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EDF and Climate and Forest Capital identify barriers to investment in climate-smart agriculture and gives case studies on how catalytic capital can help.

Business leaders are recognizing the need to set sustainability targets and invest in practices that support agricultural resilience.

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

A broad coalition, including EDF, laid out a detailed case showing why the Trump administration should not be allowed to interfere with states’ long-standing authority to reduce dangerous pollution from cars.

Statement by Jill Duggan, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Zero-emission solutions for trucks and buses have arrived. But converting fleets from fossil fuels to electricity will require smart electricity pricing to ensure that new demand from these power-hungry vehicles doesn’t break the grid, and that costs remain manageable for fleet owners, utilities and all customers.

New paper from EDF and Rockefeller Asset Management offers investor engagement guidance on methane emissions from non-operated assets.

California recently made history when it committed to making every car across the state electric, with a specific goal for electrifying all operating trucks and buses by 2045.

Statement from Sergio Sanchez calls for enhanced transparency on green and blue finance streams to ensure a sustainable, equitable and resilient post-pandemic recovery.

Statement of EDF Lead Attorney Peter Zalzal – October 8, 2020

A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit will hear legal challenges from EDF and a broad coalition.

Statement by Eric Holst on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order setting a goal to conserve 30% of the state’s land and coastal waters.

Statement of Environmental Defense Fund General Counsel Vickie Patton – October 7, 2020

Water supplies are becoming scarcer as a result of more severe droughts supercharged by climate change. New technology from EDF, NASA, and other partners aims to build resilient water supplies and ensure a more secure food supply.

Statement of Ben Ratner, Senior Director, EDF+Business

EDF statement from Colin Leyden, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

Surveys show that women own or co-own nearly half the farmland in the Midwest but are often under-represented in leadership positions, including in policymaking bodies, financial institutions, and other agricultural agencies and institutions.

EDF vows to oppose rollback of vital health protections.

EDF, long-time champion of increased monitoring in New England, calls for the target to be met.

EDF director of working lands, Maggie Monast, will testify on the financial risks that climate change poses to America’s agriculture sector.

The Climate Authenticity Meter rates how companies and industry groups’ lobbying activities support or obstruct progress on climate policy.

EDF is partnering with the Houston and Harris County to expand pollution monitoring capability and identify facilities that most threaten public health.

Statement by Eric Schwaab, senior vice president at Environmental Defense Fund Oceans program, on the reintroduction of the AQUAA 2.0 Act.

Joint Statement from Environmental Defense Fund and Pennsylvania Environmental Council

EDF Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Energy