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Natural infrastructure investments are desperately needed to help communities manage the growing impacts of extreme weather — but there is considerable room for improvement.  The post 4 strategies for policymakers to get more natural infrastructure in the ground, fast first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF and Legal & General Investment Management America have announced a partnership to raise the bar for climate leadership.

With a record drought depleting rivers and reservoirs, wildfires burning across the Western U.S., historic floods in Germany and China, landslides in Japan, and my own notoriously wet and dreary hometown of Portland, Oregon hitting 115 degrees recently, it’s hard to avoid thinking about climate change. But while the terrestrial impacts are wide-ranging and obvious,

Guidelines for high-quality credits are essential, and the stakes for climate change and farmers are extremely high. The post Quick action needed to achieve full mitigation potential of soil carbon credits first appeared on Growing Returns.

By Jason Mathers and Ellen Bell Truck fleets across the country are enthusiastically embracing the emergence of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This is the main finding of a new EDF analysis of public announcements and known deployments of leading fleets. EDF found nearly 500 existing electric deployments and pledges to deploy nearly 300 times …

Today's announcement of a new collaboration is the first of its kind between an environmental nonprofit and a global asset management firm.

EDF infographic highlighting the potential climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions.

Statement of EDF Associate Vice President Peter Zalzal

EDF believes every community should live free of the burden of harmful air pollution.

This blog was originally posted on EDF Voices.  Residents of New York City and other East Coast metro areas are grappling with some of the poorest air quality in those regions in more than a decade. But it’s not from traffic — it’s from a wildfire burning thousands of miles away. Oregon’s Bootleg Fire has …

EDF statement from Eric Schwaab, Senior Vice President, Ecosystems and Oceans

Credits for soil carbon sequestration lack comparability and consistency. EDF and the Woodwell Climate Research Center reviewed the 12 published protocols used to generate soil carbon credits through carbon sequestration in croplands.

Following COVID-19 lockdown measures, many people went from working in offices to being unemployed or furloughed or working from home. We don’t yet know what future working behaviour looks like in the UK, but there are strong indications that many people will continue to work from home, even if there are no longer pandemic-related concerns.

EDF's review of credit protocols found inconsistencies with measurement, reporting and verification of net climate impact.

New recommendations for how insurance can address climate risk — including supporting nature-based climate solutions and building community resilience. The post First-of-its-kind insurance report confronts climate risk first appeared on Growing Returns.

Three ways the Army Corps can help build climate resilience while preserving Florida’s environment, economy and way of life. The post Sea level rise threatens Miami’s future. Here’s how the Army Corps can help keep Florida, Florida. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Interim guidance released this week by the Biden-Harris Administration is start to centering environmental justice in federal government policy and plans.

Louisiana represents the paradox of a modern state shaped by a history of fossil fuel-supported development and structural racism that is now dealing with the climate-driven and social impacts of those choices.

The jurisdictional approach to reducing deforestation, is an effective solution for companies looking to work through their supply chains to meet deforestation goals.

New Interactive Map Has Details about Power Plants that Are the Source of Smog-Forming NOx Pollution

Transitioning to zero-emission trucks and buses is necessary for both climate stability and to protect communities from air pollution. With nearly 23 million diesel-fueled medium and heavy duty trucks and buses operating on roads today in the U.S., moving to zero-emission technology will result in significant investments in manufacturing, infrastructure, operations and maintenance training, research …

This is the first in a series of Global Clean Air blogs on COVID-19 and air pollution. EDF's Dr. Elena Craft examines how the pandemic is bringing into sharp focus the unacceptable health inequities in communities of color and low wealth across the nation.

Letter to Administrator Criswell on opportunities to increase equity in flood resilience. 

Scientists have been actively studying how climate change affects hurricanes for decades, and the evidence that it can influence several aspects of hurricanes continues to grow.

We have learned several important lessons about how to better prepare for and react to storms to reduce damages and hasten recovery.