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About

Building a better future together

For more than 50 years we’ve been pioneers, using science and different perspectives to make the environment safer and healthier for us all.

Who we are

We began in 1967, as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer on Long Island, New York, fighting to save osprey from the toxic pesticide DDT. Using scientific evidence, our founders got DDT banned nationwide.

Today, we’re one of the world's leading environmental organizations. In the U.S., Fortune magazine called our board one of the country's most influential nonprofit boards.

And science still guides everything we do.

Our people

We bring the right people together to solve environmental challenges from many different angles. Meet some of the experts who represent key parts of our work.

Partner perspective

EDF does constructive, thoughtful, hard work, and that gains respect — and results.

George P. Shultz

Former U.S. Secretary of State

EDF by the numbers

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    Dedicated members and activists who inspire us and make what we do possible

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    Number of countries where we're taking on the biggest environmental challenges

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    Staff members from different disciplines working together to develop new ideas