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Sen. Alex Padilla of California introduced the MORE WATER Act, which includes a new conveyance program that provides community and environmental benefits.

Weakening the CAFE standards will mean more pollution, more serious health problems, higher costs for American families.

With rising costs, tighter margins and more uncertainty on the farm, it’s harder than ever for America’s farmers and ranchers to stay competitive. Historically, innovation has helped U.S. agriculture do more with less through increasing yields while managing costs. But today, producers are not only navigating domestic pressures. They are also facing intensifying global competition ... The post Smart policy must keep pace with rapid agricultural innovation first appeared on Growing Returns.

U.S. clean energy manufacturing boomed through 2025, creating jobs, but growth stalled that year due to Trump policies and cuts to clean energy tax credits.

Statement of EDF Distinguished Counsel Peter Zalzal on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal for a new zero-emission vehicle incentive program

The medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle landscape has transformed dramatically over the past five years. In early 2020, electric trucks were a rarity on U.S. roads, and most fleets were only beginning to think about how electrification might fit into long-term transition plans. Today, the electric vehicle market looks very different: Rapid maturation has led ... The post Electric truck deployments sustain momentum through a challenging 2025 appeared first on Energy Exchange.

A district court judge struck down the stop-work order on the Sunrise Wind project.

EDF & UCS – Proposal Must Be Withdrawn and Is Forever Tainted

Elyse Martin, manager for Persuasion Research and Campaigns at Environmental Defense Fund, offers some tips for spotting disinformation on social media.

Colorado air regulators voted unanimously to adopt updated landfill standards to cut down on methane pollution coming from garbage dumps.

Led by President Trump’s appointees, key federal agencies have shown an unusual willingness to grant favors to the nation’s worst polluters, even if it comes at the expense of people’s health.

Across Oregon, growing demand for water and dwindling supplies are converging to make good water data more important than ever. Oregon’s leaders have taken important steps to improve the state’s ability to collect, analyze and distribute high-quality data on water supply and demand, but as budgets tighten, some of that progress is at risk. One ... The post 3 ways Oregon uses data to improve water management first appeared on On the Water Front.

The Department of Energy announced that it’s cancelling a planned $1.8 billion loan to support clean energy, battery and transmission projects for APS.

If finalized, this rollback will exempt 10 states from the Good Neighbor Plan and its limits on smog-forming pollution from power plants.

Order required broken plant to stay online to address unproven emergency

One of the most harmful actions the Trump EPA took during its first term was undermining long-standing Clean Air Act safeguards that require industrial facilities like refineries and power plants to modernize their pollution controls when they are newly built or expanding in a way that increases overall pollution volumes. These protections are intended to ensure newly constructed facilities or refurbishing existing industrial facilities ... The post Project Emissions Accounting – a Trump EPA loophole that is adding dangerous pollution to the air we breathe appeared first on Climate 411.

By Aashney Shah, EDF Legal Intern, Clean Energy Transition “Electricity is the new price of eggs.” That line, from a recent New York Times article on rising electric bills and data center growth, captures the political moment with startling clarity. Consumers want solutions. While states have been exploring a wide range of actions to address ... The post How states can deliver real equity in grid planning – not just check the box appeared first on Energy Exchange.

Thanks to an unusual collaboration between people who used to disagree, a threatened river basin in the Nevada desert is restored to life — returning water, wildlife and people to the landscape.

U.S. power demand is rising, and the sector must meet it with electricity that’s affordable, reliable and clean — a major challenge for the nation’s grid.

This blog was authored by Anshuman Tiwari, who is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) and was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow jointly at the Environmental Defense Fund and the Environmental Markets Lab at UC Santa Barbara. Global climate negotiations often focus on where we ... The post Tackling Methane isn’t just good for the climate — it disproportionately protects the global poor appeared first on Market Forces.

Typhoon Halong decimated several Indigenous villages in remote western Alaska, including Kipnuk, where plans to build a protective storm wall were thwarted by the Trump administration’s cancellation of climate change funding. Now, with 90% of the village destroyed, the community’s high‑stakes decision to rebuild or relocate becomes even more urgent. 

The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.

By Edwin LaMair, Senior Attorney, U.S. Legal & Regulatory, EDF and Ryan J. Call, Policy and Campaigns Specialist, Eco-Cycle Landfills are a major – and growing – source of harmful pollution When food scraps and yard waste end up in landfills, they rot and release dangerous air pollution. That pollution includes methane – a greenhouse gas more ... The post Colorado sets leading standards for cleaning up landfill methane appeared first on Energy Exchange.

EDF, NRDC, and Sierra Club are moving to help defend California protective clean vehicle standards in court.

Americans don’t want potentially toxic chemicals fast-tracked into their lives,” said Slaney.  The post Toxics for all: The new proposal delivering on the chemical industry’s wish list first appeared on EDF Health.