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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued Executive Order No. 246, which establishes new pollution reduction goals.

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

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

When it comes to slowing the warming of our planet, there is no substitute for immediate, dramatic reductions in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. But emissions reductions alone won’t be enough to limit warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement, or even to the Agreement’s upper limit of …

Last month, Governor Phil Murphy elevated New Jersey’s fight against the climate crisis this decade by signing Executive Order No. 274, which commits the state to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% below 2006 levels by 2030. The Governor’s action is a critical step toward putting New Jersey on a path to do what is necessary to avoid …

This blog was co-authored by Jeremy Proville, Director: Office of the Chief Economist, and Ananya Roy, Senior Health Scientist at EDF. New analysis finds that prevalent methods of assessing impacts of air pollution underestimate pollution’s health impacts on people of color. Everyone has the right to breathe clean air. Yet communities of color, falsely labeled …

Ugbaad Ali, Community Environmental Health Tom Graff Fellow We all deserve to live in a healthy and vibrant community, yet many residents of Flint, Michigan, are overburdened by a lifetime of toxic exposures and environmental injustice. Recently, a coalition of environmental justice groups and community organizers in Flint used their combined power to organize against …

Supreme Court Asked to Limit EPA’s Long-Standing Authority to Protect America from Climate Pollution

While many of the headlines from COP26 focused on whether newly announced national commitments will be enough to curb catastrophic global warming, our ability to fend off the climate crisis largely depends on what happens outside conference walls — namely, how quickly we translate climate commitments into policy that curbs pollution. This COP saw the …

(This post was co-authored by EDF legal fellow Jesse Hevia) The Supreme Court has agreed to review a D.C. Circuit decision that struck down the Trump administration’s rule weakening regulations of carbon pollution from power plants. Here’s a look at what happened – and what might happen next. History of the case In 2019, the …

This piece was co-authored by Dr. Tianyi Sun, Climate Scientist, and Dr. Ilissa Ocko, Senior Climate Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund. As the international negotiations in Glasgow come to an end, we celebrate getting closer to the goal put forth by the 26th Conference of Parties — securing global net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century.

This declaration is a hopeful sign that the two countries emitting the most greenhouse gases will continue to work together to tackle climate change

EDF Statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, Senior Manager, U.S. Climate

EDF fact sheet on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), a class of natural and technological strategies designed to remove carbon pollution directly from the atmosphere.

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

EDF Statement from Alex DeGolia, Director, U.S. Climate

EDF President Fred Krupp argues that we need to focus on the most cost-effective methods for reducing climate pollution even as we take on the challenge of moving from a mostly fossil-fuel-powered world to a clean global economy.

Global Methane Pledge statement by Fred Krupp

The EPA today proposed historic climate and health protections to strengthen and expand limits on methane pollution from the oil and gas industry.

5 key climate metrics for the next 5 years of oil and gas.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about the EPA's long-standing authority to limit climate pollution from power plants.

EPA Will Reconsider Strengthening Smog Standard to Better Protect Americans’ Health

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

World’s largest environmental orgs and a multi-sector business group urge countries to agree to strong rules at COP26 for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.