Publications and documents
- The Golden State keeps driving climate progress despite all the backsliding in Washington.
- Webinar - Membership
- EDF Releases Guidebook to Accelerate Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure Type: Report
Date: September 21, 2017
Unlocking Private Capital to Finance Sustainable Infrastructure, that introduces the first-ever roadmap for increasing collaboration with the private sector to fill critical public funding - Podcast - Donor Calls
- Monarchs need ‘Airbnb for butterflies’ or they’ll go extinct Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Mercury News
Date: September 19, 2017
A new wildlife solution taps into the sharing economy to create habitat for monarch butterflies. - 3 strategies for rebuilding hurricane-stricken communities Type: Column/ArticleSource: Sense & Sustainability
Date: September 19, 2017
The challenge is to rebuild wisely to keep coastal communities safer and more resilient the next time a huge storm blows in. - Did the hurricane change the climate debate? Type: Column/ArticleSource: Huffington Post
Date: September 16, 2017
When strident denial meets vivid reality, it creates a political storm, and that’s what we’re beginning to see. - Trump team gutting EPA when we need it most Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Hill
Date: September 11, 2017
EPA plays a critical role when natural disasters strike. Congress should oppose dangerous Trump’s budget cuts. - We Can’t Have A Thriving Economy Without Thriving Ecosystems. Here’s How We Do That. Type: Column/ArticleSource: Forbes
Date: August 24, 2017
After many years of working to protect the environment, I have come to believe in two big ideas: community and civility. - Is Scott Pruitt Running For President? Type: Column/ArticleSource: Huffington Post
Date: August 23, 2017
Many political observers have speculated that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is using his current job to run for the US Senate. - US to relax protection rules for sage grouse, oil drillers to benefit Type: Column/ArticleSource: Yahoo News
Date: August 8, 2017
The Interior Department on Monday took steps to overhaul important aspects of an Obama-era program to protect sage grouse. - Here’s How Businesses Can Be Resilient To Climate Change Disruption Type: Column/ArticleSource: Forbes
Date: August 7, 2017
Businesses, cities, and small communities have no choice but to adapt to these new climate conditions. “Resilience” needs to be the strategic centerpiece; the alternative is devastating. - In this report, EDF and Forest Trends examine case studies on corporate commitments, government policies, and multi-stakeholder initiatives that support NDCs in Brazil & Indonesia.
- Comments on Failure to Use the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases in the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Coal Lease Modifications
- Cap and trade for our health, economy and future Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Orange County Register
Date: July 20, 2017
California’s elected leaders showed that even with deep partisan divides fissuring Washington, D.C., Democrats and Republicans can still come together - California’s cap-and-trade program: Extend it now Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Orange County Register
Date: July 16, 2017
The program is helping the state cut carbon pollution and injecting billions of dollars into new and innovative clean energy and green technology projects that create good-paying jobs - Trudeau must hold the line on Canada’s new methane rules - with Ed Whittingham Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Globe and Mail
Date: July 11, 2017
Each year, enough methane is lost from Canadian oil and gas fields to supply every household in Edmonton and Calgary combined. - How the heat wave reinforces the need for clean energy Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Sacramento Bee Online
Date: July 4, 2017
Time-of-use electricity pricing op-ed in The Sacramento Bee - Standing strong for conservation, these EDF partners rarely make headlines, but their environmental leadership is vital.
- No, cleaning up after ourselves is not ‘un-American’ Type: Column/ArticleSource: The Hill
Date: June 29, 2017
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was simply wrong when he called conservation efforts “un-American” during his keynote speech at the Western Governors’ Association meeting this week.