EDF Climate Corps Blog: Posts from EDF Staff

  • Real Energy and Cost Savings. Right Now. Here, in Texas.

    EDF Staff | August 28, 2015

    This year, 12 Texas companies and public sector entities hosted fellows, and this got us to thinking, what kind of evolution and impact has the Climate Corps program had in Texas over the years?

  • Real Energy and Cost Savings. Right Now. Here, in Texas.

    EDF Staff | August 28, 2015

    This year, 12 Texas companies and public sector entities hosted fellows, and this got us to thinking, what kind of evolution and impact has the Climate Corps program had in Texas over the years?

  • Denver Housing Authority Sets Bar for Municipalities Nationwide

    EDF Staff | August 27, 2015

    The Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver (DHA), therefore, deserves praise for its innovative solar power program that not only provides renewable energy, but creates revenue for the housing authority, creates green jobs in the region and saves taxpayers’ money – all the while reflecting the spirit of the federal Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge, which looks to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent by the year 2020.  

  • EDF Climate Corps Continues to Drive Results for Private Equity firms

    EDF Staff | December 11, 2014

    The results are in. As my colleague Victoria Mills wrote recently, this year’s cohort of EDF Climate Corps fellows found $130 million in potential energy savings across 102 organizations. Among the engagements, 12 fellows worked with private equity firms and portfolio companies on a diversity of projects.

  • EDF Climate Corps Continues to Drive Results for Private Equity firms

    EDF Staff | December 11, 2014

    The results are in. As my colleague Victoria Mills wrote recently, this year’s cohort of EDF Climate Corps fellows found $130 million in potential energy savings across 102 organizations. Among the engagements, 12 fellows worked with private equity firms and portfolio companies on a diversity of projects.

  • Private Equity Interest in EDF Climate Corps at All-Time High

    EDF Staff | July 25, 2014

    Summer at EDF is always an exciting time as EDF Climate Corps fellows fan out and begin their placements at organizations across the country. This year we're thrilled to see a dozen fellows working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, the highest number of such placements in a single summer.

  • The Benefits of Stringent Trucking Standards

    EDF Staff | July 14, 2014

    The Obama Administration is developing new fuel economy standards for trucks and last week, Ceres and Environmental Defense Fund hosted a webinar outlining how implementing strong federal standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks would be truly a win-win situation.

  • Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow Joins First Lady at State of the Union Address

    EDF Staff | January 28, 2014

    The White House announced today Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellow Tyrone Davis will join First Lady Michelle Obama at tonight’s 2014 State of the Union.

  • 3 Vital Takeaways for Business from the New 3% Solution Report

    EDF Staff | June 18, 2013

    By Tom Murray

    Hats off to the World Wildlife Fund and CDP for an important new study, released this week, about the potential to drive significant financial benefits, higher return on investment, and increased capital expenditure by pursuing a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 3% annually across the U.S. corporate sector.

    The new report shines a spotlight on the value of challenging the private sector to address climate change and boost the bottom line, rather than seeing them as opposing goals.

  • 5 Steps Help Facility Managers Reduce Energy Use

    EDF Staff | April 15, 2013

    A focus on how decisions are made in organizations has helped facility managers overcome barriers to energy-saving projects.  

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