Reports and publications
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CEOs need to fill the leadership void on climate policy
Type: Column/Article
Date: February 21, 2019
Business leaders know it’s no longer enough to simply post their company values online. CEOs need to publicly and visibly put those values to work because investors, employees, and customers now demand it.
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Bad carbon credits could derail UN aviation climate agreement
Type: Fact Sheet
Date: February 21, 2019
As ICAO finalizes CORSIA rules, policy-makers must move swiftly to bar bad carbon offsets. They must ensure that carbon offsets represent real emission reductions, are not double counted, and have host country approval. If bad credits are allowed in CORSIA—whether from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or other offset programs—airlines’ net emissions will grow and climate change will be worse.
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Plastics are convenient, cheap and durable - they also pose serious threats to our environment.
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This whitepaper from Evolved Energy Research builds on previous EDF analysis, which examines the current and future carbon inventories for the state of Colorado, addressing two topics: wedge analysis & potential policy levers, and carbon policy discussion.
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Recovering monarch butterfly populations before it’s too late.
Type: Column/Article
Date: February 18, 2019
An interview with Rural Radio Network
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EDF to OMB: Ban on methylene chloride in paint strippers must protect workers in addition to consumers
Type: Column/Article
Date: February 7, 2019
We urged the office to ensure the ban on methylene chloride-based paint and coating removers covers both consumer and most commercial uses – as the agency originally proposed.
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A Comparison of Supply Chain Tracking Tools for Tropical Forest Commodities in Brazil
Type: Report
Date: January 31, 2019
This EDF report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. We describe the advantages and challenges of each system, and conclude with a comprehensive comparison.
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Learn about the growing signs of climate change, its adverse impacts, and what EDF and others are doing in response.
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Just as reverse auctions have helped increase renewable energy capacity, they could also be an effective approach for scaling energy storage