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EDF's updated analysis of oil and gas methane emissions shows a growing problem on the Navajo Nation.

EDF Guide to existing authorities and management tools for groundwater conservation districts and communities in Texas.

Heavy-duty standards case resources for freight trailers.

EDF fact sheet on transitioning trucks and buses from diesel to zero-emission motors as one of New Jersey's most powerful opportunities to build on its momentum as a climate leader.

Eduardo Garcia is the climate-change-fighting assemblyman representing California’s 56th District. EDF's Degrees podcast talks with him about how he got there, what he’s fighting for, and why he still has to battle for basic rights to clean water and air.

This report is the result of an EDF-led collaboration that included active CROs as well as officials from states that have been exploring creating a CRO. In addition to recommendations for establishing and supporting these positions, the roadmap outlines how the role of CRO originated and how states have established these positions over time.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture requested information it's recently announced Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program. This is Environmental Defense Fund's response. 

Joint Statement of: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions | Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University | Clean Air Task Force | DTE Energy | Edison International | Environmental Defense Fund | Public Service Company of New Mexico | The Nature Conservancy | World Resources Institute | Xcel Energy

This new platform from EDF, NASA, Desert Research Institute, Google and others helps farmers figure out how to get as much as they can out of every drop of water.

What drove a former USA swim team member to tackle the diesel problem? BJ Johnson transformed himself from athlete to an eco-entrepreneur. In this episode, he tells us why entrepreneurship is a viable planet-saving career and the challenges of being one of the few Black men in his field. BJ Johnson is in a hurry—and …

EDF's readings indicated an average of about one leak for every three miles we drove within the study areas.

A 21st-century, electric infrastructure must include considerations for electric heavy and medium-duty vehicles like electric trucks. Read our report here.

Report documents the results of an EDF research project examining groundwater management challenges in Texas that included convening two stakeholder workshops to identify priority issues and gather diverse perspectives.  

This report was prepared to assist Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in providing recommendations to FEMA about how a new loan program resulting from the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act can be structured to encourage nature-based solutions.

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.

This report, developed by M.J. Bradley & Associates for Environmental Defense Fund, summarizes an analysis of the U.S. medium and heavy-duty in-use truck fleet to identify the most common vehicle types/uses, estimate the environmental impact of each, and assess near-term readiness for greater adoption of electric vehicles.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under debate in Washington includes a new, $4.7 billion program to address a significant environmental legacy of the fossil fuel industry — the plugging and remediating of orphan oil and gas wells. Orphan wells have no owner, so the cleanup liability falls largely to the public. Nearly 60,000 such wells …

EDF President Fred Krupp writes that the Biden administration has unified manufacturers, labor and environmental groups behind a common purpose: to accelerate the manufacturing of zero-emitting vehicles and the economic, health and climate benefits they will provide

 An Assessment of Climate Change Impacts to Highly Migratory Species in the North Atlantic Ocean

Results of an EDF poll exploring Florida voters' views on aquaculture.

Results of an EDF poll exploring California voters' views on aquaculture.

Results of an EDF poll exploring American voters' views on aquaculture.

EDF fact sheet on how to avoid the most costly extreme weather impacts in North Carolina

If Congress only passes this smaller infrastructure bill — and not the ambitious jobs and clean energy proposal outlined by the president in March — we will have failed to protect our children and grandchildren from the growing climate crisis.

Voters reject extreme stances on both sides of the aquaculture debate, with the overwhelming majority preferring the proposal above to either immediately opening federal waters or forever keeping them closed to aquaculture.