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There’s widespread consensus that climate smart agricultural practices like cover cropping, reduced and no-tillage and crop diversification can help farmers adapt to climate change and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet confidence in the impacts of these practices as a climate solution has been undermined by reliance on models to determine how much carbon has …

America is at its best when it builds toward the future, strengthening the nation for what’s ahead and making life better for families

Statement from Erin Murphy, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund

$388 million in new project grants — in addition to a new analysis of management alternatives — will bolster water resilience across the Colorado Basin.

This blog was authored by and Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, EDF. As wildfires burn across L.A., thousands of residents are about to face the heart-breaking, confusing, stressful, and difficult process of rebuilding after disaster. This recovery process can be incredibly costly, and the majority of Americans do not have sufficient …

Agricultural carbon crediting relies on process-based biogeochemical models to estimate accrual of soil organic carbon stock (SOC). We investigate the conditions under which it may be economical to estimate SOC accrual by measuring and remeasuring SOC.

Statement from Senior Chemicals Policy Director Maria Doa - January 15, 2025

Website and interactive map that illustrates unhealthy air pollution from the gas-fired combustion turbines at power plants and industrial facilities all across the U.S.

New Website Highlights Dangers from Pollution, New Opportunity to Reduce It

EDF Statement from Kate Courtin, Senior Manager, State Climate Policy & Strategy

The need to transition to zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles is urgent. Today, most of these vehicles run on diesel, which has massive consequences for human health. Thankfully, fleets have been embracing this challenge. In 2024, fleets again added a record number of EVs into their operations. As we look towards 2025 and beyond, there …

New EDF and BCG report assesses evolving voluntary carbon market trends in agriculture and key actions needed to drive impact

Companies and their investors should use every tool – especially their political influence – to defend America’s thoughtful, strategic methane rules.

With the incoming Trump administration stacked with supporters of Project 2025, here's how its policies would change Americans lives.

Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter on Governor Gavin Newsom’s release of a state budget proposal for FY 2025-2026

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today issued preliminary guidance on the 45Z tax credit created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act

The latest blackout in Puerto Rico underscores the importance of collaborating with Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to modernize the electric grid.

Urge atender la crisis energética en Puerto Rico

From drones finding leaky oil wells to cute animal awards, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate change fight. These are this month's good climate news stories.

Sunny-day flooding, caused by climate change, is already impacting Lee Zeldin's neighbors. Will Trump's pick for EPA chief come to their aid?

Extreme weather and pollution threaten our health, our jobs and our families. Let’s make sure that our leaders will protect the people and places we love.

A report shows 150,000 new jobs were created in the electric vehicle market, the vast majority in Republican-led states.

Latest report in a series summarizing the significant private investments in the U.S., and associated job creation, in manufacturing EVs, EV components, EV batteries, EV battery components, and EV battery recycling over the last decade.

In this study supported and co-authored by EDF, researchers conducted a blind comparison of commercial soil laboratories and found that soil carbon values measured for the same soil differed by as much as double across different labs.

Production Underway at Dozens of U.S. Electric Projects Are Overwhelmingly Located in Republican Congressional Districts – New Report