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Despite widespread commitments among oil producers to reduce natural gas flaring, 2021 saw a net increase in flaring emissions worldwide.

Credits from the land sector pose challenges for accounting and for meeting multiple criteria. We propose three pathways to overcome shortcomings in the carbon market, improve integrity of credits, and promote long-lasting change to achieve nontrivial climate mitigation and co-benefits from the land sector.

EDF analysis reveals how the oil & gas industry is failing to use a key lever to reduce climate-warming emissions from flaring, the wasteful and climate-polluting practice of burning natural gas that is associated with oil production.

The U.S. recently committed to provide an additional 50 BCM/yr of U.S. LNG to the European Union to offset Russian gas imports. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) estimates that reducing waste of natural gas from leaks and flaring could comprise more than half of that 50 BCM/yr commitment.

EDF fact sheet: Building a Resilient Puerto Rico

Is a certain type of carbon credit likely to be high-quality? CCQI's free, interactive scoring tool from EDF and partners can help you find out.

As we close out American Wetlands Month, here are six reasons why one of nature's richest ecosystems provide value to our lives every month of the year. The post Six reasons why wetlands are vital every month of the year. first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF recommendations for the Texas Legislature with regard to the state's water supply.

Eight major environmental and Indigenous Peoples organizations, including EDF, provide principles for companies to follow when investing in tropical forest carbon credits to fight climate change.

Korean language brochure for World Gas Conference 2022

Japanese language brochure for World Gas Conference 2022

English language brochure for World Gas Conference 2022

Traditional burials exact a heavy toll on the environment, but in the United States a growing number of people are opting for a last resting place that harmonizes with, and even benefits, nature.

The host of EDF's Degrees podcast, Yesh Pavlik Slenk, talks about the climate anxiety that millions of us are feeling and how to deal with it.

Jason Mathers, EDF’s electric vehicle expert, shares what’s happening now and what to expect in the next decade and beyond.

As Russia's war in Ukraine rages on and gas prices soar, what does it mean for energy security — and for the climate? EDF's Energy Transition head Mark Brownstein explains.

Our oceans face increasing threats. EDF is helping fishers fight climate change and preserve vital food supplies for billions.

Climate change is real and human-made, and there's overwhelming scientific consensus that this is true. EDF provides 7 undeniable climate change facts.

Flyer advertising Water Leadership Institute 2022 in Spanish.

Flyer advertising Water Leadership Institute 2022 Session

EDF research published in Nature Communications reveals that small oil and gas wells with leak-prone equipment are causing half of wellsite pollution nationwide.

Black Americans 65 and older are three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white Americans over 65, according to a report prepared by Industrial Economics, Inc. for EDF.

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