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Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter on Governor Gavin Newsom’s release of a state budget proposal for FY 2025-2026

Statement by Mark Brownstein, EDF Senior Vice President, Energy Transition

The latest blackout in Puerto Rico underscores the importance of collaborating with Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to modernize the electric grid.

Sunny-day flooding, caused by climate change, is already impacting Lee Zeldin's neighbors. Will Trump's pick for EPA chief come to their aid?

EDF Statement from Pam Kiely, Associate Vice President, U.S. Climate

Congestion pricing, New York City’s plan to reduce vehicle traffic and pollution and fund public transit upgrades, has launched.

EDF Statement from Beth Trask, Vice President, Global Energy Transition

Groups call for congestion pricing and benefits for clean air, transit and traffic to start as planned

Landmark Program to Reduce Traffic, Improve Air Quality Will Start January 5th as Planned

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

Statement from Andy Darrell, Senior Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund

EDF Statement from Amanda Leland, Executive Director

Standards Will Reduce Pollution from New Gas-Powered Cars and Trucks

Department of Energy Study On Environmental and Economic Impacts of U.S. Natural Gas Exports Shows Urgent Need to Cut Methane Pollution

EDF Statement by Amanda Leland, Executive Director

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 …