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EDF recommends that federal legislation to help the United State achieve net-zero climate pollution by 2050 lock in pollution reductions, grow the economy, and protect vulnerable populations. But what specifically should that look like?

EDF explains how climate change disproportionately hits African Americans and other communities of color.

New report from EDF details climate risks to the farm lending sector and provides a path for lenders to support a more resilient agricultural system.

EDF Testifies in Support of California Proposal to Reduce Air Pollution from Heavy Duty Trucks

Report details dangers of transportation pollution, benefits of zero emission vehicles

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowans face the threat of economic harm and damage to public health from severe storms and other extreme weather events.

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

In many fisheries, many species are caught at the same time. These are called multispecies fisheries, and the fact that they catch many species together, with the same gears, means that the different species are caught at the same rate. The trouble is, some species are productive enough to withstand high catches while others are …

Statement from Daniel Whittle, Senior Director of Caribbean Initiatives

EDF statement from Derek Walker, VP for U.S. Climate, as Gov. John Bel Edwards issued an order committing the state to net zero gas emissions by 2050.

A new analysis by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe) shows that air pollution created by diesel cars is higher at study locations in neighbourhoods outside the central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).

Methodology for new analysis that finds diesel car pollution is higher in neighbourhoods outside city centre. 

Sephora and EDF announce their partnership to advance the removal of toxic ingredients known to cause environmental and health impacts from products.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp — August 13, 2020

EDF, Nine States Urge D.C. Circuit to Stop Trump EPA’s Unlawful Delay of Landfill Pollution Protections

Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves and other catastrophic weather events pose safety, financial and health risks to families and communities.

Solutions are bubbling up from communities across Puerto Rico, which amid a global pandemic, is even more exposed than it was before Hurricane Maria.

Billion-dollar weather disasters fueled by climate change are becoming more frequent and more devastating to state and local economies.

Many Texans are under enormous and increasing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

More than one million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment, and countless small businesses have shuttered.

Arizonans face the growing threat of additional economic harm and damage to public health from excessive heat, drought and other extreme weather events.

The annual number of billion-dollar weather disasters has increased and the cost of inaction is putting a strain on disaster response and recovery budgets.

This first report in a new joint research series by Environmental Defense Fund and Resources for the Future examines US federal economic development programs and policies that can revitalize communities that have been historically reliant on fossil fuels. Daniel Raimi, Wesley Look, Molly Robertson of RFF and Jake Higdon of EDF contributed to the report described in this blog post.

This report is the first in a series from EDF and Resources for the Future on ensuring fairness for fossil fuel workers and communities in the move to a clean economy.

EDF fact sheet on how to avoid the most costly extreme weather impacts in North Carolina