Reports and publications

Whitepaper prepared for Environmental Defense Fund by partner organization Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) identifies cost-effective pathways for improving affordability for residents of Florida and outlines key opportunities to advance residential energy efficiency.

An examination of the overlap between water challenges and low-income, communities of color in the Texas Hill Country. The study was commissioned by the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, of which EDF is a core partner.

Comments of Environmental and Community Organizations on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s Proposed Rule, Pipeline Safety: Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair

EDF’s analysis indicates that methane emissions from gas pipeline leaks are significantly higher than current estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory. This report details policy recommendations to reduce leakage from pipelines and EDF's methodology for estimating methane emissions from pipeline infrastructure. 

This study from EDF scientists and partners uses hourly weather reanalysis data (1950–2021) to examine the temporal and spatial evolution of ambient climate conditions in the continental United States considered safe for fan use, focusing on high social vulnerability index regions. Authors find that some regions experience hundreds to thousands of hours per year that are too hot for safe fan use.

Maximizing hydrogen’s decarbonization benefits requires minimizing hydrogen emissions throughout the value chain. Hydrogen is a leak-prone gas that can indirectly warm the climate. While preventing and mitigating hydrogen emissions involves identifying/quantifying emissions from infrastructure, there are actions that can be taken now to help reduce future emissions.

With the help of new hydrogen measurement technology and experts in making trace gas measurements, EDF is launching the Hydrogen Emissions Measurement Study.

Hydrogen is a tiny, leak-prone molecule that can indirectly warm the climate. Thus, hydrogen emissions from its value chain could considerably undermine the anticipated climate benefits of a hydrogen economy. This EDF review paper synthesizes studies to provide an overview of the available knowledge on hydrogen emissions across value chains.

School districts around the country are considering a switch to buses that use less fuel, cost less, and, most importantly, provide safe and healthy trips to and from school. Only one option wins on each of these critical criteria: electric.

Last month, the California Air Resources Board unanimously voted to adopt the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule, which sets purchase requirements for private and government fleets to increasingly transition to zero-emission trucks, and sets a 100% sales requirement for manufacturers in 2036.