By Monica Michaan EDF is heading to VERGE SF @ Greenbuild (November 12-13), a two-day conference which explores new opportunities created by the convergence of technologies for energy, information, buildings and transportation. These key topic areas are mirrored in many of our EDF Business…
How Cities Plan to Keep the Sea at Bay in an Age of Climate Change By Christopher F. Schuetze, The New York Times. November 5, 2012. "Hurricane Sandy was bad. Now imagine a near-future that is markedly worst, where storms are not only more vicious and more frequent, but ocean levels are higher…
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced its endorsement of the 2012 Houston Independent School District (HISD) Bond Proposition. Mon, 2012-11-05 Contact: Media contact: Erin…
By Miriam Horn Living in New York City through a week of Sandy and her aftermath was a reminder of just how critical electricity is to our lives. Electricity is the difference between feeling safe in well-lit buildings and streets, or vulnerable in the dark. Between food kept well-preserved in…
By Jim Marston Throughout 2012, EDF's Energy Innovation Series will highlight around 20 innovations across a broad range of energy categories, including smart grid and renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency financing, and progressive utilities, to name a few. This series will…
By Amy Miller The family is getting ready for a good game of Fastrack. It’s a bit like air hockey, but smaller and quicker. It’s one of the few things that will district us all from computers, TV, the iPod touch or cellulars. And then a half-inch long, shield-shaped bug appears. “It’s a…
NEW YORK CITY — Islands throughout the world are going under water. It is obvious that human induced climate change is causing the ocean temperatures to rise. The combination of rising sea levels and volatile weather produced from rising ocean temperatures is wreaking havoc across many traditional…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act to temporarily waive federal clean diesel fuel requirements in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and in and around New York City to allow the use of home heating oil in highway vehicles, nonroad vehicles, and…
Cattle rancher crusades to save coastal project By John Snell, WVUE-TV. November 1, 2012. "Venice, La. — Earl Armstrong walks through a one-year-old forest not far from the mouth of the Mississippi River, showing off some of the newest land in Louisiana…" ( Read more ) In a…
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America will lower their fuel economy (mpg) estimates for the majority of their model year 2012 and 2013 models after EPA testing found discrepancies between agency results and data…
"The November issue of Fishermen’s News includes in-depth look at the transformation of fishing for almost 100 species along the West Coast since catch shares were introduced last year.The West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Program was first proposed by fishermen who realized that their…
By Marcelo Norsworthy Since 2009, the Drayage Loan Program (DLP) has worked to replace older, more polluting trucks in the Houston area with newer, cleaner trucks by providing critical funding and support to local independent owner operators and drayage fleets. (Drayage is a term used to mean the…
The last undammed desert river in the American Southwest is a globally important bird refuge and holds tremendous archeological value. The San Pedro River Featured as Arizona River of the Month last undammed desert river in the American Southwest…
Bonner still fighting for BP payments By Congressman Jo Bonner for the Atmore (Ala.) News. November 1, 2012. "Last Friday, I introduced legislation in the House to prevent Deepwater Horizon-polluters from deducting hundreds of millions of dollars from their tax bill for any compensatory…
By Lina Younes As millions of residents along the mid-Atlantic and northeastern regions of the United States are getting their lives back in order after Sandy’s vicious rampage, many are still dealing with the storm’s aftermath: severe flooding. One of the many problems with flood water is that…
" All fishing communities have one thing in common: they depend on healthy, productive fish stocks. Catch share management programs benefit fishing communities by helping to stabilize fisheries. Fishing is inherently unpredictable, because it depends so much on ever-changing conditions in the…
By Gernot Wagner Cross-posted from Climate 411 . How serious is global warming? Here’s one indication: the first rogue entrepreneurs have begun testing the waters on geoengineering, as Naomi Klein laments in her must-read New York Times op-ed. Sadly, Klein misses two important points. First,…
By Gernot Wagner How serious is global warming? Here’s one indication: the first rogue entrepreneurs have begun testing the waters on geoengineering, as Naomi Klein laments in her must-read New York Times op-ed. Sadly, Klein misses two important points. First, it’s not a question of if but…
Restore Act, supported by Scalise, could give state billions for BP damages The Associated Press. October 26, 2012. "NEW ORLEANS – Restore Act money for the state of Louisiana could total nearly $20 billion, according to Congressman Steve Scalise, who supported the bill that gives gulf states…
WASHINGTON - EPA has exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act to temporarily waive federal clean diesel fuel requirements in New Jersey to allow the use of home heating oil in most generators and pumps in emergency service in New Jersey. The waiver was granted by EPA in coordination with the…