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This post is part of a series examining Enhancing California’s Resiliency to Natural Catastrophes, a report prepared by the California Earthquake Authority in response to Senate Bill 254. The report presents policy options for addressing California’s interconnected wildfire, insurance, and electric utility challenges. In this blog, we assess the report’s insurance-related proposals and consider how ... The post Reducing risk today will fix California’s insurance crisis for future generations appeared first on Climate 411.

With intensifying pressures increasingly causing disruptions, it’s clear that the U.S. beef sector needs to adapt — and with greater urgency than ever. The post The U.S. beef system was built for efficiency. Now, it needs resilience, too. appeared first on EDF+Business.

With climate change making weather more extreme, the proportion of people living in flood-prone areas has been rising fast. Here's what we can do.

The new Western electricity market is expanding its footprint as electric utility BHE Montana announced it will become the eighth participant to sign up.

This study presents the largest drone-based survey of its kind and introduces a multi-technology framework that integrates drone and ground-based magnetometry and methane measurements, along with regulator-led field verification, for systematically locating and evaluating undocumented orphaned wells in complex terrain.

What’s new: EDF and partners at the Community Data Health Initiative (CDHI) just launched the City Clean Air Hub — a one-stop resource to help Mayors and other city leaders chart a path to cleaner air. The hub connects local leaders in and out of government with the data, analytical tools, policy insights, best practices ... The post New City Clean Air Hub to help city leaders deliver clean air and healthy communities first appeared on Global Clean Air.

By Ben Jones & Veronica Ung-Kono The Western power grid is increasingly strained by rapid load growth, surging demand to interconnect new power sources, extreme weather and pressure to deliver affordable electricity. Proactively planning interstate electric transmission lines –the high voltage wires that transport cost-effective and clean power across long distances – is essential to ... The post Building Tomorrow’s Grid: Why the Southwest’s Transmission Proposal Falls Short appeared first on Climate 411.

The bill as it currently stands leaves farmers with fewer resources to manage risk and build more resilient operations.

This post is part of a series examining ‘Enhancing California’s Resiliency to Natural Catastrophes’, a report prepared by the California Earthquake Authority in response to Senate Bill 254. The report presents policy options for addressing California’s interconnected wildfire, insurance, and electric utility challenges. In this blog, we consider how California can build a coordinated, long-term approach to reducing ... The post How to reduce community wildfire risk for a more resilient California appeared first on Climate 411.

The U.S. District Court in Oregon blocked the Department of Defense’s freeze on onshore wind energy projects.

The Trump administration is buying out offshore wind leases in order to stop the projects, throttling necessary new energy generation.

This blog was co-authored by Lauren Parker, Managing Director, Secure Water Future, Valley Institute for Sustainability, Technology, & Agriculture (VISTA), UC Merced. This spring, researchers, policymakers, water managers and community leaders gathered at UC Merced and attempted to answer the question, “Is land management adapting to water scarcity fast enough?” This question has become urgent ... The post Land Repurposing Workshop connects the dots across a changing landscape first appeared on On the Water Front.

Read EDF's latest climate policy updates, including EPA litigation, carbon market linkage, Climate Corps, and what's next for business leaders. The post Climate Policy News You Can Use – Summer 2026 Edition appeared first on EDF+Business.

(Image attributed to wes muller/louisiana illuminator) The post Before approving $4.1B in new gas plants, Louisiana regulators should compare all options appeared first on Energy Exchange.

EDF expert testimony finds Entergy has failed to justify its proposed $4.1 billion investment in two new Louisiana gas plants.

Updates will ensure the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative continues to deliver essential funding for bill-lowering clean energy.

Every dollar families spend on their energy bills should make the energy system safer, more reliable and more efficient. As the Illinois Commerce Commission considers Peoples Gas’ latest $144 million rate request, it has an opportunity to ensure customers receive greater value from the investments they are being asked to fund.  The first statistical analysis of Peoples Gas’ leak records, pipeline maps and neighborhood demographic data, commissioned by ... The post Smarter investments can build a safer, more equitable Chicago gas system  appeared first on Energy Exchange.

Bipartisan agricultural leaders recently wrote to Congress to sound the alarm that the farm economy is in crisis, and Congress is leaving farmers to face it alone.

Statistical analysis of Peoples Gas data identifies disparities in aging gas infrastructure and opportunities for smarter investments in IL.

What do wildfires and bacterial disease outbreaks have in common? They're both dangerous — and encouraged by a warmer climate.  

Cap and trade reduces emissions by setting a limit on pollution and using market forces to reduce pollution in cost-effective ways.

What's going on with those high electric bills? Take our quiz and see how plugged in you are. 

“Americans deserve clear climate risk information so they can keep their hard-earned money safe,” said Stephanie Jones, Senior Attorney for EDF

The Toxic Substances Control Act is the primary safety law protecting Americans from harmful chemicals in everyday products. Bipartisan updates in 2016 strengthened the law by giving EPA the authority and responsibility to evaluate new chemicals more effectively, and to protect vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women and those who work at or live by ... The post The myth of the innovation tradeoff: Our chemical safety law protects health without stifling progress first appeared on EDF Health.

EDF-supported initiative for subsurface temperature data collection receives international recognition   By: Samantha Johnstone, Ocean Data Communications & Storytelling Intern, and Aubrey Taylor, High Meadows Fellow, Ocean Data The fishers at the heart of ocean science  When Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network fishers head out on the water, they are not just fishing. They are helping scientists better understand the ocean ... The post Fishing for Data   appeared first on EDFish.