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EDF Guide: How to Use Nitrogen Balance to Estimate Nitrous Oxide and Nitrate Losses

To avert the most damaging impacts of climate change, the U.S. will need to rapidly drive down emissions to net zero by no later than 2050 – a point at which we are releasing no more emissions than we can remove in a safe and responsible manner.

Report from EDF and partners combines an extensive review of previously conducted Environmental Impact Statements (“EIS”) with an examination of the legal framework, current practices, and next steps for integrating climate impact analysis into NEPA reviews.

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Spillovers from Ancillary Services to Wholesale Power Markets

Electricity Market Structure, Wind Penetration and Information Aggregation

Energy Market Design – New Research and Policy Approaches

A new toolkit helps natural resource managers adapt fisheries management in an uncertain future.

Green jobs are available in nearly every industry, and often pay more. Hear from young professionals about 5 fabulous planet-saving careers here.

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

This EDF paper offers seven approaches that state policymakers and utilities should consider as they explore how best to facilitate the new era of transportation electrification.

EDF commissioned an analysis by Roush Industries to evaluate the cost of electrifying vehicles in several medium- and heavy-duty market segments, specifically those concentrated in urban areas, in the 2027–2030 timeframe.

This report evaluates the cost of electrifying vehicles in several medium‐ and heavy‐duty market segments such as class 8 transit and class 7 school buses, class 3‐7 shuttles & delivery vehicles, and class 8 Refuse haulers, whose use patterns are concentrated in urban areas.

Yesh Pavlik Slenk sat down with John Davies of GreenBiz to get the inside scoop on sustainability jobs and the most in-demand skills for them.

As we entered into 2022, we saw the first compliance period close successfully with 99.5% allowance obligations fulfilled.

It’s clear that current climate targets are not enough to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals, despite dozens of updated national climate plans.

Climate innovation funding calculations for FY22 and FY23.

EDF MSA purchase terms

EDF co-authored a peer-reviewed case study highlighting the environmental justice issues that arise when water utilities require property owners to pay when they replace lead service lines (LSLs) that connect homes to the water main under the street.

Energy Infrastructure Conflicts

Public Acceptance and Governance in Energy Policy

Paper published in the journal Water by EDF scientists reviews the evidence that implementing natural infrastructure in upstream agricultural landscapes could improve water quality and reduce flood risk for downstream communities, and identifies a suite of natural infrastructure measures that provide the greatest benefits.

In the second report in a series from Resources for the Future and Environmental Defense Fund, an international team of scholars analyzes the United Kingdom’s policies to support declining coal communities and offers lessons for policymakers.

Learn about our organization, staff, mission and achievements of 2021.

EDF review of the scientific consensus about cropland soil carbon sequestration.