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With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

We include projected emissions and gaps to the U.S. Climate Alliance targets for Arizona and Nevada — showing that Nevada stepping back from its climate commitments and Arizona committing to the NDC-aligned targets does not change our finding that leadership states can close nearly half of the gap to our national targets. In fact, Arizona’s new commitments mean that leadership states delivering on their targets could be even more consequential for closing the gap to our national 2030 goal.

By Ari Pottens and Scott Seymour It’s no secret that the rampant, out-of-control wildfires which are devastating parts of Canada and creating toxic air quality conditions for millions of people, are exacerbated by climate change. This makes it all the more crucial to rapidly reduce the greenhouse gases behind the climate crisis. In 2020, Canada’s …

Farm Credit Canada launched the Sustainability Incentive Program to recognize and encourage customers to implement sustainable farming practices.

Emissions analysis, which includes impacts of transformative federal investments, finds that leadership states are projected to fall short of their goals and must adopt strong policy to drive U.S. progress.

Climate leadership states could cut emissions gap to the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement in half, if governors achieve their targets. 

An EDF project in Antigua to use an electric school bus as backup power for a special needs school helps keep the lights on.

As regulators pursue accurate emissions inventories, the methane measurement industry is ready with a variety of available and cost-effective technologies capable of tracking methane pollution.

By Adam Peltz & Kate Roberts This week, the Department of the Interior announced nearly $660 million in grant funding to plug orphan wells across the U.S., adding to $560 million in initial funding from last summer. The news comes on the heels of new research led by researchers at McGill University and EDF experts …

In 2022, Farm Credit Canada launched the Sustainability Incentive Program to recognize and encourage customers to implement sustainable farming practices. Through the program, FCC partners with agriculture industry-led sustainability initiatives that have established systems for verifying and measuring environmental outcomes. This model has allowed FCC to offer innovative financial incentives to farmers producing several different …

What Happened? In April, a company called Prime Research Reports issued a press release in which it claimed FDA had approved THP (tetrahydropiperine) as a Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) substance “for use in food products.” There is no record that FDA has either reviewed or approved THP for use in food. The report describes …

EDF research reveals problems with the way Saskatchewan is managing emissions from a very specific type of oil production known as Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand. A lot of gas, most of which is methane, also comes out during this process.

In April of last year, the IPCC estimated that we need to invest $48 trillion between 2020-2050 to reach net zero.

From voting to cutting food waste, here are five BIG things you can do to help fight climate change.

Join us in honoring the legacy of tenacious scientist Charles Wurster, with this interview about what led to the U.S. ban on DDT, how it grew into what became Environmental Defense Fund and how it shaped his life.

Oregon’s 2023 legislative session concluded with a wide-ranging drought package passing through the House and the Senate, enabling key investments necessary to building a water-secure future for Oregon’s communities and ecosystems.   The investments come at a critical moment as climate change is impacting water resources throughout Oregon. The vast majority of the state remains …

Oregon’s 2023 legislative session concluded with a wide-ranging drought package passing through the House and the Senate, enabling key investments necessary to building a water-secure future for Oregon’s communities and ecosystems.

From bison returning to Indigenous lands to a humpback whale boon, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate fight. These are this week's good climate news stories.

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

Statement from Fred Krupp, President and Marie Cabbia Hubatova, Director, Global Shipping at Environmental Defense Fund

The proposal is the first in a series of vital actions EPA will take to implement the Methane Emission Reduction Program

Reports Released with EDF Comments on Proposed EPA Light and Medium-Duty Emissions Standards

Study co-authored by EDF scientists distills 8 lessons from emerging climate-informed US fisheries management efforts.

An expedition of Cuban scientists departs July 10 to study Cuban coral reefs in one of the largest scientific efforts in Cuban waters to date.

Environmental Defense Fund has named Jolon Clark as Colorado State Director, bringing additional capacity and expertise to its political engagement and advocacy efforts in the Mountain West.