Can fossil fuel companies find a place in a climate-friendly world?

5 years 2 months ago
We have to transform our energy system to avert the worst impacts of climate change. And if oil and gas companies want a place in that future, they must transform themselves—or else be consigned to history. Is it realistic to think fossil fuel companies could be part of the solution? Plenty of reasonable people say […]
Fred Krupp

Houston teens take their fight for clean air to Washington, D.C.

5 years 2 months ago
A trip from Houston to Washington, D.C., was the exclamation point at the end of the first year of EDF’s Environmental Youth Council program. Through the program, students attending Pasadena Memorial High School, Galena Park High School and Raul Yzaguirre School for Success — all located on the east side of Houston near the heavy […]
Shannon Thomas

Risky business: When corporations fund climate denial

5 years 2 months ago
Corporate America is making important strides in addressing climate change. Almost 600 companies have joined the Science-Based Targets Initiative, nearly 200 have committed to use 100% renewable energy and companies are increasingly investing in technologies that improve environmental outcomes. Yet last week, The New York Times reported that Amazon and Google were among the corporate […]
Victoria Mills