Reports and publications
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Serious about climate change? Get serious about agriculture
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 15, 2021
Farmers stand willing to contribute to climate solutions. It’s time for Congress and the USDA to help them.
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5 ways new monitoring technologies can help cities combat air pollution
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 15, 2021
A World Economic Forum post on how air pollution is damaging our health, but there is often a lack of local data made available to identify solutions. A world-leading pilot project in London deployed and tested new monitoring technologies that can help to fill these data gaps.
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EDF and Evolved Energy Research blueprint for aligning US Department of Energy innovation budgets and priorities with climate goals.
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“Making the Case for Climate Action: The Growing Risk and Cost of Inaction”
Type: Testimony
Date: April 14, 2021
Written and Oral Testimony of Heather Toney Climate Justice Liaison, Environmental Defense Fund Before the US House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (April 15, 2021)
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The Climate Innovation Blueprint: An analytical framework for aligning federal energy innovation budgets with climate goals
Type: Report
Date: April 14, 2021
EDF worked with Evolved Energy Research (EER) to develop an analytical framework for assessing the emissions impact of potential cost and performance breakthroughs across a set of clean energy technologies.
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Fact Sheet: Turning Washington State's Climate Commitments into Results
Type: Fact Sheet
Date: April 13, 2021
EDF’s analysis evaluated whether Washington is on track deliver on its climate commitments.
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Silver lining to water woes could be farmers putting their lands to new uses besides crops
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 9, 2021
Op-ed by Ann Hayden in the Fresno Bee about California bill AB 252 to create a multibenefit land repurposing program to help farmers respond to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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Silver lining to water woes could be farmers putting their lands to new uses besides crops
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 9, 2021
Op-ed by Ann Hayden in the Fresno Bee about California bill AB 252 to create a multibenefit land repurposing program to help farmers respond to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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Fact Sheet: Understanding the Costs of Inaction on Climate Change for Iowa Farmers
Type: Fact Sheet
Date: April 6, 2021
EDF-sponsored research shows the potential cost of climate inaction in Iowa within the next 10 to 20 years.
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The Near-Term Financial Impacts of Projected Climate Change on Iowa Agriculture
Type: Report
Date: April 6, 2021
Environmental Defense Fund commissioned K·Coe Isom, LLP to estimate the potential effect of climate-change induced yield changes on farm revenue, economic productivity, and government revenues in Iowa in the next two decades (2020 to 2039).