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Can ecotourism increase climate resilience in tropical small-scale fishing communities?
August 2, 2021 | Christopher Cusack, Director, Oceans Technology SolutionsBy Christopher Cusack, Edwina Garchitorena and Rod Fujita Globally, fisheries are of great importance. Yet small-scale fishers and their communities in the tropics are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Rebuilding and managing the fish stocks that these communities rely on is critical to ensuring the food security and climate resilience …More on:
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Newsletter
Young leaders working toward a sustainable tomorrow.
August 2, 2021EDF's Summer 2021 Solutions newsletter spotlights eight rising stars making strides toward a sustainable tomorrow. -
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Plastic, paper or glass? What companies need to know about chemicals lurking in food packaging
August 2, 2021There’s a large and growing body of evidence around the prevalence of toxic chemicals in food packaging and the impact they’re having on human health.More on:
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Report
Early deployment of direct air capture with dedicated geologic storage
August 1, 2021In recent years, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology has moved from theoretical concept to pilot scale, producing a handful of potentially scalable approaches for generating negative emissions by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2 ) from the atmosphere. This paper from EDF explores just one technology-based approach: direct air capture (DAC) with dedicated geologic storage, also known as direct air carbon capture and sequestration (DACCS).More on:
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Report
Navigating Our Changing Oceans: An Assessment of Climate Change Impacts to Highly Migratory Species in the North Atlantic Ocean
July 31, 2021 | Kristin Kleisner, Associate Vice President, Oceans ScienceAn Assessment of Climate Change Impacts to Highly Migratory Species in the North Atlantic OceanMore on:
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Fact sheet
BSG EDF Aquaculture Poll: Florida Report
July 30, 2021Results of an EDF poll exploring Florida voters' views on aquaculture.More on:
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Fact sheet
BSG EDF Aquaculture Poll: California Report
July 30, 2021Results of an EDF poll exploring California voters' views on aquaculture.More on:
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Fact sheet
BSG EDF Aquaculture Poll: National Report
July 30, 2021Results of an EDF poll exploring American voters' views on aquaculture.More on:
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Press release
House Funding Bill Would Boost Climate Action and Improve Public Health
July 30, 2021EDF Statement by Toby Short, Associate Vice President, Political AffairsMore on:
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With oil and gas pollution rules restored, what’s next for EPA on methane?
July 29, 2021 | Rosalie Winn, Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air PolicyLast month, President Biden signed into law S.J. Res. 14, a Congressional Review Act resolution restoring methane pollution standards for the oil and gas sector by repealing Trump-era rollbacks. With bipartisan backing, Congress passed the measure and rejected the Trump administration’s dangerous weakening of methane protections and its unlawful attempt to prevent the Environmental Protection …More on:
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4 strategies for policymakers to get more natural infrastructure in the ground, fast
July 29, 2021 | Will McDow, Associate Vice President, Climate Resilient Coasts and WatershedsNatural infrastructure investments are desperately needed to help communities manage the growing impacts of extreme weather — but there is considerable room for improvement. The post 4 strategies for policymakers to get more natural infrastructure in the ground, fast first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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Asset managers: It’s time for a new era of climate leadership
July 29, 2021EDF and Legal & General Investment Management America have announced a partnership to raise the bar for climate leadership.More on:
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Deepening scientific understanding and international collaboration to enhance climate resilience
July 29, 2021 | Shems Jud, Director, Japan Fisheries & OceansWith a record drought depleting rivers and reservoirs, wildfires burning across the Western U.S., historic floods in Germany and China, landslides in Japan, and my own notoriously wet and dreary hometown of Portland, Oregon hitting 115 degrees recently, it’s hard to avoid thinking about climate change. But while the terrestrial impacts are wide-ranging and obvious,More on:
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Quick action needed to achieve full mitigation potential of soil carbon credits
July 29, 2021 | Emily Oldfield, Agricultural Soil Carbon ScientistGuidelines for high-quality credits are essential, and the stakes for climate change and farmers are extremely high. The post Quick action needed to achieve full mitigation potential of soil carbon credits first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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EDF analysis finds American fleets are embracing electric trucks
July 29, 2021 | Jason Mathers, Associate Vice President, Zero-Emission Truck InitiativeBy Jason Mathers and Ellen Bell Truck fleets across the country are enthusiastically embracing the emergence of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks. This is the main finding of a new EDF analysis of public announcements and known deployments of leading fleets. EDF found nearly 500 existing electric deployments and pledges to deploy nearly 300 times …More on:
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Press release
EDF and LGIM America Launch Partnership to Activate Business Leadership on Net Zero
July 29, 2021Today's announcement of a new collaboration is the first of its kind between an environmental nonprofit and a global asset management firm.More on:
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Fact sheet
Methane: Fast relief for climate warming
July 27, 2021EDF infographic highlighting the potential climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions.More on:
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Press release
U.S. Must Do More to Eliminate Tailpipe Pollution from Cars, Trucks and SUVs
July 27, 2021Statement of EDF Associate Vice President Peter ZalzalMore on:
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Press release
Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act is a Step Toward Helping Communities Tackle Longstanding Inequities
July 27, 2021 | Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy CommunitiesEDF believes every community should live free of the burden of harmful air pollution.More on:
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The whole country is breathing wildfire smoke
July 27, 2021 | Tammy Thompson, Senior Air Quality ScientistThis blog was originally posted on EDF Voices. Residents of New York City and other East Coast metro areas are grappling with some of the poorest air quality in those regions in more than a decade. But it’s not from traffic — it’s from a wildfire burning thousands of miles away. Oregon’s Bootleg Fire has …More on:
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Press release
Reps. Huffman, Case Introduce Legislation to Reauthorize Magnuson-Stevens Act
July 26, 2021EDF statement from Eric Schwaab, Senior Vice President, Ecosystems and OceansMore on:
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Report
Soil carbon credits have potential but need clear standards
July 26, 2021Credits for soil carbon sequestration lack comparability and consistency. EDF and the Woodwell Climate Research Center reviewed the 12 published protocols used to generate soil carbon credits through carbon sequestration in croplands.More on:
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As UK workers return to offices, here are tips for building managers to prevent a rise in energy costs and air pollution
July 26, 2021Following COVID-19 lockdown measures, many people went from working in offices to being unemployed or furloughed or working from home. We don’t yet know what future working behaviour looks like in the UK, but there are strong indications that many people will continue to work from home, even if there are no longer pandemic-related concerns.More on: