Reports and publications
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America’s prairie once supported an abundance of wildlife. Then it became the world’s breadbasket. EDF is helping restoring the balance between agriculture and the environment.
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Nitrogen Management in North Carolina Agriculture: Results from Five Years of On-Farm Research
Type: Report
Date: April 25, 2019
EDF report provides the most comprehensive data set ever collected about on-farm nitrogen management practices in North Carolina, to identify fertilizer solutions that increase operational resilience and improve economic and environmental outcomes.
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Learn about the growing signs of climate change, its adverse impacts, and what EDF and others are doing in response.
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Scientists identify opportunities to better understand oilfield wastewater
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 17, 2019
EDF believes this process of continuous improvement is foundational for protecting land, water and communities from development-related impacts. That’s why we track what states are up to on a consistent basis.
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Not all biogas is created equal
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Why congestion pricing will benefit New York residents—an interview with economist Juan Pablo Montero
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A regulatory framework that encourages innovation takes advantage of the fact that technology makes it faster and cheaper to understand the world, and creative methods using these new technologies can enable better detection, mitigation, and monitoring to reduce waste and protect the environment.
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An EDF pilot: Tackling lead in drinking water at child care facilities
Type: Column/Article
Date: April 1, 2019
Environmental Defense Fund’s Lindsay McCormick discusses a pilot project to test for and remediate sources of lead in water at child care facilities.
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Congress: Approve the Colorado River Plan as a model for climate resilience
Type: Column/Article
Date: March 23, 2019
After years of hard work and difficult negotiations, a historic seven-state agreement to conserve Colorado River water is facing its last hurdle: Congress. March 23, 2019 op-ed by EDF’s David Festa in The Hill.