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Appeals Court Suspends Loophole for Super-Polluting Diesel Freight Trucks

EDF Calls on EPA to Withdraw Censored Science Proposal

EDF, Allies Ask Court for Emergency Ruling to Block EPA’s Unlawful Loophole for Super-Polluting Freight Trucks

USDA, EDF and Southern Plains Land Trust generate and sell first listed grassland carbon credits.

‘Market and Policy Innovations for Resilient Agriculture’ will explore emerging ideas and unexpected partners driving change across the food system.

EDF announced today that environmental leader Kathleen ‘Katie’ McGinty is the new leader and Senior Vice President of the Oceans program.

Considerable amounts of the greenhouse gas methane leak from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain. Alvarez et al. reassessed the magnitude of this leakage and found that in 2015, supply chain emissions were ∼60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate. They suggest that this discrepancy exists because current inventory methods miss emissions that occur during abnormal operating conditions. These data, and the methodology used to obtain them, could improve and verify international inventories of greenhouse gases and provide a better understanding of mitigation efforts outlined by the Paris Agreement.

The launch of the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance is a promising step forward by four influential companies – Danone North America; Mars, Incorporated; Nestlé USA; and Unilever United States.

Reporting on the discovery and enhancement of plastic-dissolving enzymes in bacteria and what it means for plastic pollution problem plaguing oceans.

ExxonMobil made an important statement by cutting ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance H.R. 200 today, putting the future of our nation’s fisheries at risk.

EDF Asks EPA’s Wheeler to Protect Americans from Super-Polluting Freight Trucks

Pruitt’s Reckless Tenure is Over, American Families Deserve Better

The international shipping agency already has the legal authority to implement and enforce policies to achieve its new climate target, according to new analysis published by Environmental Defense Fund and Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

The bipartisan Senate farm bill delivers big wins for rural economies and conservation.

EDF statement from David Kelly, Senior Manager, North Carolina Political Affairs

The ICAO Council adopted the Standards and Recommended Practices to address the role of air travel in contributing to climate change.

D.C. Circuit Court Temporarily Suspends Challenges to Clean Power Plan

A report from the EDF demonstrates that child care facilities are a critical in the effort to reduce children’s exposure to lead from drinking water.

EDF statement from Dionne Delli-Gatti, Director, Southeast Clean Energy

EDF discovered that methane leaks can undo some or all of the climate benefits we think we’re getting when we substitute natural gas for coal or oil.

Environmental Defense Fund spearheaded an extensive research series that revealed methane emissions were 60% higher than the U.S. government estimate.

Two global trends are converging in the energy industry, and the result could spur the biggest environmental advancement in a generation.

EDF statement from Elizabeth B. Stein, Senior Manager, New York Clean Energy Law & Policy

A new EDF survey found that a vast majority of Floridians believe that access to clean and renewable energy for businesses and homes is critical for the future of the state and will help mitigate the effects of climate change.