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“This is a huge win for families on a budget and for climate action. Clean power is cheaper power and Assembly Bill 825 will save California [...]"

“Today’s vote reaffirms California’s commitment to a thriving economy with bold climate action. By aligning the future of cap and invest with [...]"

For well over a decade, the program has given information that we need to protect people from climate change and all its ensuing damages.

It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new energy task force in North Carolina, and EDF is honored to have a role in this state initiative to meet the challenge of rising electricity demand. The post A New Energy Task Force for North Carolina: Putting Affordability First appeared first on Climate 411.

This blog was co-authored by Vanya Mehta from WELL Labs. Water-saving solutions behave differently across India, depending on a region’s hydrogeology and land use patterns. An intervention that is successful in one landscape may be a failure in another. By nature, water is dynamic, and, with the added variability of climate change, difficult to predict.

The Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to protect you from deadly pollution, but under the Trump administration, that protection is vanishing. Here are four threats you need to know about.

The Climate Working Group was convened in secrecy and created a clandestine report now being used in attacks on the Endangerment Finding.

Image: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute  By: Kristin Kleisner and Sarah Swain  The mesopelagic zone, one of the most important parts of the ocean’s most important climate-regulating system, is under threat just as we’re beginning to understand its true value. With IUCN members preparing to vote on Motion 035 this October, we have a narrow …

EDF's novel air pollution tool is expanding for the first time to the state of São Paulo.

The Trump administration’s efforts to deny the dangers of climate change fly in the face of reality, says writer Allyn West, who lived through severe, climate-boosted flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Houston.

“Lawmakers must pass Assembly Bill 1207 which reauthorizes and strengthens California’s cap-and-trade program. California has proven that [...]"

Cap-and-invest continues to be Washington’s best tool for cutting pollution and delivering investments to communities. As linking with the California-Quebec program comes closer to being a reality, the continued success of Washington’s program demonstrates how a larger, linked market will benefit all involved. The post Washington state’s cap-and-invest program continues to deliver for communities appeared first on Climate 411.

By Sukie Kevane, EDF Intern Dairy and beef producers are feeling the strain of heat waves — and so are their animals. Longer, hotter summers are making it harder for cows to stay healthy and productive. Heat stress lowers milk yields, weakens cows’ immune systems and can even threaten fertility. For farmers, the impacts go …

Flooding is a growing issue for communities across the United States. And the challenge is not just coastal. In recent years, inland communities that sit near rivers and waterways have experienced more frequent and intense flood events, causing infrastructure damage, social disruptions and economic losses. Much of this can be attributed to the increases in …

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  For blue hydrogen to be truly better for the climate than the fossil fuels it is intending to replace, three conditions must be met: high carbon capture rates and permanent storage; low upstream methane emissions and low hydrogen losses. A vacuum in federal leadership demands accountability by industry and investors, resisting rollbacks that harm …

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Lloyd's Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub (Decarb Hub) report explores innovative concepts to close the trillion-plus investment gap threatening global shipping's climate goals.

EDF and The Decarb Hub explore innovative financing concepts to unlock capital for clean fuels, infrastructure and retrofits.

The Trump Administration forces the aging, dirty coal power plant to continue burning coal even as the electricity is not needed.

August saw several sustainability milestones, including 25 electric school buses added to the Little Rock School District fleet, 14 new electric transit buses for Vine Transit in Napa County and Chicago launching its first two electric garbage trucks with Republic Services.  Initiatives were backed by federal and EPA funding, and aim to reduce emissions, improve …

From a restored wetland in New Orleans to funding for electric school buses, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate change fight. These are this month's good climate news stories.

As all California climate policy nerds know, things are heating up in Sacramento around the details for extending the state’s landmark cap-and-trade program. There are many ways in which the program can be strengthened to better align with the state’s emission reduction targets and address affordability challenges for working families, both of which are needed now more than ever.  The post A baffling proposal for California’s cap-and-trade program: How lowering the price ceiling creates a loophole for more pollution and reduces affordability appeared first on Climate 411.

Excitement around biochar is growing, as is interest in its role in the Voluntary Carbon Marketplace (VCM). Biochar is a carbon-rich form of charred biomass or other organic material. Its primary climate benefit is that it decomposes and releases carbon dioxide much more slowly than its parent material (also known as feedstock, the original biomass …

Climate Working Group report has been denounced by scientists whose research it cites for using scientific data inaccurately and misrepresenting findings.

Wildfire smoke is toxic and especially harmful to children.