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President Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, jeopardizing the fight against climate change and America's position in the clean energy race.

By: Onesya Damayanti, M. Khazali, and Meutia Isty “Fishing with trawl must be stopped because it has increasingly reduced my husbands’ blue swimming crab catches,” Sunamah stated confidently during the Lampung Blue Swimming Crab Co-Management meeting on March 5, 2024, representing women groups. Speaking in an official forum of about 50 participants, predominantly male government …

New functionality will track rollbacks, legal action, and other threats and changes to the IRA following the end of the Biden administration.

Statement of EDF's Dr. Margot Brown

EDF highlights businesses that are advancing steps toward reducing their GHG emissions while building profitable businesses in a series of interviews.

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

Putting the brakes on U.S. electric vehicle investments would allow other nations to pull ahead again

EDF looked at 11 federal actions along with some impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Trump Administration withdraws the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, a major disservice to the American people, to the economy, and U.S. credibility.

There’s widespread consensus that climate smart agricultural practices like cover cropping, reduced and no-tillage and crop diversification can help farmers adapt to climate change and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet confidence in the impacts of these practices as a climate solution has been undermined by reliance on models to determine how much carbon has …

America is at its best when it builds toward the future, strengthening the nation for what’s ahead and making life better for families

Statement from Erin Murphy, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund

$388 million in new project grants — in addition to a new analysis of management alternatives — will bolster water resilience across the Colorado Basin.

This blog was authored by and Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, EDF. As wildfires burn across L.A., thousands of residents are about to face the heart-breaking, confusing, stressful, and difficult process of rebuilding after disaster. This recovery process can be incredibly costly, and the majority of Americans do not have sufficient …

Agricultural carbon crediting relies on process-based biogeochemical models to estimate accrual of soil organic carbon stock (SOC). We investigate the conditions under which it may be economical to estimate SOC accrual by measuring and remeasuring SOC.

Statement from Senior Chemicals Policy Director Maria Doa - January 15, 2025

Website and interactive map that illustrates unhealthy air pollution from the gas-fired combustion turbines at power plants and industrial facilities all across the U.S.

New Website Highlights Dangers from Pollution, New Opportunity to Reduce It

EDF Statement from Kate Courtin, Senior Manager, State Climate Policy & Strategy

The need to transition to zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles is urgent. Today, most of these vehicles run on diesel, which has massive consequences for human health. Thankfully, fleets have been embracing this challenge. In 2024, fleets again added a record number of EVs into their operations. As we look towards 2025 and beyond, there …

New EDF and BCG report assesses evolving voluntary carbon market trends in agriculture and key actions needed to drive impact

Companies and their investors should use every tool – especially their political influence – to defend America’s thoughtful, strategic methane rules.

With the incoming Trump administration stacked with supporters of Project 2025, here's how its policies would change Americans lives.

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