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Meet your Fat Bear King, long may he reign, Winds blowing strong in Scotland, Greece goes 100% renewable (for a bit), Amazon making electric deliveries

by Andrew Howell & Dominic Watson | Originally published on GreenBiz.com Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ongoing disruptions to global energy markets underscore the urgency of accelerating the transition to renewable energy. Renewable power sources such as wind and solar can improve a country’s energy security as well as help meet climate goals, and European …

In this report, EDF and partners examine the financing challenges that small businesses in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities face after a disaster. We suggest two innovative risk transfer models to improve the recovery of small businesses in disadvantaged areas from weather-related extremes, with spillover benefits for their broader communities.

Watch a video about an EDF project in Antigua to use an electric school bus as backup power for a special needs school.

On this episode of EDF's Degrees podcast, we talk with Mia Diawara and learn about opportunities to invest in 100% beef that never had hooves, fully electric passenger planes, kelp-farming, carbon-sinking robots, and a fungus that both eats carbon and pays farmers.

This report from CATF and EDF identifies the challenges to achieving California’s clean energy transition through the lens of the new and repurposed electricity infrastructure needed to reach state climate and clean energy goals.

By: Katelyn Roedner Sutter and Michael Colvin This past summer, Californians have been hit hard by inflation: rising food costs, utility bills and nowhere more obviously than at the gas pump. The cost to fill up a tank has many potential causes and lots of experts are weighing in — see here, here and here.

Climate change promises a stormier future. Ten years after Sandy, New York and New Jersey are still seeking innovative ways to live with water.

This past summer, Californians have been hit hard by inflation: rising food costs, utility bills and nowhere more obviously than at the gas pump. The cost to fill up a tank has many potential causes and lots of experts are weighing in.

Join EDF for a conversation with National Dairy Development Board of India Chairman Meenesh Shah about the various programs and projects underway at NDDB and the future of the dairy sector in India.

Happy Fat Bear Week to you and yours, Aussies making a koality effort to protect endangered species, Michigan spending big bucks on EV batteries

EDF applauds the California Air Resources Board staff for proposing to strengthen the 100% pollution-free truck sales target. Now, CARB must vote to adopt the strengthened regulation to ensure that the next generation of Californians won’t grow up breathing the nation’s dirtiest air.

Today, EDF welcomes the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations aviation agency, passage of a commitment to a sustainable future for global aviation by adopting long-term goal of 2050 net-zero emissions goal for international aviation.

EDF statement by Dr. Margot Brown on the Enforcing & Empowering Environmental Justice Act

Fat Bear Week is an annual celebration of the biggest brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but climate change threatens these fat bears and the forest they live in.

Fat Bear Week is an annual celebration of the biggest brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but climate change threatens these fat bears and the forest they live in.

Methane emissions from natural gas gathering pipelines in the U.S. Permian Basin are at least 14 times greater than Environmental Protection Agency national inventory estimates, according to new peer-reviewed research from EDF, Stanford University and the University of Arizona.

On this episode of EDF's Degrees podcast, we talk with US Forest Service research ecologist Frank Kanawha Lake, who is bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to managing fire into the 21st century. Tune in to learn about what we can do to address wildfires, and how you could use your job to be a part of solutions.

For companies that own and operate medium and heavy duty trucks, the path to fleet electrification provides a high impact opportunity to intrinsically reshape the environmental impact of their operations.

By Lauren Navarro and Tom Cackette The Advanced Clean Fleets rule is a purchase requirement for medium and heavy-duty fleets to adopt an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks. It will complement the previously adopted Advanced Clean Trucks regulation requiring manufacturers to sell ZEV trucks. Together the two regulations are the most important means of achieving …

In this segment of CNBC's the Climate Clock, Sonal Bhutra talks to various stakeholders of EDF on EDF's fight against climate change and how innovation can help fight climate change.

President Biden’s $370-b plan is crucial; it is about US squaring up to threats of climate change, and promoting climate justice.

The cargo ships that move goods across our oceans are the heart of world trade—but the greenhouse gas emissions they release are one of the world’s thorniest decarbonisation challenges. 

As the world’s largest fossil gas importer, Europe is uniquely positioned to set the gold standard for methane mitigation and drive down emissions not only in Europe, but globally.

Environmental Defense Fund today released the Fleet Electrification Solutions Center, a free online resource that cuts through the complexity of truck electrification to connect fleet professionals with the solutions they need, all in one easy-to-navigate clearinghouse.