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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
How economics solved acid rain

Case study

Clean air

Policy

United States
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
Carbon market resources

Collection

Climate pollution

Policy
McDonald’s saves billions cutting waste

Case study

Business engagement

United States
Environmental Impact Bonds: Financing for wetlands restoration

Project

Coastal protection

United States
Protecting wildlife on private land

Case study

Policy

United States
EDF alumni network
EPA's first 10 chemicals under review

Overview

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States
1-bromopropane

Explainer

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States
Needless waste of American energy resources

Analysis

Methane

United States
Cyclic aliphatic bromides cluster (HBCD)

Explainer

Safer chemicals

Policy

United States