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Global leaders made progress this year, but urgent work remains to ensure farmers, fishers and ranchers can feed a growing population on a changing planet. The post Four takeaways from a year of global action on food, agriculture and climate first appeared on Growing Returns.

This blog was authored by Talley Burley, Manager, Climate Risk & Insurance and Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy.  This is the third blog in a multi-part series on how insurers can support decarbonization and the energy transition. This series explores opportunities and challenges and highlights emerging insurance innovations that can drive emissions reductions. In …

Statement from Alice Henderson, Director and Lead Counsel for Transportation and Clean Air Policy for Environmental Defense Fund

Statement from Peter Zalzal, Associate Vice President for Clean Air Strategies at Environmental Defense Fund

The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not review challenges to California’s core statutory authority to enforce its own vehicle pollution limits.

In recent years, North Carolina communities have weathered one storm after another, with Hurricane Helene being no exception. Hurricane Helene followed a once-in-a-thousand-year rain event in western North Carolina, which as a result caused widespread devastation and $53 billion of damage to the state alone. The impacts also stretched far beyond North Carolina, affecting communities throughout …

Detailed in Virginia's 2025 Common Agenda are three key opportunities for lawmakers to continue progress on flood resilience initiatives.    The post Ahead of the 2025 General Assembly, here are 3 ways to build flood resilience in Virginia first appeared on Growing Returns.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Holds Oral Argument on the Standards Today - Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton

Rosa Inguanzo is uniting her central California community to call for clean water.

With anticipated environmental rollbacks at the federal level, the U.S. needs states to act on climate in order to make progress towards the nation’s 2030 commitments. Luckily, there are already signs of momentum. A landslide victory in Washington state to protect its climate law sends a hopeful message that ambitious climate action at the state …

Here's what the UN’s annual climate conference, COP29, delivered — and what’s still needed. 

The outcome falls well below expectations of developing countries. It will be essential to rebuild the trust and engagement required for climate action.

After four years of stalled negotiations, COP29 has delivered a breakthrough on Article 6.

Russ Vought Nominated for Office of Management and Budget Director

The West-Wide Government Pathways Initiative Launch Committee today approved its Proposal to create a more robust western energy market.

Proposal would protect people from air pollution linked to premature deaths and other serious health problems.

Statement from Andy Darrell, Senior Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund

With second Trump term looming, advocates, state and local officials, businesses and other nations will defend climate progress.

A new consensus on forests from the world’s leading carbon market governing body marks a significant turning point for voluntary carbon market buyers.

A new report from South Coast Air Quality Management District shows the District’s groundbreaking warehouse Indirect Source Rule is catalyzing hundreds of zero-emission truck acquisitions and, as result, reducing hundreds of tons of health-harming nitrogen oxide and small particulate matter pollution. The report, which charts compliance with the Indirect Source Rule from 2021 through 2023,

The Circuit Court of Floyd County ruled that the Youngkin administration acted unlawfully in its decision to withdraw Virginia from RGGI.

EPA’s strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards are achievable, affordable, legally sound, and vital for protecting public health.

Groundbreaking new data finds that leveraging synergies between the transport and power sectors could slash the cost of aviation e-fuels by half

In Addition to Other Serious Allegations, Gaetz Introduced Legislation to Abolish EPA

This blog was authored by Christopher Dekki, Manager, Global Engagement and Partnerships. Hopefully, COP29 delegates savored every moment of the rest day here in Baku because week 2 is already off to a hectic start. As deep divides within the negotiations remain unbridged, Azerbaijan, the newly minted COP29 Presidency, will need to increase its efforts …