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Study authored by EDF and partners evaluates the feasibility of vessel electrification, examining practical applications, community interests, key use cases, and barriers to adoption to inform partner-based approaches for implementation.

Trump admin move to close EPA’s research office threatens science-based protections, risking more pollution, illness, and harm to American families.

Electrification could bring economic, environmental and resilience benefits to the island nation

There’s no single pathway to managing this growing wildfire crisis, but there is something that can empower data-driven action across the globe: FireSAT.

Air pollution and the pollution that warms our planet are connected. Here’s how we can protect our health and fight climate change at the same time.

By funding mobility solutions today, we ensure Florida is prepared for tomorrow’s transportation needs. Florida is at a pivotal moment.

Learn how the federal flood project process works and discover ways you can get engaged in the planning phase.

FireSat, a new satellite that can detect wildfires from space, has launched. It's the first of 50 satellites in a global detection system will improve wildfire response and prevention.

Statement from Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President Energy Transition, EDF

Congressman Grijalva was a champion for the climate and environmental justice.

The Trump administration plan will make us less safe, increase the cost of living and undermine critical environmental benefits of wetlands.

Maintaining animal health isn’t only an essential practice for livestock farming, though any farmer or rancher will agree that’s true. It’s also a way to lower the methane intensity of the meat and dairy produced by livestock and improve health and livelihoods for people, which is particularly important for smallholder farmers in low-income countries. Livestock …

In 2023, a Supreme Court ruling (Sackett v. EPA) quietly and significantly put wetlands in the U.S. at risk by drastically narrowing the scope of wetlands.

After multiple attempts to hold back grants awarded for a solar program designed to save low-income Americans money on their electric bills, the Trump administration has released the funds. That’s good news for the Chippewa Cree Tribe and electric-bill payers across the U.S.

Washington state’s cap-and-invest program continues to show the power of state policies that cut pollution and raise funds for their communities. The post Washington’s cap-and-invest program remains strong as first auction of the year delivers essential funds for communities in the Evergreen state appeared first on Climate 411.

Statement of Kate Boicourt, Director for Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds program in New York-New Jersey, Environmental Defense Fund

Statement from Amanda Leland, Executive Director of Environmental Defense Fund

As the global climate community sets its sights on COP30 in Belém, Brazil, we stand at a decisive moment for international climate action. Election outcomes in the US, Europe, and elsewhere are reshaping the landscape of multilateralism, finance, and aid. The upcoming conference is more than just another annual climate gathering – it’s a pivotal opportunity to recalibrate and push the world toward meeting its 2030 climate targets.  The post Countdown to COP30: This is our chance to bend the curve toward 2030 targets appeared first on Climate 411.

With EPA's environmental justice offices eliminated, EPA will no longer be able to fulfill its mission of protecting the health of every American.

This tool quantifies well-to-wake reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions from the ammonia fuel value chain, drawing on industry insights and research literature about ammonia as an emerging marine fuel.

"We will vigorously oppose efforts to impose the costs of deadly pollution and higher electricity costs on millions of people."

For companies serious about tackling climate change, setting ambitious goals is just the beginning. The real challenge is figuring out how to get there.

This op-ed was originally published in Hoard’s Dairyman. Since its initial publication, the financial uncertainty for farmers engaging in conservation practices has grown substantially. Ongoing trade negotiations, tariffs and blocked funding for existing U.S. Department of Agriculture contracts for conservation expenses and the uncertainty of future funding for conservation programs intensify the financial challenges faced …

Although the path forward for climate advocacy in the US is unclear right now, policy will continue to be an enabler for managing business risk and reducing costs.

With energy squarely on the agenda of a shifting geopolitical landscape, Secretary Wright took the stage at CERAWeek in Houston today to address thousands