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This post originally appeared on EDF+Business.  Alissa Sasso, Project Manager, EDF+Business. Anyone who’s recently purchased a personal care item knows how overwhelming the experience can be. From price and aesthetics to brands, there are many factors to consider. Now add the safety and impact of the ingredients, whether or not it’s  “clean”, and the decision becomes …

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 …

New whitepaper offers helpful guidance for local leaders and stakeholders on how to ease the transition and repurpose lands to create a more resilient future. The post Report provides guidance on repurposing California farmland to benefit water, landowners, communities and wildlife first appeared on Growing Returns.

In this culminating report, EDF and Resources for the Future condense lessons across four previous reports that can inform federal policy for supporting U.S. fossil fuel workers and communities in the shift to a clean economy. Wesley Look, Daniel Raimi, Molly Robertson, and Dan Propp of RFF and Jake Higdon of EDF contributed to the …

Joanna Slaney, Legislative Director, and Sam Lovell, Project Manager. As Congress looks to various infrastructure priorities in the coming months to get the country back on track, funding replacement of lead pipes should be an essential part of that effort. Recent polling from Black Millennials for Flint, BlueGreen Alliance and EDF demonstrates that there is …

In an underregulated marketplace, the beauty industry needs to champion credible and transparent clean beauty programs.

EDF's Clean Beauty Roadmap for Retailers gives brands the ground rules for executing a responsible and credible clean beauty program, with a focus on ingredient safety.

By Mark Omara and Joe Rudek Multiple states are exploring the use of renewable natural gas to decarbonize their gas systems. Renewable natural gas tends to be a generic term that describes a variety of fuels, including hydrogen, synthetic gas and biogas. As we explained in an earlier blog, not all biogas (a biomethane precursor) is …

By Ratnika Prasad The energy transition is accelerating, as social, political and economic pressures build on political and corporate leaders to meet the Paris goal of limiting global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius. While carbon dioxide is often the focus, at least a quarter of today’s warming is caused by methane emissions …

Companies are vastly behind in making progress on sustainability according the Business of Fashion's Sustainability Index.

As the largest producers of oil and gas, National Oil Companies have an opportunity to make deep cuts in global methane emissions.

World Water Day is a time to come together as a global community to reflect on the importance of water and its value to people and ecosystems — to celebrate collective victories advancing water stewardship and to draw attention to the change still needed. Nearly 1 million people lack access to clean, safe and affordable …

The Biden administration is preparing to announce a new U.S. greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 under the Paris Agreement — a pledge known as a Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC — in advance of this year’s United Nations climate talks. Given the last four years of U.S. climate inaction and denial, it is important …

Cover crops are most effective when approached as a long-term investment that can provide sustained benefits from soil health and soil function over time. The post Experience plays a role in cover crop profitability first appeared on Growing Returns.

The Biden administration is preparing to announce a new U.S. greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 under the Paris Agreement — a pledge known as a Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC — in advance of this year’s United Nations climate talks. Given the last four years of U.S. climate inaction and denial, it is important …

EDF Stands with Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in Wake of Attack

EDF Statement on the Environmental Justice for All Act

Last month, Colorado regulators unanimously adopted nation-leading rules to cut methane pollution from pneumatic devices, an often overlooked but significant source of emissions from oil and gas production. The commonsense standards drew support from the oil and gas industry and Colorado’s environmental community, and will require the use of modern, zero-emitting components at all new …

Nitrogen balance is a robust and practical way to measure agriculture's climate and water quality impacts using variables that are within a farmer’s control. The post 4 lessons learned from nitrogen balance pilot projects first appeared on Growing Returns.

Written testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of Dr. Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, March 18, 2021.

This fourth report in a joint research series by Environmental Defense Fund and Resources for the Future examines U.S. federal labor programs and policies that can support fossil fuel workers through the energy transition. Wesley Look, Molly Robertson, and Dan Propp of RFF and Jake Higdon of EDF contributed to the report described in this …

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 15, 2021

Passenger cars have been leading the way, so far, in the development of zero emission technologies. But there’s also a movement underway to develop heavy-duty electric vehicles – like freight trucks and buses – that could have sweeping benefits for the climate, public health, and American jobs. At EDF, we just released a new report,

New report from EDF and Soil Health Partnership helps farmers better understand the benefits, opportunities and limiting factors associated with common conservation practices. The post Understanding the impact of conservation tillage on operating expenses first appeared on Growing Returns.

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. You know how sometimes you know something is going on behind closed doors, but you just can’t prove it?  Well, this isn’t one of those cases. At numerous points in recent years, we heard tell of secret meetings that Trump EPA political appointees were holding with the chemical …