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For more than 15 years, EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has provided reliable and comprehensive data about climate pollution.

After more than a century of humans pumping fossil fuel emissions into the atmosphere unabated, natural ecosystems have started to release climate-warming gases on their own.  These climate feedbacks — the ways the warming environment begins to make itself hotter, like a microphone held too close to a speaker creates a vicious cycle of noise ... The post Breaking the climate feedback loop without breaking natural systems  appeared first on Climate 411.

Texans deserve a say before data centers tap local groundwater. Learn why transparency and oversight are critical for water security.

Thobo Marcelino is a young farmer with an analytical eye. A food scientist by training, the 21-year-old is keen to understand and optimize each of the systems that feed her nascent organic horticultural business in Botswana. Water has her attention. “We’re wasting a lot of water,” Marcelino admits. “Not because we just want to. Because ... The post From Field to Border: How Young African Farmers Are Learning to See Water Differently first appeared on On the Water Front.

Insurers can mitigate climate risks and minimize additional warming by advancing opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation. The post Insurance insiders sounded the alarm. Here’s what action can look like appeared first on EDF+Business.

Investors can help the aviation industry accelerate the pace of its climate transition by closing the sustainable aviation fuel financing gap. The post From mandate to bankability: Aviation’s climate transition is now an investment issue appeared first on EDF+Business.

This summer, Texas experienced another year of record-breaking temperatures. Soaring temperatures, coupled with growing electricity demand from new commercial and residential users, pushed electricity use to new highs. As recently as 2023, a summer like this would have been felt by Texans, like text alerts from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — which covers ... The post Clean power helped Texas beat the heat this summer: Explore the data appeared first on Climate 411.

These turbines emit dangerous pollution including smog-forming nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide, particulate matter and toxic formaldehyde.

EDF urges countries to avoid delaying critical climate science in the next IPCC report ahead of the United National climate conference COP31

Meeting the world’s collective climate targets demands significant finance. Countries have set out their climate ambitions in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), but turning these into full scale action requires investment that is available, accessible and suited to their needs. For Africa, initiatives that can reduce emissions, protect ecosystems, and support livelihoods have not been ... The post Africa Rising – The Carbon Markets Africa Summit, 2026 appeared first on Climate 411.

Many solutions to cut climate pollution already exist. Watch this economist break down which ones will work the fastest and cheapest.

Across South and Southeast Asia, governments are moving from exploring carbon markets to designing the policies, institutions, and data systems needed to make them work. As countries work toward increasingly ambitious climate goals, emissions trading systems (ETSs) are emerging as a key tool to reduce emissions while supporting economic development and competitiveness. Many governments are ... The post Designing carbon markets that work: How Asian policymakers are advancing credible ETS implementation appeared first on Climate 411.

The case is Environmental Defense Fund v. Zeldin. It is a challenge to the Trump EPA’s delay of protections against methane and other dangerous pollution.

A Pioneering Business Accelerator Program Helps Grow Entrepreneurship and a Sustainable Blue Economy  The post Financing the Flats appeared first on EDFish.

U.S. power pipeline shifts toward more costly, polluting fossil fuels as clean energy faces new headwinds

A practical framework to help financial institutions turn Sustainable Aviation Fuel ambition into credible, financeable action to help enable aviation’s climate transition. The post An investor due diligence guide to sustainable aviation fuel appeared first on EDF+Business.

Experts and advocates are urging the Public Service Commission (PSC) to release a plan that reduces reliance on expensive fossil fuels

Africa’s energy advantage depends on turning its resources into reliable energy, productive investment and competitive industries that drive economic growth and development. The post From energy potential to performance: Building Africa’s next energy advantage appeared first on EDF+Business.

What’s new: So far, 2026 has brought an onslaught of extreme weather, including heat waves, flooding, and wildfires. These climate-driven events have magnified health risks, especially extreme heat, rising hazardous air pollution, power outages and disease exposures. This climate-health crisis places an unequal burden on fenceline, low income and Black and brown communities. For example, ... The post Watch: Data to Action – What Communities Know, How Cities Lead  first appeared on Global Clean Air.

Blocking access to information about the pollution causing climate change will only make it harder and more expensive to prepare for extreme weather.

EDF statement in response to the adoption of assessment frameworks for marine carbon dioxide removal approaches at London Convention and London Protocol.

The Trump administration announced it will repeal all limits on climate pollution from power plants, without considering the impacts on peoples' health and electric bills. Environmental Defense Fund ran the numbers that the EPA should be counting.

Last month at New York Climate Week, EDF convened experts from across the carbon market ecosystem to discuss one of the sector’s most talked about topic: interoperability – namely, how we build trust across carbon markets. The discussion highlighted that carbon markets are becoming more mature, higher quality and increasingly interconnected, while underscoring the need ... The post Building Regional Cooperation and Real Demand: The New Generation of Interoperable Carbon Markets  appeared first on Climate 411.

This blog was co-authored by Kelsie Gomanie at the Natural Resources Defense Council The Western U.S. grid is entering a historic period of transformation. Today, moving low-cost power across the region is often complicated by a maze of separate trading agreements among grid managers, known as balancing authorities. New day-ahead markets are designed to change ... The post Market boundaries matter: Western electricity markets can better share affordable power appeared first on Climate 411.

Medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles are hitting the road in 2026, and we’ve collected last month’s most exciting news. In 2025, EDF delivered monthly deployment updates on the biggest zero-emission transportation stories. By the end of 2025, it was clear that momentum was sustained throughout a challenging year. This year will undoubtedly see more big ... The post September 2026: Electric trucks, buses round-up appeared first on Energy Exchange.