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Routine flaring in Texas is, well, too routine. It’s wasteful, harmful for health and the climate, and getting permission to burn gas instead of finding a productive use for it is far too easy in our state. Over 1 trillion cubic feet of Texas gas have been vented or flared by operators in the past …

Last month Houston Metro voted to shift to purchasing only zero-emission buses by 2030 — the same year the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has set as a deadline to cut the world’s emissions in half. Both decisions are driven by the same goal: a healthier, safer and cleaner world for our kids. As …

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

As the latest IPCC climate report shows, global and business leaders must take action ASAP to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. This is our moment to be fearless and fight to create the change we need to protect our people and our planet.

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

Over the past week, representatives from organizations and countries from around the world have come together for critical discussions about protecting and enhancing biodiversity in the face of climate change at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France. For the first time at the WCC, restoring ocean health was one of the central discussion …

EPA is preparing to release proposed rules to cut oil and gas methane pollution from both new and existing facilities — one of the most critical and cost-effective actions we can take to immediately slow the rate of global warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Recognizing the importance of this opportunity, yesterday,

A report released by a subcommittee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission examines the threat that increasingly extreme and volatile weather poses to the stability of financial markets, including U.S. agricultural markets. Representatives from EDF served on the 35-member panel.

Statement from Mary Barber, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs at Environmental Defense Fund

The U.S. Court of Appeals declined Spire’s request to grant Spire authority to construct and operate a 65-mile pipeline were fatally flawed.

By Jim Leape, Kristian Teleki, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted and Thomas V. Grasso, Co-chairs, Blue Food Cluster for the U.N. Food Systems Summit 2021 This op-ed was first published in ECO Magazine’s Autumn 2021 edition. View it here. Our food systems are fragile and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Conventional food systems, already stretched, have been …

Let’s choose to pursue a just transition to a river basin with less water. The post Climate change is destabilizing the Colorado River Basin. Where do we go from here? first appeared on Growing Returns.

A new EDF report outlines common ground among diverse groundwater stakeholders in Texas. The post 5 principles for resilient groundwater management in Texas first appeared on Growing Returns.

By Daniela de Souza On September 1, a bill that helps businesses build a better, brighter future for electric vehicles in Texas will become state law. SB 1202, makes it possible for companies or individuals that own or operate equipment used solely for electric vehicle charging services to avoid being regulated as electric utilities or …

A revamped ‘cost curve’ from Evolved Energy Research and EDF points to low-cost action to clean power and transport for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

AB 252, a bill to create a new program to help rural communities adapt to more sustainable groundwater use, advanced to the California Senate for a vote.

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

How Aaron Fukuda is taking action to keep groundwater sustainable in this region of California. The post As drought intensifies, this California water manager is testing new tools to help farmers, communities and wildlife first appeared on Growing Returns.

How policymakers and coastal planners can expand access to flood protection and achieve more equitable results for coastal communities. The post 5 ways federal policymakers can bring equity into flood risk reduction first appeared on Growing Returns.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under debate in Washington includes a new, $4.7 billion program to address a significant environmental legacy of the fossil fuel industry — the plugging and remediating of orphan oil and gas wells. Orphan wells have no owner, so the cleanup liability falls largely to the public. Nearly 60,000 such wells …

One of the things I focus on in my role as a climate scientist is understanding the impact of climate change on ocean fish populations as well as better fishery management practices to help ensure the continued delivery of seafood and livelihoods for millions of people around the world. Critically, the world is confronted with …

A new report by M.J. Bradley & Associates for EDF shows a large and growing opportunity to expand America’s zero-emission freight trucks and buses.

EDF President Fred Krupp argues that electric power companies need to have a clear compliance obligation that ensures clean electricity will be deployed, and climate and local air pollution will be slashed. It’s the requirement itself that sets this type of policy apart from strategies that purely incentivize companies with payments – it’s what makes the CES a “standard.”

For the first time in IPCC history, the assessment dedicates an entire chapter to short-lived climate pollutants, casting a spotlight on methane – the reduction of which would have immediate climate benefits, argues EDF President Fred Krupp.

Statement from EDF President Fred Krupp