Reports and publications

  • Why is there a new proposed tax on electric vehicles?

    Type: Column/Article

    Date: October 17, 2023

    Senate Bill 28 and House Bill 107 would create a punitive flat annual license tax for EV owners of $200.

  • EDF, in partnership with Nest and with support from Etsy, developed this comprehensive guide to the post-disaster resources available to small business owners and the next steps to accessing them.

  • Utah methane and waste pollution fact sheet

    Type: Fact Sheet

    Date: October 12, 2023

    Fossil fuel producers in Utah are wasting energy resources in the form of methane. In doing so, they’re harming the climate, public health, and the economy.

  • Community Voices in Energy

    Type: Link

    Date: October 9, 2023

    Website from EDF and Blacks in Green helps people around the country get involved in decisions about energy for their communities.

  • This informational sheet compares the total cost of ownership among diesel, compressed natural gas, propane and electric school buses. TCO sums all costs of a vehicle over its lifetime, including purchase price, fueling infrastructure, lifetime fuel & maintenance costs.

  • This paper analyses three groups of policies leading to the decrease in methane emissions in the coal sector: 1) policies stimulating reduction in coal supply/demand, 2) policies stimulating the reduction in methane emissions, and 3) enabling polices and regulatory frameworks.

  • The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index

    Type: Link

    Date: October 2, 2023

    Pulling in 184 sets of data to rank more than 70,000 U.S. Census tracts, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index helps you see which communities face the greatest challenges from the impacts of a changing climate.

  • Oil and gas producers: This is their big moment for climate action

    Type: Column/Article

    Date: September 29, 2023

    We can’t meet the climate crisis without engaging with everyone in a position to help us cut pollution. The oil and gas industry is no exception.

  • EDF describes in detail in these comments why and how, instead of finalizing such problematic proposals, EPA can and should take this opportunity to rebuild a new chemicals program that truly serves the public’s interests even in the face of possible future efforts to do otherwise.

  • Net Zero Action Accelerator

    Type: Link

    Date: September 18, 2023

    Environmental Defense Fund's climate action hub helps businesses fast track and scale climate progress, reach their sustainability goals and galvanize net zero leadership across supply chains.