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EDF Statement from Alex DeGolia, Director, U.S. Climate

Halting rampant tropical deforestation is critical for meeting our climate goals and enhancing global climate ambition.

Conservation can improve the financial health of dairy farms, according to a new report from EDF and K·Coe Isom AgKnowledge – How conservation makes dairy farms more resilient, especially in a lean agricultural economy. Dairy farmers in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. are in the fourth year of an economic downturn in which many farmers are …

The U.S. Department of Energy joined by Vice President Harris yesterday announced a $127 million investment to drive the future of zero-emission trucks. The announcement demonstrates the growing role that electric trucks are playing today — both in the trucking industry and as a climate solution — and how the capacity of these vehicles can …

This report is the result of an EDF-led collaboration that included active CROs as well as officials from states that have been exploring creating a CRO. In addition to recommendations for establishing and supporting these positions, the roadmap outlines how the role of CRO originated and how states have established these positions over time.

The EPA today proposed historic climate and health protections to strengthen and expand limits on methane pollution from the oil and gas industry.

New program launches to gather and benchmark cover crop data within the largest public farm financial database in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture requested information it's recently announced Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program. This is Environmental Defense Fund's response. 

New peer-reviewed research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure and buildings in the Boston area have remained consistently high over the last eight years, despite multiple programs aimed at reducing methane pipeline leakage. This study indicates that more action is needed …

It’s critical we prepare now to capture and store water during shorter, intense wet periods so that more water is available during the inevitable increasingly severe drought years ahead. The post Capturing water from atmospheric rivers will help build drought resilience in California. Here’s how. first appeared on Growing Returns.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about the EPA's long-standing authority to limit climate pollution from power plants.

EPA Will Reconsider Strengthening Smog Standard to Better Protect Americans’ Health

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – Oct. 28, 2021

Statement from Mandy Warner, Director of Climate and Clean Air Policy, Environmental Defense Fund

Next month, the New York Public Service Commission will be deciding whether a rate case settlement proposal between National Grid’s upstate gas and electric utility (Niagara Mohawk) and other groups is in the public interest, and whether the proposal is consistent with New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. This is the first major …

Policymakers must act with urgency to protect all Americans in the face of the unfolding climate crisis, and safeguarding peoples’ financial health and stability is urgent and paramount.

Real-time data will put farmers and policymakers on the same page when making water management decisions. The post Measuring water use in California’s Delta is a “fool’s errand.” OpenET will change that. first appeared on Growing Returns.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just released their “International Guidelines on the use of Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) for Flood Risk Management.” Here’s why that’s a big deal. The post New Army Corps guidelines will expand natural infrastructure to reduce flood risk and more first appeared on Growing Returns.

Joint Statement of: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University | Clean Air Task Force | DTE Energy | Edison International | Environmental Defense Fund | Public Service Company of New Mexico | The Nature Conservancy | World Resources Institute | Xcel Energy

This new platform from EDF, NASA, Desert Research Institute, Google and others helps farmers figure out how to get as much as they can out of every drop of water.

What drove a former USA swim team member to tackle the diesel problem? BJ Johnson transformed himself from athlete to an eco-entrepreneur. In this episode, he tells us why entrepreneurship is a viable planet-saving career and the challenges of being one of the few Black men in his field. BJ Johnson is in a hurry—and …

Tech can help strengthen climate resilience, sustainability and profitability in global fisheries.

There’s a common misconception that “marginal” or low-producing wells are nothing more than a marginal problem when it comes to the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions. The reality is that these wells make up about 80% of all active wells in the U.S, over 560,000 in total. These are not the mom-and-pop operations some …

My children’s daycare, which is on a commercial strip between supermarkets and restaurants, often has three refrigerated trucks idling outside the front door. These diesel trucks can emit harmful pollution, even when they aren’t moving. The impact of transportation pollution on vulnerable populations is often striking. In downtown Oakland, where more than 70% of the …