Reports and publications
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Lender perceptions and actions on conservation agriculture: Survey insights from four upper Midwest states
Type: Report
Date: February 7, 2024
A new survey of agricultural lenders in the upper Midwest reveals important insights about their perceptions and support for farmers’ conservation efforts. As the first of its kind, the survey from EDF and partners can inform agricultural lending institutions’ climate and sustainability strategy development.
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Advancing effective and equitable crediting: Natural climate solutions crediting handbook
Type: Report
Date: February 6, 2024
This Handbook from EDF guides readers through key decisions and complex issues involved in creating effective crediting systems for natural climate solutions (NCS).
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The importance of accounting method and sampling depth to estimate changes in soil carbon stocks
Type: Link
Date: January 26, 2024
We need scientifically robust and accessible ways to measure soil carbon to ensure that different practice changes deliver reliable results. This research article from Environmental Defense Fund highlights two best practices for measuring carbon in soil.
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Environmental Defense Fund, Cornell University, and Kansas State University studied how severe weather financially impacts Kansas farms and how management choices and government programs mitigate the negative impacts. The study used a 40-year Kansas farm financial dataset and historic weather data to measure the impacts of extreme heat on gross and net farm income.
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EDF fact sheet on EV charging for Illinois home renters and condo owners.
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Groundwater is facing unprecedented pressure from over-extraction, pollution, and climate change. Drawing on years of experience across multiple geographies, EDF has developed a flexible management framework for communities to adapt in their effort to achieve sustainable groundwater use.
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Building an electric grid to meet the energy demands of electric trucks and buses
Type: Fact Sheet
Date: January 18, 2024
10 recommendations from Environmental Defense Fund.
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This report aims to educate, empower and mobilize diverse policymakers, private asset managers and owners, and business executives toward agrifood systems transformation with far greater and more equitably distributed health, climate and financial returns for all.
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U.S. Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing on Track to Meet Demand
Type: Report
Date: December 21, 2023
Analysis by Environmental Defense Fund finds that enough U.S. battery production capacity has already been announced to supply all the electric vehicles – both cars and trucks – expected to be sold in 2030.
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Air quality and health implications of Advanced Clean Trucks regulation for the Chicago region
Type: Report
Date: December 18, 2023
Summary of research, the result of a collaboration between EDF and Northwestern and informed by key input from community partners, demonstrating the significant positive impact that the Advanced Clean Trucks rule can have in the greater Chicagoland area.