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Statement from Panos Spiliotis, EU Transport Senior Manager, Global Shipping and International Maritime Organization delegation lead at Environmental Defense Fund

EDF Statement of Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Virginia, Environmental Defense Fund

A new peer-reviewed study finds that four nature-based climate solutions have robust scientific foundations, while others need urgent additional research before their role as a climate solution is understood.

EDF statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California Director

Statement of EDF Executive Director Amanda Leland

News reports say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon unveil its final clean car standards – limits on climate and health-harming pollution from new passenger cars and trucks and medium-duty vehicles like delivery vans in model years 2027 through 2032.

EDF Statement from Kate Courtin, Sr. Manager, State Climate Policy & Strategy

Eleven of the nation’s leading health, environmental and community groups have filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s protective limits on methane pollution from new and existing oil and gas sources against court challenges.

EDF & Arup offer a roadmap to help ports reach net zero by 2050

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually.

A year and a half after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) accelerated the U.S. markets for electric vehicle and battery manufacturing, a new report by Environmental Defense Fund and WSP USA finds continued strong growth.

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths, and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually. Researchers also conclude that emissions are underreported and controlling emissions is not only profitable for operators, but also can significantly improve public health in surrounding communities.

Report provides insights and recommendations for effective carbon pricing strategies in diverse economies

Statement of Rosalie Winn, EDF Director and Lead Counsel for Methane and Clean Air Policy

Domestic EV Sales Also Increasing More, Faster Than Recent Predictions

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

EDF statement of Emily Steinhilber, Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Virginia

Three new conservation agreements announced today by the Biden-Harris administration will yield up to 400,000 acre-feet of water savings in Lake Mead. All three agreements, totaling nearly $160 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, involve California water districts.

Statement of Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities

First satellite developed by an environmental non-profit will see methane emissions others can’t, paving the way for heightened accountability and faster reductions

Just after 4:00pm Pacific Time today MethaneSAT effectively detached from SpaceX Transporter-10 that carried the emissions monitor into space.

Statement of Ted Kelly, EDF Senior Attorney, Markets and Regulation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today took important steps to strengthen safeguards intended to prevent toxic chemical disasters at thousands of industrial facilities across the country.

New report from EDF and RPA provides a set of indicators and metrics that can be used to measure a community’s resilience across a specific geography.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed pollution standards for new cars, buses and freight trucks would save more than 40,000 lives and prevent more than 25 million asthma attacks, according to a new analysis by Environmental Defense Fund.