By EDF Blogs By: Matt Golden, Senior Energy Finance Consultant, Environmental Defense Fund New Energy and Loan Performance Data Project Uses Latest in Data Science to Help Capital Markets Engage in Efficiency Lending Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project (ICP) and the Clean…
This commentary originally appeared on EDF's California Dream 2.0 blog . By: Kate Daniel, EDF Climate Corps Fellow Kate Daniel, Climate Corps Fellow Great news for California and the future of energy efficiency in Sacramento. Today I took part in an announcement by Sacramento Mayor Kevin…
By EDF Blogs By Kate Daniel, EDF Climate Corps Fellow Kate Daniel, Climate Corps Fellow Great news for California and the future of energy efficiency in Sacramento. Today I took part in an announcement by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson unveiling the nation’s largest Property Assessed Clean…
Successful fisheries management is dependent upon timely data collection and analysis. A robust monitoring program will provide data on catch, specify gear use and evaluate bycatch for fishery stakeholders and managers, which in turn, support and improve stock assessments and ensure catch limits…
By Elena Craft, PhD On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed lawsuits filed by Attorney General Greg Abbott and a group of power companies that could have undermined the Clean Air Act and hurt efforts to reduce climate pollution. The Clean Air Act requires…
BP Says Spill Fund Is Running on Fumes By Selina Williams. The Wall Street Journal. July 30, 2013. "LONDON—BP BP.LN -3.28% PLC said Tuesday that the $20 billion fund it set up to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will soon run out, as compensation claims have accelerated…
New analysis shows that carbon credits can play a vital role in helping international aviation achieve carbon-neutral growth New analysis shows that carbon credits can play a vital role in helping international aviation achieve carbon-neutral…
By Mordechai Treiger and Will Lindsey, Environmental Defense Fund Three years after the Macondo oil well was capped off the coast of Louisiana, BP is still making headlines as it works to resolve legal claims stemming from the incident. As legal interns who have spent the past ten weeks working…
By Mandy Warner Health organizations have made it clear that climate change is a health issue. American Lung Association has said: [S]cientists warn that the buildup of greenhouse gases and the climate changes caused by it will create conditions, including warmer temperatures, which will increase…
By John Finnigan Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley continues to lead the way on climate and clean energy policy. On Thursday , he unveiled Maryland’s new Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act (GGRA) Plan. Gov. O’Malley’s plan raises the targets for renewable energy, energy efficiency…
ATLANTA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce a significant award to Upstate Forever that will help restore the Rocky River and its associated wetlands in Anderson, S.C., support community revitalization and protect public health. The award is part EPA’s Urban Waters…
Whizzing through 213 trillion calculations per second, newly upgraded supercomputers of NOAA’s National Weather Service are now more than twice as fast in processing sophisticated computer models to provide more accurate forecasts further out in time.
Each Monday we write about the New England environment and way of life seen through our local perspective. Previous posts By Phil Colarusso Saturday night is usually the big social night on the weekly calendars of most humans. Who knew that sea worms kept the same schedule? Fellow EPA diver Dan…
NOAA-supported scientists found a large Gulf of Mexico oxygen-free or hypoxic “dead” zone, but not as large as had been predicted.
BP mounts heavy media campaign as judge weighs spill case By Harry R. Weber, FuelFix. July 29, 2013. "BP’s unrelenting attacks against how the Gulf oil spill civil settlement it agreed to is being handled aims to win over the public, but the strategy risks antagonizing a key constituent who…
Historic Roadmap for Cleaner Air at the Grand Canyon and Surrounding Communities, Carbon Pollution Reductions from the Navajo Generating Station and a Stronger Clean Energy Economy Fri, 2013-07-26 NEWSRELEASE Contact: KeithGaby,…
By Will Lindsey, Environmental Defense Fund Will Lindsey, Policy and Partnerships Intern, Mississippi River Delta Restoration, Environmental Defense Fund. As my first summer internship as a Tulane University Law School student comes to an end, I am grateful to have been so involved in work that…
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, newly-confirmed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will be in Cambridge, MA to deliver remarks at Harvard Law School. This will be her first public speech since being confirmed as EPA Administrator by the U.S. Senate. McCarthy will discuss her…
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, newly-confirmed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will be in Cambridge, MA to deliver remarks at Harvard Law School. This will be her first public speech since being confirmed as EPA Administrator by the U.S. Senate. McCarthy will discuss her…
EDF staff participated in panel earlier this week at the 26th International Congress for Conservation Biology, spotlighting our new partnership and initiative, Fish Forever, designed to improve fisheries management in developing tropic nations. Organized by the Society for Conservation Biology,…