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EDF and partners like Google are gathering pollution data at street level, where people breathe.

Around the world, only 1 in 10 people breathe healthy air. And while air pollution may often be invisible, the toll it takes on our health certainly is not.

This multi-part blog series, Fisheries for the Future, examines the impacts from climate change on global fisheries and the opportunities to address these emerging challenges.

Emissions cuts alone won’t limit global warming to 1.5°C, IPCC report warns. But can carbon removal from land use and technology scale up in time?

On the surface, the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law on Tuesday may sound like a massive government spending program. Indeed, it promises to put nearly $370 billion in federal funding behind the energy transition.

Rural communities across the United States are extraordinarily diverse, all experiencing a wide variety of landscapes, cultural identities and ways of life.

Decarbonizing industry is a critical step to stabilize our climate. The sector can be tough to get a handle on — it’s on track to become the largest-emitting sector within the next couple of decades, and it involves the production of a wide variety of goods, from cement, steel, and chemicals to food and beverages.

This blog is the second of a series of analyses being developed by a coalition of NGOs engaged in decarbonization of the U.S. industrial sector. 

Over the last year, hydrogen has gained significant momentum as a pathway to reduce pollution, create jobs and drive economic growth.

EDF guide to how farmers and their financial partners can realize the full value of conservation investments.

Harnessing today’s solutions to build a fair, clean, and resilient economy will be essential to tackling climate change, but we can’t stop there. To meet this challenge head-on and secure a safer future, we’ll need new solutions too.

Decarbonizing industry across the global economy will be an enormous challenge. To tackle it, billions of dollars are being invested globally in new industrial “Hubs” designed to cluster clean energy infrastructure and enhance outcomes for the climate and economies.

EDF presents a new approach to tracking and visualizing U.S. federal climate innovation funding.

EDF advocates for an approach to the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Study that is multi-hazard, community-centered and prioritizes nature-based solutions.

Information from EDF to help fleets across the state electrify Class 3-8 vehicles

Information from EDF to help fleets across the state electrify Class 3-8 vehicles

Explosion in Deer Park underscores recurring chemical disasters and weak enforcement; EDF urges Texas lawmakers to empower TCEQ to protect communities.

New York’s Congestion Pricing Program Moves Ahead With Federal Highway Administration Letter of Legal Sufficiency

EDF contributed to a new report detailing specific ways to make sure that energy regulatory decision-making processes in Massachusetts are more inclusive and equitable.

National parks going green(er), Crucial snails headed to Pacific islands, New York transitioning to all green energy

U.S. DOT proposed much-needed protections to improve oversight and reduce pollution from the nation’s network of natural gas pipelines today.

Since 1967, Environmental Defense Fund has found innovative ways to solve the toughest environmental problems.

A major international study shows that tropical forests, once destroyed, have the capacity to restore themselves over a period of decades, offering hope that they can play an important role in the fight against climate change.

Norway leads the world in per capita electric vehicles, so how did it get there?

Analysis conducted by Roush for EDF that assesses and quantifies the key impacts of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on the cost of electrifying medium and heavy-duty vehicles.