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5 key climate metrics for the next 5 years of oil and gas.

New program launches to gather and benchmark cover crop data within the largest public farm financial database in the U.S.

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. 

New peer-reviewed research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure and buildings in the Boston area have remained consistently high over the last eight years, despite multiple programs aimed at reducing methane pipeline leakage. This study indicates that more action is needed …

It’s critical we prepare now to capture and store water during shorter, intense wet periods so that more water is available during the inevitable increasingly severe drought years ahead. The post Capturing water from atmospheric rivers will help build drought resilience in California. Here’s how. first appeared on Growing Returns.

EDF's response to USDA's request for information on the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Program.

Meet our team of science, economy and policy experts at COP 26 in Glasgow.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about the EPA's long-standing authority to limit climate pollution from power plants.

EDF climate scientist Ilissa Ocko explains, in plain English, the methods and technology available to reduce methane pollution right now.

What happens at this year’s COP26 climate summit will set the trajectory for people and the planet over the coming years. Here’s what we’d like — and expect — to see.

EPA Will Reconsider Strengthening Smog Standard to Better Protect Americans’ Health

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

Battle climate myths and fight for the truth. This how-to guide shares tips and tools for fighting climate misinformation.

World’s largest environmental orgs and a multi-sector business group urge countries to agree to strong rules at COP26 for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – Oct. 28, 2021

EDF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and IETA call on Parties to the Paris Agreement to deliver at COP26 in Glasgow robust, clear guidance on cooperative implementation of Article 6 by agreeing to rules that ensure environmental integrity, avoid double counting of mitigation, and facilitate transparent, high-quality mitigation from all sectors.

Statement from Mandy Warner, Director of Climate and Clean Air Policy, Environmental Defense Fund

EDF's Degrees podcast talks with LaUra Schmidt, cofounder of The Good Grief Network, about how to cope with climate anxiety so we can do the work that needs to be done.

Yes, you can turn your climate anxiety into meaningful action. This week we talk with LaUra Schmidt, cofounder of The Good Grief Network. LaUra talks about how millions of us are suffering from eco-anxiety, how our emotions affect our planet-saving work, and how we can cope so we can do the work that needs to …

The finance community can help catalyze climate progress by publicly supporting the climate provisions of the budget reconciliation package and pushing portfolio companies and corporate clients to do the same.

The urgency of tackling methane is finally being recognized at the highest levels — and new satellite-based tools are coming to make that possible. Here’s how we got to this Methane Moment.

What happens at COP26 matters more than ever: Global leaders and corporations must set the stage for significant climate commitments. EDF is focused on the biggest actions to go bold on climate. Please join us.

Next month, the New York Public Service Commission will be deciding whether a rate case settlement proposal between National Grid’s upstate gas and electric utility (Niagara Mohawk) and other groups is in the public interest, and whether the proposal is consistent with New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. This is the first major …

Policymakers must act with urgency to protect all Americans in the face of the unfolding climate crisis, and safeguarding peoples’ financial health and stability is urgent and paramount.

Worldwide, there is considerable interest in developing fishery management options that balance social, economic and ecological goals for multispecies fisheries. Ideally, fisheries management should strive not only to produce good yields from single stocks, but also to avoid serial depletion and prevent adverse impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems — a difficult, but achievable task.