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The use and production of fertilizer in agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a major cause of pollution in the nation’s rivers and lakes. Agriculture is the largest global source of nitrogen pollution, and annual damages from nitrogen pollution are estimated to exceed $200 billion in the US. Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency …

Co-authored by Pinion The use and production of fertilizer in agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and a major cause of pollution in the nation’s rivers and lakes. Agriculture is the largest global source of nitrogen pollution, and annual damages from nitrogen pollution are estimated to exceed $200 billion in the US.

  By Magdalen Sullivan, Co-Authored by Erin Murphy  Many states are adopting declining emission limits as a way to address the severe and growing dangers of the climate crisis, and that means state utility regulators are grappling with how to decarbonize energy systems, manage costs and meet demand. Traditional approaches to meeting energy demand with …

Social networks play a pivotal role in shaping human behavior. To accelerate climate-smart practices, farmers’ social networks are crucial. The post How food companies can harness the power of social networks for scope 3 reductions first appeared on Growing Returns.

(This post was written by EDF’s Magdalen Sullivan and Erin Murphy. It was originally posted here) Many states are adopting declining emission limits as a way to address the severe and growing dangers of the climate crisis, and that means state utility regulators are grappling with how to decarbonize energy systems, manage costs, and meet …

This blog was co-authored by Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director  Results of the latest Western Climate Initiative auction were released today, and we continue to see strong demand for allowances. This was the first quarterly auction of 2024, and it was a strong start for this marquee climate program. This auction is expected to …

Social networks play a pivotal role in shaping human behavior. To accelerate climate-smart practices, farmers’ social networks are crucial.

What’s New Today, we are excited to introduce the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) latest initiative—the Chemical Exposure Action Map. This tool is designed to spur the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to transform the assessment of risks posed by toxic chemicals in our communities. Our map focuses on multiple high-priority chemicals—making visible the urgent and long-overdue …

By Christopher Cusack (EDF) and Cooper Van Vranken (Ocean Data Network) In the early hours of October 25, 2023, Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, with peak winds of 165 mph wreaking havoc on communities in its path. Normally, people would have had a chance to prepare but just the day before, the consensus …

EDF launched a new tool designed to help visualize health harms from multiple chemical exposures and encourage EPA to consider the fuller picture of those harms when assessing risks.

Walmart achieved its moonshot Project Gigaton goal to reduce, avoid, or sequester 1 gigaton of emissions from its supply chain six years earlier than expected

Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton

Press release for a new EDF study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology about the frameworks used to assess the climate impacts of hydrogen production.

African farmers like Joshua Zinzombe and Grace Gondwe are facing a hotter future with optimism and ingenuity as they look to lead a global food system transformation.

This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) took an important step towards modernizing their approach to the nation’s investments in water resource projects and programs.

By Charlotte Hanson Cutting methane emissions from the energy sector is the fastest, cheapest and most effective way to curb global warming even as we decarbonize our energy systems. And the first step is making sure we know how much methane is being emitted, where it’s being released and by whom. As the well-worn adage …

The peaceful retirement that Don and Jane Schreiber envisioned on their ranch in northern New Mexico has been disrupted by natural gas drilling on their land. They're now committed advocates for reducing methane emissions from oil and gas.

Climate change-driven events—like heat waves, droughts, floods, and fires—cause damage to communities’ and individuals’ health and safety. But these events also threaten the financial well-being of communities across the U.S. through their impact on markets and local economies. These risks are increasingly visible in the housing and mortgage markets.  In this three-part series, we’ll be …

Environmental Defense Fund’s Research Compares the Cost of Driving Five Electric Vehicles in Colorado with Similar Gas-Powered Cars 

Environmental Defense Fund’s Research Compares the Cost of Driving Five Electric Vehicles in Ohio with Similar Gas-Powered Cars

By Grace Smith This past Friday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) announced in a Notice of Intent (NOI) that $1 billion in funding from Congress’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP) will soon become available.  Passed as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, MERP aims to significantly reduce methane and …

  By Aaron Wolfe, and  Scott Seymour EDF economic analysis found that in 2022 oil and gas operators across Alberta wasted $671 million in natural gas, costing the provincial government over $120 million in lost royalties and uncollected corporate taxes. Newly proposed regulations can help prevent wasted gas while also reducing climate pollution. In 2022,

By: Rachel Rhode, Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds and Eve Cooke, Fellow, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds Buying a home is often one of the biggest financial decisions individuals and families will ever make. More than one-third of Florida properties are at risk of severe flooding in the next 30 years, and despite these …

Media Statement by: David Kelly, North Carolina State Director, Environmental Defense Fund