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California Takes Significant Step Toward Adopting Historic Standards That Will Eliminate Pollution from New Cars by 2035

EDF Joins Broad Coalition to Support EPA’s Proposal about the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

A sense of urgency, opportunity and optimism must prevail at the upcoming Our Ocean Conference in Palau during a critically important year.

Climate change poses major risks to the stability of the U.S. financial system. To manage these risks, investors need comparable, specific, and decision-useful corporate climate disclosures that are not provided through existing voluntary frameworks.  New draft rules for mandatory climate risk disclosure, published by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2022 would, if …

By Elizabeth B. Stein and Cole Jermyn New Jersey, like many other states, has been hard at work developing a strategy to drastically reduce its own climate impact. The state’s residents are already experiencing more than their share of climate change. With 130 miles of coastline, including population centers near much-loved beaches, more frequent extreme …

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was called out for falling short of its mandate to protect consumer health. The investigation exposes the agency’s long track record of failing to effectively act in a timely manner on several food safety issues, including heavy metals in baby food and foodborne illnesses from contaminated produce.  These …

Puerto Rico Needs Swift Action and Concrete Solutions to its Energy Crisis

By Ilissa Ocko and Tianyi Sun A new report out this week from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is once again shedding more light on the climate crisis. According to the latest research, we’re on a dangerous trajectory that will result in significantly more warming than what policymakers aimed for. As part of the …

EDF President Fred Krupp spoke at the Techonomy Climate conference in April 2022 about the future of climate tech. Here’s a look at what experts discussed.

Maricel Maffini, consultant and Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director This blog is the fourth in our Broken GRAS series where we explore the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) voluntary notification system for novel chemicals added to food, how the process works in practice, and why it is broken. Companies voluntarily …

Climate change poses physical and transition risks for investors and the U.S. economy. Rigorous, standardized climate disclosures can help.

The IPCC report shows ways to curtail our dependence on fossil fuel, like a global economy powered by clean energy and natural climate solutions.

At a virtual town hall hosted by EDF Action, Secretary Buttigieg spoke about climate change, climate action and being a sleep-deprived new dad.

This project is an example of what can be funded through California's new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program.

New Fuel Economy Standards Will Save Americans Money, Strengthen National Security

Here are key practices for BRIC applicants. The post FEMA’s community resilience program is in high demand. This guide can help strengthen applications. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Statement of EDF Senior Director of Climate and Health Elena Craft – March 29, 2022

Statement by Ann Hayden on executive order and drought actions taken by California Gov. Gavin Newsom

Biden Budget Provides Much Needed Increases to Climate-Forward Resources

North Carolina needs to swiftly enact climate, clean energy policies to rapidly drive down climate pollution and close the state’s emissions gap.

Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy This week Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) filed comments on EPA’s plan to assess the risks to frontline communities from nearby releases of chemicals to the air and water. The EPA’s proposal is an improvement from the previous administration, which failed to follow the requirements of the Toxic Substances Control …

EDF helped secure $4.7 billion in federal funding to plug orphan wells, clean up oil and gas pollution, and create jobs. 

This year, farmers in Pinal County, Arizona, will lose two-thirds of their irrigation water from the Colorado River because of a historic shortage declaration triggered by the driest period in more than 1,000 years. And within two years, they will be completely cut off from the Colorado River. Some farmers are responding by fallowing fields.

SEC Announces Proposal to Mandate Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risks from Publicly Traded Companies

EDF helped secure $4.7 billion in federal funding to plug orphan wells, clean up oil and gas pollution, and create jobs.