News and Press Releases from Environmental Defense Fund

Gulf Restoration Groups Praise Historic Settlement for Oil Spill

Gulf restoration and economic development groups lauded the announcement today from the Department of Justice that it has reached an historic settlement with Transocean for its role in the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Today`s $1.4 billion settlement ...

Jan. 3, 2013

Environmental Defense Fund Launches New ESG Management Tool for Private Equity

In response to growing interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues among leading private equity firms and institutional investors, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a leading national nonprofit organization, today announced ...

Dec. 11, 2012

Oak Hill Capital Partners and Environmental Defense Fund Demonstrate Financial Benefits of Integrated Environmental Strategies

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oak Hill Capital Partners (Oak Hill Capital), a leading private equity firm, and the non-profit group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are working together to integrate environmental metrics with ...

Oct. 9, 2012

EMC, EDF and InnoCentive Announce Winners of Eco-Challenge to Improve Tracking of E-Waste

InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation, crowdsourcing, and prize competitions, EMC Corporation, and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced the successful conclusion of an Eco-Challenge aimed at finding solutions for ...

Sep. 10, 2012

Environmental Defense Fund Announces Key Grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that it has been awarded a 3-year, $6-million grant for its work to minimize the environmental impacts of natural gas operations through hydraulic fracturing. The funding will support EDF`s strategy ...

Aug. 24, 2012

EPA Action Protects Health and Tourism in Arizona

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is praising a new proposal that would help clear the air and protect public health in Arizona and across the Southwest. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed protective limits on smog- and ...

Jul. 4, 2012

Groups Hail Progress On Gulf Restoration

Gulf Coast restoration advocacy groups lauded the inclusion of the RESTORE Act in today`s House-passed Surface Transportation Extension Act. Both the House and Senate have now passed versions of the RESTORE Act, which would dedicate 80 percent ...

Apr. 18, 2012

Report: Re-engineer Mississippi River Delta to Protect Nation`s Economic, Ecological Assets

Building a series of engineered structures called diversions along the lower Mississippi River will yield tens of billions of dollars in net annual benefits to the nation and hedge against future disasters, according to a new report co-authored by ...

Apr. 11, 2012

86% of Louisiana Voters Support Adoption of 2012 Coastal Master Plan

Eighty-six percent of Louisiana voters say they want their legislators to approve the state`s 2012 Coastal Master Plan, according to a new poll released today. The plan lays out a 50-year vision for protecting and restoring the coast, ...

Apr. 3, 2012

Gulf Ads Thank Gulf Senators for Passing Gulf Restoration Amendment

Five Gulf state newspapers will run full-page color ads starting today thanking the nine Gulf senators who recently voted in favor of legislation to dedicate 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines from the parties responsible for the Gulf oil spill ...

Mar. 23, 2012

EDF Submits Proposal to Protect Colorado River Flow, Ecosystems, Western Economy

The Bureau of Reclamation today received a proposed set of common-sense solutions to solve the imbalance between supply and demand for water in the Colorado River Basin, where the Bureau projects river flow will decrease by an average of about ...

Feb. 1, 2012

Climate Change Threatens California Economy by Changing Ecosystems

Climate change is likely to harm California`s economy by reducing the types of natural, non-irrigated vegetation available for livestock forage and the ability of forest ecosystems to store carbon dioxide, according to a peer-reviewed study ...

Jan. 20, 2012

Groups Praise Quick Release of Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Plan

Groups working on Gulf Coast restoration praised the quick release of a Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment today by the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees. "The trustees rightly ...

Dec. 14, 2011

84% of Florida Voters Support Bill to Spend BP Fines on Gulf Restoration

Eighty-four percent of Florida voters and 92 percent of Panhandle voters support a bill approved by a Senate committee that would ensure the BP oil spill fines are spent on Gulf restoration, according to a new poll released today at news conferences ...

Dec. 12, 2011

House Committee Praised for Holding Hearing on Gulf Restoration

Groups supporting restoration of the Gulf Coast today thanked House leaders on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for drawing attention to the benefits of the RESTORE Gulf Coast States Act of 2011 by holding a committee hearing on ...

Dec. 7, 2011

Mississippi River Delta Restoration Campaign Launches New Website

New site goes live today WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Conservation groups today launched a new website, www.MississippiRiverDelta.org, focused on restoring one of America`s greatest natural resources, the ...

Nov. 28, 2011

New Orleans Restoration Project Will Create New Jobs, Group Says

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish received praise today for breaking ground on the $10 million Central Wetlands Assimilation Project as a vital first step to restore the Central Wetlands Unit, improve storm surge ...

Nov. 10, 2011

California Creates North America`s First Economy-wide Carbon Market

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) applauded the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for casting an historic, unanimous vote today to create the first economy-wide carbon market in North America and put a mandatory declining cap on pollution that ...

Oct. 21, 2011

Arizona`s First Ever Statewide Study Projecting Water Use Praised by Conservation Group

The first ever statewide report projecting Arizona`s water supplies and demands over the next century is a key first step to "ensure that physical limits to water supplies don`t limit Arizona`s economic prosperity or the legacy of its natural ...

Oct. 7, 2011

Groups Praise Momentum on Gulf Restoration as House Introduces Bill and Task Force Calls for Bold Action

A coalition of groups supporting Gulf restoration thanked Members from both sides of the aisle who introduced a bill today that will ensure that 80 percent of penalties paid by BP and others responsible for last year`s Gulf oil disaster are used to ...

Oct. 6, 2011

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