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Toolkit
Air Quality Data Directory
September 4, 2024EDF has created a central directory of air pollutant emissions databases and relevant tools for advocacy. -
Analysis
A global and inclusive just labor transition: Challenges and opportunities in developing and developed countries
August 24, 2024 | Luis Fernández Intriago, Post-doctoral Fellow, Labor EconomistThis EDF research identifies challenges and opportunities for achieving an inclusive just transition to a low-carbon economy in the labor market, a just labor transition (JLT). Authors conduct a comparative analysis of JLT policies between developed and developing countries.More on:
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Report
U.S. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Investments and Jobs - August 2024
August 20, 2024This report summarizes the significant private investments in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem that have been announced over the past 9 years. This includes announced investments in manufacturing EVs, EV components, EV batteries, EV battery components, and EV battery recycling. This is the fourth iteration of this report with earlier versions of the report issued every six months since March 2023.More on:
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Report
Approaches to long-term liability of class VI injection wells
August 19, 2024This issue brief from EDF and Great Plains Institute outlines operator responsibility during the lifecycle of a typical carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, articulates concerns with overly broad post-closure liability release, describes EPA’s approach to this issue under its Class VI Underground Injection Control program, and proposes a framework for tailoring post-closure liability release to the public interest.More on:
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Op-ed
Katrina’s wake-up call: The urgency of climate action now
August 16, 2024 | Tonya Howard Calhoun, PhD , Director, Community EngagementOp-ed discusses how, as we approach Katrina’s 19th anniversary, the decisions we make on Election Day will determine whether we can prevent future superstorms.More on:
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Blog post
How Long Beach is Leading the Charge Toward a Clean Energy Future
August 14, 2024 | Nicholas Glover, Vice President, Build to ZeroWritten Q&A with Mayor Rex Richardson on Climate and Economic Progress in Long Beach, California Long Beach, California, is showing communities around the country why embracing the clean energy economy is a winning strategy. Home to one of the busiest port complexes in North America, with a long reliance on revenue from oil and gas,More on:
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New investments in environmental resilience are a win that can be celebrated by all
August 8, 2024 | Michelle Lovejoy, Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds North CarolinaLast week Governor Roy Cooper hosted Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan at The Nature Conservancy’s Green Swamp Preserve to announce EPA’s historic $421 million grant to North Carolina and three surrounding states, dedicated to the protection and restoration of wetlands, forests and coastal habitats. This investment will play an essential role in preserving our state’s most treasured natural spaces and should be celebrated by all. These types of natural solutions to addressing the impacts of our changing climate often don’t receive as much attention as solutions we’re addressing in our power and transportation sectors, but they are critically important to achieving our overall climate resilience objectives. -
Article
Fighting wildfires with fire: Can prescribed burns save our forests?
August 6, 2024As climate change increases the risk of deadly wildfires, a very old practice is gaining a resurgence to help fight fire with fire.More on:
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Blog post
An obvious solution for building electric transmission faster: Use railroads and highways
August 5, 2024 | Adam Kurland, Attorney, Federal EnergyThe U.S. needs to build a lot more high-voltage electric transmission lines. Our current system is disconnected in all of the wrong places, leaving bountiful renewable resources stranded, individual regions isolated, and disadvantaged communities with unreliable power and exorbitant costs. Even where we do have connections, many of the lines are outdated and can’t accommodate …More on:
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Analysis
A comprehensive integration and synthesis of methane emissions from Canada’s oil and gas value chain
August 1, 2024Study authored by EDF scientists synthesizes nearly a decade of research encompassing thousands of multiscale methane measurements along the oil and gas value chain to better constrain estimates of methane emissions from Canada’s energy sector and to identify research gaps contributing to uncertainty in current estimates.More on:
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Article
Families celebrate EPA ban on killer paint stripper chemical
July 31, 2024Methylene chloride, a highly toxic chemical used to strip paint for decades, is being phased out for most uses, thanks to a new rule from the EPA.More on:
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Article
NRDC: How states stack up on flood disclosure
July 31, 2024An NRDC-commissioned report found that home buyers who unwittingly purchase a flood-prone home are likely to incur tens of thousands of dollars in flood-related damages. -
Press release
Waterfront Alliance: New York passes flood risk disclosure for homebuyers
July 31, 2024The historic passage legislation (NY Senate Bill 5400/Assembly Bill 1967) fixes a loophole that allows home sellers to avoid disclosing flooding history and risk by paying a $500 credit to the buyer at the time of sale. -
Analysis
Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets
July 31, 2024 | Jesse Gourevitch, High Meadows Post-Doctoral Economics FellowClimate change impacts threaten the stability of the US housing market. In response to growing concerns that increasing costs of flooding are not fully captured in property values, the authors of this study quantify the magnitude of unpriced flood risk in the housing market by comparing the empirical and economically efficient prices for properties at risk.More on:
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Hydrogen beyond the hype: Due diligence questions for hydrogen sector investment
July 25, 2024 | Beth Trask, Vice President, Global Energy TransitionThe emerging hydrogen market presents opportunities and risks for investors. These key principles and due diligence questions in this EDF report offer a guide.More on:
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Press release
New DOE Transmission Grants Will Deliver Reliable Power, Lower Costs and Jobs to Communities
July 24, 2024 | Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean EnergyEDF Statement by Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean EnergyMore on:
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Video
See how MethaneSAT will protect the climate
July 24, 2024 | Millie Chu Baird, Vice President, Science Capacity and Innovation, Office of the Chief ScientistWatch this TED Talk by EDF’s Millie Chu Baird to learn more about this groundbreaking project.More on:
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Report
Duke Energy's 2023 NC CPIRP
July 23, 2024Analysis by leading energy analytics firm EQ Research, commissioned by EDF, shows that if Duke Energy succeeds at getting its current plan approved by the NC Utilities Commission the company’s excessive reliance on gas-powered plants could come with a high price tag for customers.More on:
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Report
Missing methane: A European perspective
July 18, 2024Building on EDF's November 2023 Missing Methane report, which explored the oil and gas methane disclosures and policies of the six largest US banks, this report assesses key European banks actively engaged in financing oil and gas. It analyses the methane disclosures and policies of Barclays, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, Société Générale and UniCredit. It identifies best practices with respect to methane disclosures and target setting and makes recommendations for engagement with oil and gas clients.More on:
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Report
U.S. oil & gas methane policy: An investor guide
July 17, 2024This guide from EDF provides an overview of the methane regulatory landscape and examines a suite of new and revised rules that address oil and gas methane emissions and waste in the United States.More on:
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Blog post
U.S. Oil & Gas Methane Policy: An Investor Guide
July 17, 2024Methane management is increasingly factored into the valuation of oil and gas assets. Investors need a clear picture of updated US methane rules.More on:
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Analysis
Integrating spatial management with fisheries management - Workshop summary [PDF]
July 12, 2024Cuba sits at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. The largest of the Antillean chain, Cuba accounts for nearly half of the land mass of the Caribbean Islands. Stretching for 750 miles, Cuba supports diverse landscapes and seascapes and is the most important island in the region in terms of biodiversity.With more than 3,000 endemic vascular plant species, and more than 160 endemic animal species, Cuba is considered by many to be the “crown jewel of the Caribbean." -
Report
Coastal zone management manual (Spanish) [PDF]
July 12, 2024Manual de legislación ambiental para la gestión de la zona costera de Cuba -
Report
Marine protected areas in Cuba [PDF]
July 12, 2024This report gives an overview of Marine Protected Areas in Cuba. The coastal and marine protected areas in Cuba constitute a subsystem within the National System of Protected Areas. -
Report
Ecotourism in Cuba: A model for sustainable economic development
July 12, 2024 | Daniel Whittle, Associate Vice President, Resilient CaribbeanWith relations between the United States and Cuba defrosting and investment interest building for the island in the U.S. and beyond, Cuba is at a crossroads.