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EDF analysis reveals how the oil & gas industry is failing to use a key lever to reduce climate-warming emissions from flaring, the wasteful and climate-polluting practice of burning natural gas that is associated with oil production.

The U.S. recently committed to provide an additional 50 BCM/yr of U.S. LNG to the European Union to offset Russian gas imports. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) estimates that reducing waste of natural gas from leaks and flaring could comprise more than half of that 50 BCM/yr commitment.

English language brochure for World Gas Conference 2022

EDF research published in Nature Communications reveals that small oil and gas wells with leak-prone equipment are causing half of wellsite pollution nationwide.

Cutting methane pollution is the single fastest, most effective strategy we have to slow the rate of warming. The benefits to the climate will be almost immediate. If we are to meet net zero targets, companies need to take innovative approaches to slash both carbon dioxide and methane pollution.  The dairy industry is particularly well …

EDF helped secure $4.7 billion in federal funding to plug orphan wells, clean up oil and gas pollution, and create jobs.

EDF senior scientist Kritee on efforts in India and how she stays hopeful in the face of challenges.

EDF research published in Environmental Research Letters shows that immediate action to reduce methane emissions could help preserve Arctic summer sea ice this century.

Methane is making the planet hotter, faster. EDF is moving the world to meet this urgent threat.

EDF's updated analysis of oil and gas methane emissions shows a growing problem on the Navajo Nation.

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

EDF map of 81,000 documented orphan oil and gas wells whose federally funded closure protects the environment, climate and communities while creating jobs.

Here's a brief look back at EDF's three-front campaign to cut methane emissions… and a look forward on where we're headed.

EDF factsheet on ownership and emissions of marginal oil and gas wells.

CBS news video highlights EDF's high-tech tools to monitor methane leaks that contribute to global warming.

EDF's readings indicated an average of about one leak for every three miles we drove within the study areas.

EDF infographic highlighting the potential climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions.

At least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Here's how we can strive to cut methane emissions.

By Adam Peltz, Senior Attorney, Energy After over 150 years of boom and bust oil and gas development, there are over a million inactive, unplugged oil and gas wells across the country. A new study published in the journal Elementa describes how, when not properly plugged, these wells can contaminate groundwater and emit methane as …

Methane mitigation is essential for addressing climate change, but the value of rapidly implementing available mitigation measures is not well understood. In this paper, EDF scientists and partners analyze the climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions as compared to slower and delayed mitigation timelines. We find that the scale up and deployment of greatly underutilized but available mitigation measures will have significant near-term temperature benefits beyond that from slow or delayed action.

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 …

Since the U.S. is back in the Paris Agreement, all eyes are on the Biden administration to see if it will put forward a new emissions reduction commitment.

To restore American leadership in the climate crisis, the Biden administration must put forward a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

On January 27, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order that included a commitment to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050.

In a study in Environmental Research Letters, EDF researchers and partners use atmospheric observations to quantify methane emissions from Mexico's most important onshore and offshore oil and gas production regions.