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ANALYSIS
Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells in the United States
Analysis on environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned wells provides a framework that can be used to manage the millions of documented and undocumented orphaned wells in the U.S. and abroad.More on:
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BLOG POST
Using sound to improve fishery management study sardines in the Philippines
By EDF’s Jose Ingles, Jimely Flores and Rod Fujita, and Joseph Warren, Stony Brook University Small fish have a big role. Fisheries for sardine, herring and anchovy species collectively produce more yield than any other fisheries worldwide and account for about one-third of total global catches arriving in ports. These fisheries span the globe and […]More on:
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ANALYSIS
Extreme Smog Challenge of India Intensified by Increasing Lower Tropospheric Stability
In this analysis published in Geophysical Research Letters, we use long-term satellite data to show a significant increase in aerosol exceedances over northern India, resulting in sustained atmospheric warming and surface cooling trends over the last two decades.More on:
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VIDEO
EDF explains: What is blue carbon?
Scientist Kristin Kleisner explains what blue carbon is -- and how it affects the planet.More on:
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BLOG POST
Working with partners to evaluate the potential of blue foods in climate adaptation and mitigation strategies
Over the last couple of years, EDF has actively worked to raise the contributions of aquatic foods in transforming food systems and making progress on 9 of the 17 the Sustainable Development Goals—global goals established under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a universal call to action to end poverty, to protect the planet, […]More on:
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INTERACTIVE TOOL
The Colorado River Basin: What’s at stake in the Grand Canyon
A new website from EDF, American Rivers, and Four Corners Mapping provides a special look at the Grand Canyon through an educational, interactive journey. The interactive tool invites people to take a tour through the Grand Canyon and learn how the complexities of the Colorado River crisis impact the Grand Canyon and its surrounding communities […] The post EDF and partners launch interactive Grand Canyon website first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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BLOG POST
Local knowledge is key to understanding climate impacts on fisheries
Environmental Defense Fund led a participatory study to assess how vulnerable recreational fisheries in the Caribbean will be to climate change.More on:
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ANALYSIS
Distortion of sectoral roles in climate change threatens climate goals
Frontiers in Climate paper co-authored by EDF scientists explores how the longstanding method for reporting greenhouse gas emissions—carbon dioxide equivalence (CO2e)—systematically underestimates methane-dominated economic sectors' contributions to warming in the coming decades.More on:
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REPORT
Shining a Light on Warehouse Truck Air Pollution (PDF)
EDF paper demonstrates who is at risk from diesel trucks serving warehouses, summarizes the new science about health impacts from air pollution generated by these trucks, and points to solutions that can protect community health.More on:
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BLOG POST
The science behind agricultural carbon markets
There’s been a lot of recent attention on the California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) rice protocol, the first ever carbon offset protocol for crop agriculture in a compliance market. Here's a primer on the program from EDF.More on:
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BLOG POST
SmartPass and Smartphones: An Innovative Approach to Small-Scale Fisheries Monitoring in Lampung Province, Indonesia
Smartphone-based catch reporting and the SmartPass camera system have been implemented to generate reliable estimates of total effort and total catch in Lampung’s blue swimming crab fishery.More on:
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BLOG POST
Fires are normal, and so is fire recovery – at least it used to be
EDF research shows the likelihood of forest regeneration after a fire is lower than it was in the past.More on:
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BLOG POST
Alternative Figures: FDA’s food chemical reports to Congress don’t add up
In its annual justification of budget estimates to Congress, FDA describes its activities and tracks its performance. One of those performance measures is the percentage of food- and color-additive petitions (FAPs/CAPs) the agency has reviewed and completed within 360 days of receipt.[1] We analyzed FDA’s reports to Congress published from 2016 to 2023 and found […] The post Alternative Figures: FDA’s food chemical reports to Congress don’t add up first appeared on Deep Dives: Environmental Health Policy.More on:
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BLOG POST
Health data needs to inform targeted environmental justice initiatives
Key Findings and Recommendations Air pollution results in a large burden of childhood asthma across the country, and this burden is disproportionately borne by people of color. More than $100 million in grants from the Environmental Protection Agency is available for environmental justice initiatives, but targeting programs to alleviate the health impacts of air pollution to […] The post Health data needs to inform targeted environmental justice initiatives first appeared on Deep Dives: Environmental Health Policy.More on:
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ARTICLE
Lights, camera, (climate) action: Bill Nye speaks out
A new video from Bill Nye the Science Guy explains the fastest way to slow down climate change. It's cutting pollution from methane, a short-lived but potent greenhouse gas with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the near term.More on:
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BLOG POST
Understanding how communities are vulnerable to climate change is key to improving equity and justice
Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University published a new study that found all states in the U.S. are at risk from the effects of climate change, particularly neighborhoods experiencing disproportionate environmental harms and risks, health disparities and infrastructure problems.More on:
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ARTICLE
Six of the coolest climate finds at SXSW
We scoured SXSW, the Austin mega festival, for the coolest climate tech, climate talks, climate ideas. From the sublime to the ridiculous, here are a few of our faves.More on:
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EVENT
EDF at SXSW 2023
At SXSW, EDF experts will showcase vital efforts to speed the transition to clean energy and ensure healthy and safe livelihoods, particularly for communities most impacted by a changing climate.More on:
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ARTICLE
Can you spot the hydrogen leak? Meet the new technology that can
A new, global hydrogen energy industry is poised to take off, attracting hundreds of billion of dollars in investments. However, hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas with a powerful near-term climate impact that is often overlooked. Scientists have raised concerns that hydrogen leaks could negate the expected climate benefits of using hydrogen energy. Real-world data on hydrogen emissions is lacking, but a groundbreaking new technology can help.More on:
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BLOG POST
MethaneSAT: A New Era of Transparency for Methane Measurement
MethaneSAT will fill critical gaps in the capabilities of existing methane satellites and be a powerful tool to accelerate climate action.More on:
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BLOG POST
A multidimensional view of ag tech’s impacts
New research from Environmental Defense Fund provides a high-level overview of how four technology fields can be valuable tools in agricultural operations and contribute to agroecological goals.More on:
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ANALYSIS
Future warming from global food consumption
EDF research published in the journal Nature Climate Change finds that food production, distribution and consumption could still add around 1°C to planetary warming by 2100 — and, in turn, risk exceeding the internationally agreed-upon temperature targets for a climate-secure future.More on:
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BLOG POST
The importance of additionality and accurate baselines for carbon credit integrity
Forest carbon credits may prove to be a useful tool to reduce net carbon emissions from land use and supplement overall emissions reductions. New research from EDF refines previous research by accounting for more variability in ecological factors that affect carbon sequestration.More on:
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BLOG
Read more about environmental health policy on our Deep Dives blog
Deep Dives is a new blog that will offer our readers in-depth scientific analyses, hard data, and practical policy prescriptions from Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) top environmental health experts. Our authors are specialists in air quality, chemistry, epidemiology, law, public health, and more. We will continue to offer information for broader audiences on EDF’s Safer […] The post Introducing Deep Dives—EDF’s New Platform for In-Depth Scientific & Policy Analyses on Environmental Health first appeared on Deep Dives: Environmental Health Policy.More on: