North Carolina Advisory Board | Environmental Defense Fund

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Our cutting-edge science is guiding global action to reduce methane emissions

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For more almost 60 years, we have been building innovative solutions to the biggest environmental challenges — from the soil to the sky.

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Our groundbreaking push to cut methane on 3 critical fronts

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Building climate leaders with EDF Climate Corps

Guided by science and economics, and committed to climate justice, we work in the places, on the projects and with the people that can make the biggest difference.

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Our story: How the fight to ban DDT led to the birth of EDF

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How we can fight climate change misinformation

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FireSAT: A vision for spotting and tracking wildfires faster and more accurately

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Vital Signs, our digital magazine, will make you think and give you hope

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Marian Johnson-Thompson, Ph.D.
Chair
Professor Emerita, Biology and Environmental Science, University of the District of Columbia

Ethan Blumenthal
Chairman and CEO, Good Solar

Thomas F. Darden, II, JD, MRP
CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners

Kathryn Heath, Ph.D.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Flynn Health Holt Leadership

Olivia B. Holding
President, EF Properties, Inc.; President, Ella Ann L. & Frank B. Holding Foundation

David M. Jones, DVM
Former Director, North Carolina Zoological Park

Frank E. Navarro
Managing Principal, Navarro Lowrey, Inc.

Tom Okel
Director, Barings Capital Investment Corporation

Shannon O’Shea
Director of Strategic Initiatives & Director of Energy & Resilience Lending for Carolina Community Impact

Jane Preyer
Former Director, NC EDF Office

Sagar Sane
Senior Consultant, Eleveya Public Affairs

Elizabeth Sasser
Lecturer, University of North Carolina