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Environmental Defense Fund released a new interactive map showcasing the extensive national presence of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

"New analysis from Environmental Defense Fund, released during New York Climate Week, shows that, if climate leadership states achieved their goals [...]"

EDF filed comments strongly opposing U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s proposed repeals of the Endangerment Finding and Clean Cars and Trucks Standards

While the federal government rapidly undermines climate progress, new analysis from EDF shows that state leadership is more important than ever. Our analysis finds that if leadership states deliver on their climate commitments, they could make a significant impact on the overall U.S. emissions and collectively cut the gap to the nation’s Paris-aligned 2035 target …

As companies work to deliver on 2030 climate targets, key solutions from EDF's Net Zero Action Accelerator will help.

Despite the limited attention on groundwater at World Water Week, we observed other encouraging shifts, including the elevation of Indigenous voices. The post Observations from World Water Week: Indigenous voices gain center stage; groundwater remains largely overlooked first appeared on On the Water Front.

"The pathway to a bigger, better regional electricity market has opened in the West, a move that would maximize cost savings for Coloradans and [...]"

Drone surveys over Southwestern Pennsylvania from September to October 2025 can be viewed by township and date.

The U.S. EPA proposed altering the way it conducts risk evaluations for chemicals already in use under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

The new rule limits impacts from 5 Priority Toxic Air Contaminants (PTACs)

"Formation of a West-wide regional electricity market with independent Western governance took a massive step forward last Monday with California [...]"

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has cut energy costs and slashed climate pollution while boosting economic and health benefits for people in the eastern U.S. and beyond.

Since 2021, the United States has experienced a clean energy manufacturing renaissance, with $208.1 billion in announced investments and 257,000 jobs.

With electricity demand increasing for the first time in a generation, the New York Public Service Commission issued an order that takes technical and procedural steps to facilitate long term planning for customer needs. The order establishes forward-thinking practices for how utilities should plan grid investments — while leaving important questions unresolved. The electric system …

By Morgan Rote, Pete Budden and Joe Williams The first international hydrogen standard is poised to shape national hydrogen policies, but in its current form it overlooks critical science on electricity sourcing, methane leakage and hydrogen’s own warming impacts — risking the credibility of clean hydrogen as a true climate solution. To ensure hydrogen delivers …

“California is doubling down on cheaper, cleaner electricity and curbing climate pollution while DC digs in on failed policies that fuel higher [...]"

Farmers and ranchers around the world face increased heatwaves, droughts and heavy rainfall, making it harder to grow livestock and crops. This means less financial security for farm families and, globally, bigger threats to people’s access to nutrition. Methane, a super-pollutant greenhouse gas, worsens the weather impacts farmers are facing. And livestock farming itself is …

When red snapper populations started crashing, fisherman Keith “Buddy” Guindon stopped ignoring environmentalists and started collaborating with them.

The report is called Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare.

The Trump administration’s “Climate Working Group” created a widely discredited report at the center of its attempt to undo EPA’s Endangerment Finding.

Wetlands loss in North Carolina (1985–2023) led to $43M in flood damage. EDF study shows wetlands reduce flood losses, valued per acre via insurance claims.

By Elizabeth Montoya-LaPorte, Intern, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds Virginia faces a diverse set of flood risks, with sea level rise on the eastern coast, landslides exasperating flood risk in the west and more intense and frequent storms throughout the Commonwealth. Between 2020 and 2060, the number of buildings exposed to an extreme coastal flood …

Nearly 40 years ago, the world came together to solve a huge environmental problem and protect people from harm — despite denial, conflict and shifting political winds. It’s worth remembering how we got it done, and why.  

EDF report outlines a practical pathway for insurers to transform post-disaster recovery into an opportunity for resilience, helping build safer, more climate-ready communities, and offering policymakers a model to stabilize coverage for the future.

EDF analysis details how insurers can use endorsements to help households rebuild stronger, safer, lower-carbon homes after climate-driven disasters