Bad news and good news on cutting climate pollution

5 years 9 months ago
Climate change is an urgent threat and we must overcome significant hurdles to address it — beginning with the reckless polices of the Trump administration. Some countries are on track to meet their commitments under the Paris agreement, some are falling behind, and many will not start in earnest until compliance rules are agreed to […]
Nat Keohane

Bad news and good news on cutting climate pollution

5 years 9 months ago
Climate change is an urgent threat and we must overcome significant hurdles to address it — beginning with the reckless polices of the Trump administration. Some countries are on track to meet their commitments under the Paris agreement, some are falling behind, and many will not start in earnest until compliance rules are agreed to […]
Nat Keohane

EPA hearing illustrates broad support for methane rule

5 years 9 months ago
By Rosalie Winn and Matthew McGee Last month, EPA held its one and only public hearing on a proposed rollback of federal methane protections. The Trump Administration’s attempt to gut rules that cut methane pollution from new and modified oil and gas facilities—the first step of a two-pronged effort to eliminate federal regulation of methane […]
EDF Blogs

EPA hearing illustrates broad support for methane rule

5 years 9 months ago
By Rosalie Winn and Matthew McGee Last month, EPA held its one and only public hearing on a proposed rollback of federal methane protections. The Trump Administration’s attempt to gut rules that cut methane pollution from new and modified oil and gas facilities—the first step of a two-pronged effort to eliminate federal regulation of methane […]
EDF Blogs

EPA hearing illustrates broad support for methane rule

5 years 9 months ago
By Rosalie Winn and Matthew McGee Last month, EPA held its one and only public hearing on a proposed rollback of federal methane protections. The Trump Administration’s attempt to gut rules that cut methane pollution from new and modified oil and gas facilities—the first step of a two-pronged effort to eliminate federal regulation of methane […]
EDF Blogs

Climate Refugees In America

5 years 9 months ago

Written by Marcia G. Yerman

It’s been almost two months since, Hurricane Michael, the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane in the U.S., made landfall. It was painfully ironic that the damage which overwhelmed areas of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia, also overshadowed the dire news of the most recent IPCC report....

Marcia G. Yerman

Changes in Oklahoma, But It’s Still Fracked

5 years 9 months ago

Written by Lisa Sharp

I live in one of the reddest states in the country – Oklahoma. Every single county went to Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Many Oklahomans held little hope for change in the midterm elections, but there were some promising signs. Voter turnout for the...

Lisa Sharp

Momentum Builds for Agriculture at COP 24

5 years 9 months ago
Agriculture negotiators arrived in Katowice, Poland eager to get to work on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture during COP 24. Over the course of the first week of the COP, it became clear that the negotiators were determined to keep the momentum towards addressing agriculture issues in the context of climate change.
Breanna Lujan

Momentum Builds for Agriculture at COP 24

5 years 9 months ago
Agriculture negotiators arrived in Katowice, Poland eager to get to work on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture during COP 24. Over the course of the first week of the COP, it became clear that the negotiators were determined to keep the momentum towards addressing agriculture issues in the context of climate change.
Breanna Lujan

Momentum Builds for Agriculture at COP 24

5 years 9 months ago
Agriculture negotiators arrived in Katowice, Poland eager to get to work on the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture during COP 24. Over the course of the first week of the COP, it became clear that the negotiators were determined to keep the momentum towards addressing agriculture issues in the context of climate change.
Breanna Lujan