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Proposal appears designed to weaken the federal government’s ability to regulate sources of the pollution driving climate change.

On Friday, June 20, the MethaneSAT mission operations lost contact with MethaneSAT

S266 would delay building cleaner, cheaper sources of energy

Statement from Peter Daigle, Project Manager, Political Affairs

Japan’s government and Canada’s government are both backing an effort to build stronger emissions monitoring for the natural gas that Japan buys internationally. Canada’s leaders can seize this opportunity for international climate leadership by finalizing federal methane regulations for Canadian production. The world is paying attention to methane, and major energy producers and importers are …

Senate Republicans overnight made clear that their intention is to punish the clean energy industry despite America’s need for more energy

The Fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) in Seville will convene critical discussions about how to reshape the global financial architecture in an era of converging crises. As we grapple with persistent development challenges and the escalating impacts of climate change, this conference presents a vital moment to re-evaluate how climate and development finance …

Earlier today, California’s Energy Commission released a plan for continuing California’s transition to zero emissions and maintaining gasoline (...)

Last year, the U.S. faced its fourth most costly year of extreme weather, contributing to more than $20 billion in agricultural losses. As this trend of increasingly extreme weather continues, modernizing agricultural insurance in the U.S. is a crucial step toward protecting farmers’ financial stability and reducing the risks they face when transitioning to climate-resilient …

Modernizing agricultural insurance in the U.S. is a crucial step toward protecting farmers’ financial stability and reducing the risks they face when transitioning to climate-resilient practices.

Obviously, EVs are powered by electricity. But did you know that many EVs can power your home in an emergency?

By Casey Horan & Magdalen Sullivan The All-Electric Buildings Act can accelerate the energy transition and help decarbonize New York’s building sector, which is the largest source of climate pollution in the state. Potential exemptions, particularly the broad framework proposed by the New York Department of Public Service, threaten to undermine the Act’s effectiveness and …

Framework presents market-ready path to integrate methane and flaring reductions into oil and gas debt finance

The Texas Legislature closed their latest session demonstrating bipartisan support for several priority zero-emission truck policies. Though deadlines and politics in the compact legislative series prevented final passage of the measures, there is now a strong foundation for future policy opportunities to complement the growing zero-emission transportation market in Texas. In the last six months …

Sea Change, a book by Amanda Leland and James Workman, flips the gloom-and-doom script with the ocean’s most surprising comeback story.

As the world works towards deploying a cleaner energy future, governments and industry are investing in building a hydrogen economy to replace high greenhouse gas emitting energy sources in critical hard to decarbonize sectors. But as we prepare to deploy hydrogen at scale, we must ensure that our standards and policies are rooted in the …

EPA rules that could save lives are being rolled back.

A few weeks ago, the Canadian province of Manitoba declared a state of emergency as a result of wildfires, with Manitoba Premier noting “this is the largest evacuation Manitoba will have seen in most peoples’ living memory”. This marked an ominous start to the country’s wildfire season, with about 225 wildfires burning, half of them …

As federal environmental programs and funding come under attack, states across the West are adopting major policies and dedicating more money to support long-term water resilience, underscoring how water bridges political divides. Here’s a roundup of the actions that were strongly supported by the EDF Water Team. Texas goes big on water with $20 billion …

The case in question is Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. EPA

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, announce strengthened efforts to up transparency across the LNG supply chain and reduce GHG emissions.

Warm oceans and Trump administration cuts to the National Weather Service put lives at risk, says veteran meteorologist John Morales.

EDF is saddened by the loss of Manfredi Caltagirone, leader of the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO)

Environmental Defense Fund applauds the G7’s Kananaskis Wildfire Charter

The State of Jalisco, Mexico has developed and is implementing a jurisdictional REDD+ model rooted in long-term vision, institutional strength, and a strong commitment to forest communities' rights. The post Jalisco’s Path to High-Integrity Jurisdictional Climate Finance: A Model for Climate Action and Territorial Justice appeared first on Climate 411.