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EDF's report, Toxic Consequences, highlights the Trump administration's major threats to the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Environmentally-conscious shoppers are expected to spend up to $150 billion on sustainable products by 2021, an increase of almost 15% since 2018.

A warming Earth disturbs weather, people, animals and much more. Here, we explore three critical effects of climate change.

Environmental Defense Fund’s Lindsay McCormick discusses a pilot project to test for and remediate sources of lead in water at child care facilities.

Compilation of fact sheet with details of how we can quickly and efficiently reduce pollution and how climate change will impact us

EDF report provides the most comprehensive data set ever collected about on-farm nitrogen management practices in North Carolina, to identify fertilizer solutions that increase operational resilience and improve economic and environmental outcomes.

How EDF estimated annual methane emissions from oil and gas sites in New Mexico.

Updated EDF analysis shows that New Mexico’s upstream oil and gas problem with methane waste and pollution has persisted and grown.

EDF recommends that federal legislation to help the United State achieve net-zero climate pollution by 2050 lock in pollution reductions, grow the economy, and protect vulnerable populations. But what specifically should that look like?

Here are some of the challenges innovators must face when coming up with a regulatory framework that encourages innovation to control methane emissions.

By flipping traditional auction models, the power sector could see the expansion of energy storage take off.

By giving fishers long-term and secure rights, we can make sustainability a priority. EDF explains how we can reverse the overfishing crisis.

After years of hard work and difficult negotiations, a historic seven-state agreement to conserve Colorado River water is facing its last hurdle: Congress. March 23, 2019 op-ed by EDF's David Festa in The Hill.

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

This paper summarizes home buying/renting studies used to evaluate disclosure styles, perceived risk of the LSL in a home, and their willingness to act.

Clean energy innovation agenda can attract bipartisan support in Congress, even as the debate over broader climate policy remains gridlocked.

Ilissa Ocko shrugged off criticism to study science. Now she skillfully explains in plain English how climate change affects us all.

New technologies cannot themselves fix the fisheries crisis that we face. But as EDF lays out in this report, they do open an unprecedented window of opportunity to dramatically broaden access to the fishery management approaches that have been proven to work.

Equipping boats with digital tools could help stem fishing industry losses while targeting the biggest threat to our oceans — overfishing.

Learn how New York City could modernize transit for faster commutes & reduced greenhouse gases. EDF Engage is hosted by Miriam Horn. This episode was recorded on February 28, 2019.

Smithfield's grain sustainability interventions as well as their manure-to-energy projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2025.

This whitepaper from Evolved Energy Research builds on previous EDF analysis, which examines the current and future carbon inventories for the state of Colorado, addressing two topics: wedge analysis & potential policy levers, and carbon policy discussion.

Ortho-phthalates (phthalates) are a class of chemicals commonly found in many types of food. Here's why we should be paying more attention to them.

This EDF report provides a comprehensive comparison of supply chain tracking tools for tropical forest commodities, specifically cattle, soy and timber, currently being used in Brazil. We describe the advantages and challenges of each system, and conclude with a comprehensive comparison.

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