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2-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) - we reflect on the wins and address some of the challenges ahead.

U.S. dairy farmers will soon be able to reduce the amount of methane their cows produce thanks to a new decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that clears the way for a product called Bovaer to come to market.

EDF statement of Rachel Rhode, Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds, Florida

UK TFMR Secretariat has an opportunity to develop strong market standards to channel private finance towards real world decarbonisation.

The two biggest climate laws in U.S. history — the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — are spurring unprecedented climate progress and changing lives across the country. Meet the people who are seeing, and sharing, the economic and environmental benefits of these landmark laws. 

Farmers, ranchers, foresters and rural communities across the country need Congress to come together and pass a bipartisan farm bill this year. In this important moment, we’re especially thankful for Rep. Vasquez’s commitment to helping America’s agricultural producers adapt and thrive in the face of increasingly challenging growing conditions.

By Nini Gu Developing more accurate emissions inventories with real-world measurement data of oil and gas climate pollution is key to verifying our progress toward addressing climate change. Earlier this month, the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division achieved a major breakthrough to do just that when it finalized its Greenhouse Gas Intensity Verification Protocol, marking …

EDF statement from Ted Kelly, Senior Attorney for Energy Markets & Regulation

EDF responds to US Principles for High Integrity Voluntary Carbon Markets

Environmental Defense Fund and co-authors released new research that may prove beneficial to resource managers, aimed at evaluating and implementing actions to improve the Mississippi River Basin’s overall health and resilience. Based on this research, we are sharing a comprehensive framework that can be used to effectively manage the Mississippi River Basin. The post New research could help resource managers improve the health and resilience of the Mississippi River Basin first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF's filed testimony for the NC Utilities Commission regarding Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan/Integrated Resource Plan

North Carolina’s Carbon Plan proceedings will shape over $100 billion in long-term investments proposed by Duke Energy, and ultimately largely paid for by North Carolina electricity customers. This is a huge decision point for the state’s energy future.

As the American West faces intensifying water challenges, landowners and water managers are increasingly turning to the Groundwater Accounting Platform as

By Daniel Whittle Chronic power outages, food disruptions and climate-related disasters have become commonplace across the Caribbean. But amidst these challenges, there’s room for optimism. Increased funding, growing awareness, supportive policies and community leadership offer an opportunity for rebuilding and strengthening resilience in the Caribbean and small island developing states, or SIDS,  around the world.

With a nationwide investment of a fast-charging network, the range for EVs is getting better and better every day.

By Peri Rosenstein and Nicole Jenkins Methane emissions are a potent greenhouse gas, warming the climate more than 80 times faster than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale. Rapidly and significantly reducing methane is the most effective way to reduce the rate of warming, especially over the next few decades.  Agriculture is responsible for 40%

One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that significantly reduced federal wetlands protections, leaving America’s wetlands at greater risk of development and degradation. The case of Sackett v. EPA was decided 9-0 in favor of the Sacketts, a couple from Idaho that filled in wetlands to build on their property near Priest …

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the biggest climate law the U.S. has ever passed, families are saving thousands on their taxes for going green.

Ten of the nation’s leading health and environmental groups, including Environmental Defense Fund, plan to go to court to defend EPA’s pollution standards for new heavy-duty vehicles like freight trucks and buses.

(This post was co-authored by EDF’s Peter Zalzal) When organic waste ends up in landfills, it produces methane — a powerful climate pollutant —as it decomposes. In the U.S., landfills are our third largest source of methane and a major driver of climate change. They also emit large amounts of health-harming and even cancer-causing pollution,

  By Neda Deylami Misinformation about zero-emission vehicles and confusion around federal Environmental Protection Agency standards versus those states can adopt under the Clean Air Act waiver has left many manufacturers, small businesses and fleet managers wondering what market-based policies like the Advanced Clean Trucks rule could mean for their operations and bottom line.  The …

The Environmental Defense Fund strongly opposes the House Agriculture Committee majority's draft farm bill proposal, which removes the climate guardrails from the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) investments in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs and diverts critical funding away from popular programs that are heavily oversubscribed and underfunded.

By Neda Deylami. This blog was co-authored by José Acosta-Córdova, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst at LVEJO Transportation accounts for almost one-third of Illinois’ greenhouse gas emissions — the sector responsible for the most GHG emissions in the state. Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as delivery vans, transit buses and large tractor-trailers are a disproportionate contributor …

Russian attacks have targeted Ukraine’s Soviet-era energy system. A former member of Ukraine’s parliament wants to build it back better, by training refugees and veterans in clean energy. 

The Environmental Protection Agency has now finalized a wide array of standards to protect people and the climate from dangerous pollution. Those standards cover some of the largest polluting sectors in the U.S., including oil and gas production, power plants, and cars and trucks. But there’s another source of dangerous pollution that still isn’t subject …