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While it may be convenient to place slow onset events like biodiversity loss on the backburner, financing climate solutions now is a more cost-effective approach in the long run. By embracing creative financial mechanisms and harnessing the power of nature-based approaches, we can pave the way for a more resilient tomorrow. 

When it comes to livestock and environmental impacts, methane emission reductions are often top of mind — and for good reason. Lowering methane emissions from animal agriculture is one of the fastest ways to slow down climate change. However, important local air pollutants like ammonia are seldom discussed with the same frequency or urgency. Agriculture …

Hazel Chandler and her daughter Jen have made fighting for the climate a family tradition.

What’s new: The American Lung Association released its annual State of the Air report last month, showing that climate change is making it more difficult to clean up our polluted air. About one-third of all Americans were breathing unhealthy air in 2023—a greater number than in year’s past, despite gains made through ever improving vehicle,

The updates are a key part of the IRA’s Methane Emission Reduction Program and will improve the accuracy of our emissions inventory

EDF scientist Ilissa Ocko joins U.S. climate envoy team to focus on methane and other non-CO₂ climate pollutants.

Cancer Alley, a stretch of land in Louisiana known for its high cancer rates and heavy industrialization, has a glimmer of hope as the EPA looks to cut down on toxic air pollution.

Colorado releases 2024 protocol guiding oil and gas companies on compliance with state greenhouse gas intensity verification rule.

This report from EDF helps guide through challenges involved in application of process-based models to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV) schemes in large-scale contexts. It provides important context and recommendations for process-based model implementation in agricultural soil GHG and SOC projects to increase consistency, transparency, and confidence in this integral portion of the MMRV process.

Efforts to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and increase soil carbon storage are picking up steam to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. To have maximum impact, we need ways to reliably quantify their outcomes.  Direct measurement of the impacts of climate smart agricultural practices are imperative to instill confidence, but they aren’t forward-looking …

Statement from EDF Director of Federal Affairs for Agriculture Policy Andrew Lentz

The Department of the Treasury today issued guidance clarifying under which conditions sustainable aviation fuels will qualify for the 40B tax credit

The House passed the Abandoned Well Remediation R&D Act 333–75; the bipartisan bill now heads to the Senate, where it’s expected to gain similar support.

Long-awaited Action Will Save Lives of Workers and Eliminate All Consumer Uses

Updates for NEPA Implementation Will Protect Communities, Accelerate Clean Energy Projects

More than 85,000 comments call on U.S. Department of Transportation to finalize gas pipeline leak detection and repair rule.

What’s new: EDF released a report this week, Illinois Warehouse Boom, which examines the growth of mega-warehouses and their health impacts in communities across Illinois, building on its recent research in New York. The launch event featured a report overview by EDF authors, personal accounts from community advocates and remarks from three state legislators (see …

The IOGP, MGP, OGCI, EDF and partnership today announced their intention to build a framework to share expertise to help companies reduce methane emissions

Statement from Ted Kelly, EDF Senior Attorney for Federal Energy

"Much of the conservation and climate change spotlight falls on tropical forests. Given this, people might forget that forests in the temperate areas — those found in large parts of North America, Europe and higher latitudes in Asia and Australia — also have the power to help limit climate change," EDF experts Amanda Leland and Steven Hamburg write in Scientific American.

Environmental Defense Fund and thirteen other health, environmental, and public interest groups are moving to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s

EPA updates Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal and oil power plants, strengthening rules to curb hazardous emissions and protect health.

EPA strengthens Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal plants, a win for health advocates after years of work to curb toxic emissions.

Agricultural methane emissions trace a complex path through the food and dairy industries, but by asking simple questions, investors can gain insight into the enormous opportunities at hand.

Carbon markets and carbon monitoring programs track changes in cropland soil carbon stock over time to determine how agricultural management practices impact carbon storage in soil. Soil carbon stock is typically measured by taking soil samples prior to the adoption of a new farming practice, followed by additional sampling after the practice has been in …