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EDF Special Report Fall 2020. A conversation with Agustín Carbó, Puerto Rico’s first energy commissioner, who lived through the tragedy of Hurricane Maria and is now leading EDF’s work on energy policy reform in his native island.

A broad coalition of Alaska snow sports athletes in partnership with EDF Alaska, released statewide messaging urging Alaska’s leaders to take a strong stand on climate change.

National Academy of Sciences grant to EDF will support mapping of at-risk facilities and efforts to mitigate pollution through natural infrastructure.

Morning Consult conducted a survey, on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund and WEACT, between October 9th – October 11th, 2020 among a national sample of 2,200 adults. The survey sought to measure concern for and perception of the impacts of climate change and other environmental threats like pollution, flooding, and storms, how these threats impact different racial/ethnic groups, and how adults’ views on these issues vary by race and ethnicity.

Several well understood and scientifically established factors have contributed to the volume and intensity of this year’s wildfires

The message is stark: Climate change poses serious risks that, if ignored, will undermine the financial system’s ability to support the American economy.

Flooding caused by these wetter, more intense storms is devastating lives and costing billions. Is there a way out?

The devastation we're seeing is largely a consequence of climate pollution produced by burning fossil fuels.

Wildfire smoke is one of many ways climate change is impacting public health.

EDF explains how climate change disproportionately hits African Americans and other communities of color.

15 years after Katrina and the need to restore Louisiana's wetlands has never been clearer.

Solutions are bubbling up from communities across Puerto Rico, which amid a global pandemic, is even more exposed than it was before Hurricane Maria.

Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves and other catastrophic weather events pose safety, financial and health risks to families and communities.

A new poll from Morning Consult and EDF, shows that more than 65% of Americans think addressing climate change is an important priority.

What our economists want you to know about the costs of climate change.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the release of the North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan.

As government leaders actively work to keep people safe from coronavirus, they must also prepare for other events, such as hurricanes, that could create compounding disasters.

A few months' improvements in air pollution won’t resolve the underlying health conditions that make many people more vulnerable to COVID-19.

New polling released today shows that a majority of African-Americans across the United States are personally affected by disease and extreme weather made worse by climate change, and support a transition to a 100% clean economy to curb climate pollution.

Letter signed by EDF and 38 other organizations to state and federal lawmakers in New York and New Jersey with recommendations for improving the US Army Corps of Engineers New York New Jersey Harbors and Tributaries Study (NYNJHATS).

Army Corps coastal study should be improved, not halted, EDF and 40 partners tell lawmakers

Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Council approved funding for Gulf restoration including a $130 million critical diversion project in Louisiana’s Maurepas Swamp.

This catastrophe could prove to be the beginning of a new chapter.

The EPA Office released a report faulting the agency for its inadequate response to the air pollution in Houston days after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

State by State guide from 2019