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EDF believes this process of continuous improvement is foundational for protecting land, water and communities from development-related impacts. That’s why we track what states are up to on a consistent basis. 

An updated report sheds light on the natural gas wasted on Navajo Nation lands, and offers recommendations for this problem and its negative effects.

As the oil and gas industry invests in digital transformation to improve competitiveness, companies should integrate methane emissions management.

Alberta’s methane regulations allow oil and gas companies to release far greater volumes of harmful methane pollution than if they followed the federal methane regulations.

By cutting emissions, Smithfield Foods is creating new business opportunities for the animal agriculture industry at large.

City of Mesa Municipal System has eliminated unprotected steel, which is known to be a leak-prone material, from its system.

Environmental Defense Fund and The Wilderness Society file formal protest of the Bureau of Land Management's plans to lease public land for oil and gas development without adequate methane controls.

A report provides guidance for the oil and gas industry to implement recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Some say governments should tell companies how to retool, but that’s not the right approach.

Changing the way manure is stored and handled is key to meeting California’s 40 percent dairy manure methane reduction goal and combating climate change.

Sensors in the sky and on land collect data that can lead to action for the climate. See the technology in motion.

New study including EDF scientists of Europe's largest gas field reveals higher emissions than official estimates indicate, but those emissions are lower than those in North America.

Statement for Canadian audiences on Mexico's proposed oil and gas methane regulations.

EDF Statement from Dan Grossman, National Director of State Programs, Oil & Gas

Considerable amounts of the greenhouse gas methane leak from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain. Alvarez et al. reassessed the magnitude of this leakage and found that in 2015, supply chain emissions were ∼60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate. They suggest that this discrepancy exists because current inventory methods miss emissions that occur during abnormal operating conditions. These data, and the methodology used to obtain them, could improve and verify international inventories of greenhouse gases and provide a better understanding of mitigation efforts outlined by the Paris Agreement.

EDF discovered that methane leaks can undo some or all of the climate benefits we think we’re getting when we substitute natural gas for coal or oil.

Environmental Defense Fund spearheaded an extensive research series that revealed methane emissions were 60% higher than the U.S. government estimate.

Two global trends are converging in the energy industry, and the result could spur the biggest environmental advancement in a generation.

Stopping methane leaks is simpler and more cost-effective than ever: Environmental Defense Fund can help you take advantage of the oil and gas industry’s $34 billion opportunity.

PSE&G will use technology from EDF and partners to find and reduce methane emissions from gas lines.

Methane leak data is available for utilities, researchers and academic bodies.

New drilling permits would not help reduce New Mexico’s methane hot spot or other harmful pollution

Fred Krupp statement on Canada's federal regulations to limit oil and gas methane pollution

US-based environmental organizations have issued the following statement in support of Canada issuing strong federal standards to curb methane emissions from the Canadian oil and gas industry:

A new study from the Western Regional Air Partnership finds methane emissions from New Mexico’s oil and gas facilities are higher than previous estimates.