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Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

EDF lauds yesterday’s announcement that California’s State Water Resources Control Board appointed Jay Ziegler as the new Delta Watermaster. Previously, Ziegler was the external affairs and policy director for the California Office of The Nature Conservancy and now succeeds Michael George, who held the Watermaster position for two four-year terms.

The extremely wet spring of 2019 caused 14.2 million acres of cropland to go unplanted in the Midwest. Farmers across the region had flooded fields that kept them from getting equipment onto the fields to plant their crops. This resulted in over $4 billion of prevent-plant crop insurance claims, which assists farmers when weather conditions …

The extremely wet spring of 2019 caused 14.2 million acres of cropland to go unplanted in the Midwest. Farmers across the region had flooded fields that kept them from getting equipment onto the fields to plant their crops. This resulted in over $4 billion of prevent-plant crop insurance claims, which assists farmers when weather conditions …

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative Note: This is the third of three blogs in this series. Click here for Blog 1 or Blog 2. On January 24, 2023, FDA released draft action levels for lead in foods intended for babies and young toddlers.1 For most of these foods, the limit would be 10 …

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative Note: This is the second of three blogs in this series. Click here for Blog 1 or Blog 3. On January 24, FDA released draft action levels for lead in foods intended for babies and young toddlers.1 For most of these foods, the  limit would be 10 parts …

Deep Dives is a new blog that will offer our readers in-depth scientific analyses, hard data, and practical policy prescriptions from Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) top environmental health experts. Our authors are specialists in air quality, chemistry, epidemiology, law, public health, and more. We will continue to offer information for broader audiences on EDF’s Safer …

New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters examines the effectiveness of Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Community R

New EDF research offers insights and opportunities for strengthening the integrity of California's temperate forest carbon credits by accounting for differences in forests' geography and tree species composition.

EDF statement from Pam Kiely, Associate Vice President, U.S. Climate 

This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist, Carolyn Kousky. Facing $150 billion annually in direct costs from climate-related disasters, the current system of disaster recovery in the U.S. is failing many families and communities. Most households struggle with timely access to sufficient financial support for the wide-ranging expenses disasters impose. And without adequate …

EDF explains how with the support of the Inflation Reduction Act, renewable energy procurement and generation can help organizations meet their business and climate goals.

Juan Pablo Hoffmaister to lead international advocacy and climate adaptation finance work

EDF Comments to the EPA on Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, created under the Inflation Reduction Act. January 2023.

Households with Insurance recover faster from disaster, but many people don't have the coverage they need to face floods, wildfires and other extreme weather events. EDF and partners are developing new insurance products that can help bring coverage to more people with less cost, and build resilience to a changing climate. 

The following statement was issued by Eric Schwaab, Senior Vice President of People and Nature at Environmental Defense Fund, in response to the recent decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down the regulation governing the electronic monitoring program used by for-hire fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals What Happened: FDA recently released draft action levels for lead in foods intended for babies and young toddlers.1 Action levels represent the point above which FDA is likely to regard food as adulterated – essentially unsafe – and seek a recall. This is a key step in implementing FDA’s …

Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative Note: This is the first of three blogs in this series. Click here for Blog 2 or Blog 3. On January 24, 2023, FDA released draft action levels1 for lead in foods intended for babies and young toddlers.2 This proposal is a key step in implementing the agency’s …

What’s New? Today we’re launching a new digital channel for the die-hard science and policy wonks in our midst! Deep Dives is a new, long-form blog site that will offer readers in-depth scientific analyses, hard data, and practical policy prescriptions from our top environmental health experts. The authors are Environmental Defense Fund experts in air …

By Ming Sun, Stony Brook University, and Adityo Setiawan, Environmental Defense Fund From warming ocean waters to increased acidification and rising sea levels, it’s no wonder that fish are on the move to find suitable habitat! Climate change is creating dramatic shifts in species’ distributions and affecting their productivity. Fisheries managers who try to ensure …

Earlier this month, the EPA closed its comment period on proposed oil and gas methane regulations. Here are some of the highlights from EDF’s public comments.

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

Five reasons why Jimmy Carter will be remembered as one of America's greenest presidents.

Five reasons why Jimmy Carter will be remembered as one of America's greenest presidents.