In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Laura, we sit down with Chip Kline, Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities and Chairman of the CPRA Board. Chip talks about the work CPRA is doing to protect the people who call South Louisiana home, what it’s like in Louisiana’s Emergency Center, what he saw when he toured southwest Louisiana, the importance of coastal restoration in the face of future storms and more.  Please consider helping those affected by ...

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In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Laura, we sit down with Chip Kline, Executive Assistant to the Governor for Coastal Activities and Chairman of the CPRA Board. Chip talks about the work CPRA is doing to protect the people who call South Louisiana home, what it’s like in Louisiana’s Emergency Center, what he saw when he toured southwest Louisiana, the importance of coastal restoration in the face of future storms and more.  Please consider helping those affected by ...

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This week we sit down with two guests to reflect on where we’ve come in the years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. First we talk to Sidney Coffee, who headed the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities in 2005 at the time of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She would go on to be the first chair of the CPRA and has been instrumental in shaping that agency, the Coastal Master Plan, and coastal restoration in Louisiana. Next we welcome Arthur Johnson ...

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This week we sit down with two guests to reflect on where we’ve come in the years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. First we talk to Sidney Coffee, who headed the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities in 2005 at the time of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She would go on to be the first chair of the CPRA and has been instrumental in shaping that agency, the Coastal Master Plan, and coastal restoration in Louisiana. Next we welcome Arthur Johnson ...

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This post originally appeared on EDF Voices.  Maria Harris is an Environmental Epidemiologist. If the risks, hardships and anxiety of life during a pandemic were not enough, my fellow northern Californians are now facing another health crisis. As I write this, hundreds of wildfires are burning across the state, among them two of the largest ever […]

Air pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world. In the U.S. almost half of all people live in communities with unhealthy levels of air pollution. More than 20,000 Americans die prematurely every year as a result of the motor vehicle pollution on our roads and highways, according to a […]

Air pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world. In the U.S. almost half of all people live in communities with unhealthy levels of air pollution. More than 20,000 Americans die prematurely every year as a result of the motor vehicle pollution on our roads and highways, according to a […]

Air pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and death in the world. In the U.S. almost half of all people live in communities with unhealthy levels of air pollution. More than 20,000 Americans die prematurely every year as a result of the motor vehicle pollution on our roads and highways, according to a […]

EDF report details how lending institutions can finance resilient agriculture to support long-term productivity and profitability.

New report details climate risk to U.S. agricultural lending institutions and shows opportunities to support long-term profitability.

New report details climate risk to U.S. agricultural lending institutions and shows opportunities to support long-term profitability.

The post 3 steps for agricultural lenders to mitigate climate risk and finance resilience first appeared on Growing Returns.

New report details climate risk to U.S. agricultural lending institutions and shows opportunities to support long-term profitability.

The post 3 steps for agricultural lenders to mitigate climate risk and finance resilience first appeared on Growing Returns.

At Public Hearing, EDF Experts Call on Trump EPA to Strengthen Protections from Smog

More distributed energy resources in Texas would create local jobs, strengthen the grid, keep electricity costs low and address energy poverty