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How CORSIA can reduce aviation pollution

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Clean transportation

Climate pollution

Policy
Detecting chemicals that can harm us

Project

Safer chemicals
Catalyzing innovation in chemical monitoring

Project

Safer chemicals
New tools reveal Houston's pollution

Project

Clean air

Climate pollution

United States
A water meter in the sky

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A California standard to help save tropical forests

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Natural climate solutions

Policy

United States
Strengthening Puerto Rico's energy system

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Demanding health-protective implementation of TSCA

Collection

Safer chemicals

Policy
Child care lead in water requirements

Analysis

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States
Where are the lead service lines?

Project

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States
Mapping lead pipes by water utility

Analysis

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States
California groundwater management resources

Initiative

Water supplies

Policy

United States
Rice nitrous oxide: A new solvable climate problem

Analysis

Climate pollution

Climate smart agriculture

Methane

Sustainable food

India
Global anthropogenic climate impacts must include nitrous oxide emissions from rice fields

Blog post

Sustainable food

Climate smart agriculture
COP 26: Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Event

Climate pollution

Policy
We can rebuild global fisheries despite warming oceans

Article

Sustainable fishing

Sustainable food
Financing resilient communities and coastlines

Report

Coastal protection

Extreme weather

Natural climate solutions

Policy

United States
Major studies reveal 60% more methane emissions

Massive EDF-led collaboration reveals more serious methane problem

Project

Methane
Methane research series: 16 studies

Collection

Methane
This new approach to farming is transforming agriculture

How emerging tech is transforming agriculture

Project

Climate smart agriculture
EDF resources on methylene chloride in paint strippers

Safer chemicals
This TED Talk heralds a new era in fighting climate change, from space

Initiative

Methane
Geoengineering

Overview

Climate pollution
Financing fisheries reform

Report

Sustainable food

Sustainable fishing

Policy
Financing New Jersey’s clean energy economy: Pathways for leadership

Report

Climate pollution

Clean transportation

United States