Reports and publications
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Although hydrogen is widely considered a climate “solution,” it creates several climate challenges depending on how it is produced, managed, and used. Fortunately, there are actions we can take to maximize the climate benefits of hydrogen by ensuring it is deployed strategically and effectively.
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Scarcity and excess: Tackling water-related risks to agriculture in the United States
Type: Report
Date: February 13, 2024
This report from EDF provides an overview of the dual water stressors of too little and too much water, the current and potential future impacts these might have on agriculture, and to highlight emerging adaptation strategies to enhance resilience.
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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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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.