Written by Elizabeth Bechard

We are at a critical moment for ensuring cleaner air for our children and future generations—and we need your help to make sure strong soot protections get across the finish line.

Deepening patterns of water scarcity and excess pose a growing threat to agriculture across much of the United States according to a new report from the Environmental Defense Fund.

Deepening patterns of water scarcity and excess pose a growing threat to agriculture across much of the United States according to a new report from the Environmental Defense Fund.

Concrete and cement are parts of our everyday lives, from sidewalks to bridges and schools, but their production contributes significantly to overheating the planet. We must find solutions for energy-intensive industries like these to reduce their climate pollution.

Concrete and cement are parts of our everyday lives, from sidewalks to bridges and schools, but their production contributes significantly to overheating the planet. We must find solutions for energy-intensive industries like these to reduce their climate pollution.

Written by Elizabeth Bechard

Climate cafés allow people to come together and share their thoughts and feelings about climate change in a gathering of supportive peers. Read how sharing her deep-seated worries helped one mom lighten the emotional load of climate distress.

Environmental Defense Fund and almost six dozen other health, environmental and public interest groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to protect people from dangerous air pollution caused by producing hydrogen with fossil fuels.

Environmental Defense Fund and almost six dozen other health, environmental and public interest groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to protect people from dangerous air pollution caused by producing hydrogen with fossil fuels.

Panel will discuss emerging science and policy considerations for this critical ecosystem

Panel will discuss emerging science and policy considerations for this critical ecosystem

As discussions at COP28 wrestle with climate impacts on global food and water security, we hear from a Hopi farmer on his thriving practice of dry farming and his hopes for shared learning in Dubai. ______ The arid climate of the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona receives a mere 8.5 inches of annual rainfall. For […]

The post Revisiting a centuries-old approach to farming that embraces water scarcity. first appeared on Growing Returns.

As discussions at COP28 wrestle with climate impacts on global food and water security, we hear from a Hopi farmer on his thriving practice of dry farming and his hopes for shared learning in Dubai. ______ The arid climate of the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona receives a mere 8.5 inches of annual rainfall. For […]

The post Revisiting a centuries-old approach to farming that embraces water scarcity. first appeared on Growing Returns.

As discussions at COP28 wrestle with climate impacts on global food and water security, we hear from a Hopi farmer on his thriving practice of dry farming and his hopes for shared learning in Dubai. ______ The arid climate of the Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona receives a mere 8.5 inches of annual rainfall. For […]

The post Revisiting a centuries-old approach to farming that embraces water scarcity. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Climate Corps fellowship program trains graduate students and pairs them with custom-matched host organizations looking for a low-cost, low-risk way to advance their sustainability efforts.

Climate Corps fellowship program trains graduate students and pairs them with custom-matched host organizations looking for a low-cost, low-risk way to advance their sustainability efforts.

Written by Sam Schmitz

The United Nations' annual global climate conference started in Dubai last week. These are the five young climate leaders we're watching at the conference—for hope and inspiration.

The EPA’s new rules to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry could be a climate game changer.

The EPA’s new rules to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry could be a climate game changer.

What’s New? EPA has proposed improvements to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) to reduce lead in drinking water. The proposed rule would require utilities to eliminate the nation’s roughly 9.2 million lead service lines (LSLs) at an estimated cost of $2.1 to $2.9 billion per year.[1] The socioeconomic benefits from the rule vastly outweigh […]

The post Eliminating Lead Service Lines Yields Huge Benefits for Reducing Premature Cardiovascular Deaths first appeared on EDF Health.

What’s New? EPA has proposed improvements to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) to reduce lead in drinking water. The proposed rule would require utilities to eliminate the nation’s roughly 9.2 million lead service lines (LSLs) at an estimated cost of $2.1 to $2.9 billion per year.1 The socioeconomic benefits from the rule vastly outweigh […]

The post Eliminating lead service lines yields huge benefits for reducing premature cardiovascular deaths first appeared on EDF Health.