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Major Midwest port begins electrifying operations to reduce emissions The Port of Cleveland is adding charging ports, batteries, and solar to its main warehouse — work funded by a federal program that has so far survived…

Major push by Cleveland via Biden-era Clean Ports Program to slash emissions with rooftop solar, battery storage, & more. E-efforts at Warehouse A bring health benefits for workers & nearby communities—a strong model for nation's 300+ ports. https://bit.ly/4gU8iW6

What if networking could do more than advance your career? #DegreesPodcast alum DrewWilkinson is back to explore how building community can drive meaningful climate action too.

🎧 Tune in Wednesday for a new episode of our new miniseries: Connection as a Climate Solution!

How This Innovative Strategy Turned Around A Troubled Industry Catch shares already led the most dramatic ‘business turnaround story’ you’ve never heard of — American fisheries.

What happens when fishermen, scientists, and policymakers work together? In the U.S., fisheries were brought back from near collapse, proving that collaboration can help us tackle even the toughest challenges.

More from EDF's Amanda Leland: www.forbes.com/sites/edfene...

Informative (and colorful) clean energy investment chart shows encouraging, record-breaking trends worldwide. First half of 2025 beat the same period in 2024 by 10% as $386B "flowed to projects ranging from small rooftop solar installations to massive offshore wind farms."

#DegreesPodcast is back with a new miniseries! 🌎💼 In our first episode, Nidhi Kaul, LinkedIn’s Green Economy Lead, shares how she built her path to sustainability—and how she’s helping others go to work for the planet.

🎧 Tune in: https://bit.ly/42hlPkH

OUT NOW: From unlikely allies to transformative partnerships, Sea Change captures the deeply human side of conservation. In this must-read, EDF's Amanda Leland and Jamie Workman show that collaboration is the key to protecting our planet.

Learn more: https://t.co/GRAHS2KyTI

Fat Bear Week: Yet another reason to fight climate change and safeguard the future of Alaska's bulkiest brown bears Fat Bear Week is an annual celebration of the biggest brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but climate change threatens these fat bears and the forest they live in.

The public has spoken! '32 Chunk' has been crowned the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025. 🐻 👑

Did you know selecting your favorite fat bear is participating in climate action? Here's how: https://bit.ly/4eYMbvQ

Your career path doesn’t have to be a straight line. Just ask Nidhi Kaul.

After college, she wasn’t sure how to land a sustainability job. Now she’s LinkedIn’s Green Economy Lead—and she’s helping others find green careers too.

🎧 More in a new #Degrees ep: https://bit.ly/42hlPkH

Are we learning the right lessons from Hurricane Helene? • NC Newsline As we remember Hurricane Helene’s devastation, too many people and communities are just beginning to rebuild. Yet one year after this historic storm, decisions at both the state and federal levels are...

A year after Hurricane Helene made landfall, decisions at the federal level and North Carolina’s state level are undermining efforts to protect lives and property from future disasters. @EnvDefenseFund’s Will McDow dives into detail in a new op-ed. https://bit.ly/3IFXU7S

“Has everyone been fed?’’ North Carolina, one year after Hurricane Helene Hurricane Helene ravaged proudly independent mountain towns in North Carolina in September 2024. While local heroes work to exhaustion to make their families and communities whole, aid promised by Pre...

Flooded streets, destroyed homes & rivers of debris. 1 year after #HurricaneHelene, this NC church is still feeding hundreds, while neighbors continue caring for each other amid delayed federal aid. https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/has-everyone-been-fed-north-carolina-one-year-after-hurricane-helene

NOAA and you: How the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration works for your community This map highlights the geographic reach of NOAA’s facilities, programs, and partnerships across the United States as of January 2025.

NOAA’s services deliver billions in benefits we ALL rely on, and the agency makes up less than 1% of the federal budget. Cuts would cost us far more.

See NOAA’s benefits near you: https://www.edf.org/noaa-and-you-how-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-works-your-community

Fat Bear Week: Yet another reason to fight climate change and safeguard the future of Alaska's bulkiest brown bears Fat Bear Week is an annual celebration of the biggest brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, but climate change threatens these fat bears and the forest they live in.

The best time to be a human on the internet? #FatBearWeek

Every year, Alaska's #KatmaiNationalPark hosts a competition for "the fattest, most successful Katmai bear."

Read about how climate action goes paw in paw with the health of these majestic bears: https://bit.ly/4eYMbvQ

California just greenlit the future of curbside V2G EV chargers California backs a $1.1 million project to build the world's first curbside vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV charger, set to hit the streets by 2028.

The world’s first (!) curbside vehicle-to-grid EV charger? Now in development after CA awarded $1.1M to EV charging company its electric.

The charger won’t just pull juice from the grid; "it will also be able to push energy back into the grid directly from the EV." https://bit.ly/4ps5rrq

❗ BREAKING NEWS: Over 1000 events will take place during #ClimateWeekNYC next week, with record government engagement and corporate support showing continued momentum for global climate action.

Governments, businesses, and civil society are ready to lead. Are you in?

🗓️ September 21 – 28, 2025.

At #ClimateWeekNYC, we’re bringing together scientists, artists, creative & cultural voices, along with an immersive film screening, to spotlight a powerful climate solution. See the methane story in a whole new way.

📅Tuesday, 9/23, 5-6 PM
🔗Register: edf.org/Z6rr

Diversifying protein: Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships for resilience

Destination Belém: Climate lessons and leadership from Brazil

Embracing beneficial fire: Lessons from California

From data to action: Driving impact with transparency and partnerships

Meeting the moment: Shaping the sustainable finance and climate agenda

Trust and resilience: Photo stories and forest benefit-sharing lessons

Climate change is already threatening our health, safety & wallets. But proven solutions exist, & they’re driving real change.

This #ClimateWeekNYC, EDF is joining global leaders at events across NYC to discuss how we can scale solutions that are good for communities & the planet.👇🗽🍎🚕🌎

Dream.org | Making Dreams Real–together At Dream.org we close prison doors & open doors of opportunity. Bringing people together across racial, social, & politics to create a better future.

Black communities are envisioning a future where #ClimateResilience does more than just protect from harm—it’s a launchpad for healing, wealth-building, and power. We’re joining Dream.org on 9/25 for a panel exploring innovation and liberation. Register now! https://bit.ly/4n136Ca

While no two disasters are the same, Hurricane Katrina set the tone for kinds of storms we’re seeing since: Extreme climate events growing more intense, frequent, and dangerous. Now, the programs that help Americans prepare for and recover from extreme weather are under attack:

EDF at Climate Week 2025 At Climate Week NYC, EDF will work with partners to advance proven solutions for tackling climate change. Learn more and view EDF’s Climate Week events.

You better believe we’ll be at Climate Week NYC, working w/ policymakers, companies & climate experts to explore & advance proven solutions to the climate crisis & build momentum for the UN climate conference, COP30, later this year. Our featured events: https://www.edf.org/climate-week-nyc

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Listening to and uplifting Hispanic/Latine voices is key to co-creating climate solutions that work for everyone—and a building stronger, healthier future.

GM, EVgo, and Pilot hit 200+ charging sites across 40 states GM, EVgo, and Pilot’s fast-charging network now spans 200+ sites in nearly 40 states with 850 stalls and growing.

Booming EV infrastructure keeps gathering kilowatts across the US! This fast-charger network was in 25 states less than a year ago; now it's in 40.

850 new Fast-charger stalls in 2 years. Communities large and small are benefitting from "freedom of fueling choice for every driver.”

AI is everywhere—including in our electric bills. As energy demands 📈 across US, costs are 📈 for consumers, & Trump Admin's response is… bringing back coal? This will only raise energy costs, & the American taxpayer is expected to pay for it. @aripeskoe.bsky.social explains on @pbsnews.org:

Deforestation kills.

New @nature.com study shows heat-related illness from deforestation has claimed over half a million lives in the tropics in the past 20 years. This new research is a stark reminder of why protecting forests is critical to protecting people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It already cost nearly $30 million to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant running for the first five weeks this summer – "imagine the price shock for ratepayers after several months," per EDF's Director and Lead Counsel for U.S. Clean Energy, Ted Kelly: https://bit.ly/46cIqQq