailpipe Pollution from Cars, Trucks and SUVs

Every community should live free of the burden of harmful air pollution.

Guidelines for high-quality credits are essential, and the stakes for climate change and farmers are extremely high.

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Guidelines for high-quality credits are essential, and the stakes for climate change and farmers are extremely high.

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Today, Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Ed Case (D-Hawaii) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act. The bill reauthorizes and strengthens the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, or MSA — the nation’s primary statute governing the management of U.S. fisheries in federal marine waters.

EDF's review of credit protocols found inconsistencies with measurement, reporting and verification of net climate impact.

Interim guidance released this week by the Biden-Harris Administration is a necessary start to centering environmental justice in all federal government policies and plans.

New recommendations for how insurance can address climate risk — including supporting nature-based climate solutions and building community resilience.

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New recommendations for how insurance can address climate risk — including supporting nature-based climate solutions and building community resilience.

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