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EDF and partners have combined a newly created online mapping tool — run on real-time, trusted scientific models — with air pollution and weather forecasting data to help users learn more about the air they’re breathing and allow them to see where it's coming from.

As the climate changes, family farms face many challenges. These North Carolina farmers employ innovative farming techniques to help them weather the storms.

Financial insights about climate-resilient practices can help farms adapt to climate change and improve profitability

How California’s new Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program aims to ensure communities and farmers are more involved in land and water use planning by making their engagement a requirement for funding recipients. The post California’s new farmland repurposing program requires community engagement. This guide describes how. first appeared on Growing Returns.

Learn about one of the first U.S. farm loans to reward farmers that meet soil health and nitrogen efficiency standards with lower-interest rates.

Timeline of EDF involvement in transforming the transportation sector.

By Onesya Damayanti and Ria Fitriana EDF strives for sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental challenges that come from empowering the people and communities we work with. And in Lampung, Indonesia, on the southern tip of Sumatra Island where one of our projects is based, improving financial literacy is essential for the transition …

Many have established Chief Resilience Officers to provide coordinated statewide leadership to reduce risks, protect communities, and the environment.

OpenET uses satellites to estimate water consumed by crops, providing critical data for water management in 17 western states for the first time.

Environmental Defense Fund unveiled a new map today that shows the location of every documented orphan well in the United States.

Stakeholder presentation for National Academy of Sciences grant to examine and address the vulnerability of petrochemical facilities along Galveston Bay to flood-induced chemical spills and releases.

Today's announcement of a new collaboration is the first of its kind between an environmental nonprofit and a global asset management firm.

For nearly a decade, I’ve worked on sustainable fisheries management, traveling to small-scale fishing communities around the world to learn how best to build the capacity of local fishers, scientists and managers to ensure the sustainability of their fisheries. From Mexico to Myanmar, I’ve worked with communities to help them reach their goals so they …

By Nina Pardo and Hector Soldi On June 4, a small but mighty fleet of artisanal sailboats from the fishing communities of Cabo Blanco and El Ñuro in northern Peru unfolded their sails and went out to sea — sailing alongside the Peruvian Navy’s sailing vessel La Unión. This annual regatta is a salute to …

State water agencies, the California Water Data Consortium and EDF are working together to scale and expand the features of the groundwater accounting platform co-developed by EDF. Here are 3 reasons why this partnership is important. The post 3 ways this accounting platform will help California groundwater agencies transition to sustainable supplies first appeared on Growing Returns.

State water agencies, the California Water Data Consortium and EDF announced a new partnership to make an open-source groundwater accounting platform.

The LEAF coalition is driving progress at the speed and scale that the climate crisis demands by investing to protect tropical forests.

By Alexia Juárez, catch monitor, Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico For me, the ocean means hope. As a child, one of the things I enjoyed most was going with my grandfather to seafood processing plants where I would watch many women working. I also cherish the image of going out to sea with my father …

RMI and EDF launched the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA). It's mission is to accelerate the path to net zero aviation, and more.

Recharge basins are becoming increasingly popular in overdrafted regions in California, where water managers are seeking solutions to balance groundwater supply and demand to comply with the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

By Cayetana Aljovín and Erica Cunningham Evidence abounds showing that our world — and especially our seas — are changing. This is particularly notable in the Humboldt Current Large Marine Ecosystem, where we have seen changes in the distribution of fish stocks, temperature anomalies, wave surges, harmful algal blooms and much more. Yet, the Humboldt …

Environmental Defense Fund becomes an official partner to the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, committing to a long-term strategic collaboration about the reduction of emissions from shipping.

This case study from Resources for the Future examines whether, and to what extent, federal economic development assistance has supported the region in and around Athens County, Ohio.

EDF report provides guidance for researchers, academics, conservation nonprofits, state and government agencies, and other organizations interested in measuring the farm financial outcomes of in-field conservation practices.

New EDF guide will help measure and grow the financial value of conservation practices on America’s farms.