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Immediately after the Future Energy Jobs Act was passed in 2016, EDF and our tremendous partners in the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition started work again. Building on that momentum and with many new and diverse partners, the Coalition held over 100 listening sessions with communities about their top priorities for Illinois. During those listening sessions,

Unsustainable fishing remains among the planet’s most serious and elusive environmental challenges. When it comes to the ocean, scientists agree that while reducing and mitigating climate risks is the biggest long-term threat, getting fishing intensity right is the biggest near-term need. Unknown to most people, concerted efforts have been underway now for more than 25 …

In a United Nations address yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that China would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, and would step up support for other developing countries to accelerate the transition to green and low-carbon energy.

The World Health Organization’s update of the global Air Quality Guidelines is an important step forward.

The current decade is critical to put the medium and heavy-duty vehicle sector on a path toward a clean energy future.

Remembering Congressman Sherry Boehlert, an Environmental Statesman

Natural climate solutions can provide 20% of all the emissions reductions we need by 2050 to keep average global warming under 2 C. Stopping tropical deforestation, allowing tropical forests to regenerate and restoring degraded lands are the most important methods, particularly in the next decade.

Climate Resilience in the Caribbean

Advancing Clean Trucks

This first-of-its-kind reporting framework is designed to improve the clarity and credibility of oil and gas industry methane emissions data.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

The U.S. and the European Union announced the best climate news we’ve had in a long time today, a commitment to cut their methane emissions 30%.

Ads show job-creating potential of clean energy and pro-climate investments

166 million micronutrient deficiencies could be averted by 2030 if the global production of marine and freshwater foods is increased by 15.5 million tons.

Bold plan will drive clean energy investment

Routine flaring in Texas is, well, too routine. It’s wasteful, harmful for health and the climate, and getting permission to burn gas instead of finding a productive use for it is far too easy in our state. Over 1 trillion cubic feet of Texas gas have been vented or flared by operators in the past …

A spreadsheet of regulatory air quality monitors in London that exceed legal pollution levels in 2020

Last month Houston Metro voted to shift to purchasing only zero-emission buses by 2030 — the same year the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has set as a deadline to cut the world’s emissions in half. Both decisions are driven by the same goal: a healthier, safer and cleaner world for our kids. As …

Climate Resilience in the Caribbean

Advancing Clean Trucks

This synthesis from EDF is for federal and state policymakers looking to shape public investments in climate mitigation through agricultural soil carbon credits, protocol developers, project developers and aggregators, buyers of credits and others interested in learning about the landscape of soil carbon.

EDF’s Economics Discussion Paper Series presents economic works, research in progress, and policy discussions written by EDF Economists and external colleagues and co-authors.

Clean Manufacturing Tax Letter September 13, 2021

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

CBS news video highlights EDF's high-tech tools to monitor methane leaks that contribute to global warming.