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EDF Climate Corps is on energy's front lines

Duty. Honor. Country. Those ideals have been ingrained in former U.S. Army Capt. Greg Zielinski’s mind ever since he was a cadet at West Point. He carried them with him to Iraq, where he served as a...

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Regional leaders rise to climate change challenge

As the world gathered in Durban, South Africa, in December to wrestle with the problem of climate change, the United States was in no position to lead. But even as the stalemate in Washington, D.C....

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Protecting the Maya forest

Rich in biodiversity and ancient culture, the Maya Forest is also a vast storehouse of carbon, which, when released into the air, contributes to climate change. With one-third of Mexico blanketed by...

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Clean air update

A win for port cities EDF, working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has created a new program to slash diesel emissions from trucks at U.S. ports. The program gives truckers incentives...

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Keystone pipeline on hold

Following widespread opposition—including 28,000 emails to the White House from EDF members—President Obama ordered a new review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The proposed pipeline would carry crude...

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EDF sues over ozone delay

In October, EDF filed suit in federal court to force the Obama Administration to tighten standards for ozone pollution, the principal ingredient in smog. The action came a month after the...

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Calling the shale gas industry to task

America’s natural gas industry was born in New York State in 1825, when an entrepreneur drilled a shallow well and piped gas to local businesses through hollowed-out logs. Today, New York is central to...

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Stars to Congress: Listen to your mothers

Moms Clean Air Force has strengthened its voice with new celebrity power: Actresses (and mothers) Blythe Danner and Julianne Moore have each starred in videos urging the critical importance of...

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When China's factories go green, the world profits

Roughly 20 pairs of jeans are sold in the United States every second. Imagine if all jeans were green—that is, sustainably produced? Levi Strauss & Co. took a step in that direction by partnering...

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Winter 2012 Talk Back

In October, EDF economist Dr. Gernot Wagner published But Will the Planet Notice? about the economics of global warming. Author Bill McKibben describes the book this way: “If you want to understand how...

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