
Fred Krupp
President
Description
Fred Krupp has guided EDF for three decades. A leading voice on climate change, energy, and sustainability, he is a champion for harnessing the power of the marketplace to protect our environment.
Under Krupp's leadership, EDF has become one of the world’s most influential environmental organizations. He has focused international attention on the problem of methane emissions from the oil-and-gas system and led EDF's innovative corporate partnerships with FedEx, KKR, McDonald’s, Walmart and others.
Since he took the helm in 1984, EDF’s annual operating budget has grown from $3 million to over $225 million, staff has increased from 50 to more than 1,000 in 19 countries, and membership has expanded from 40,000 to over 3 million.
Krupp was named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report and is a recipient of the 2015 William K. Reilly Environmental Leadership Award.
Background
Krupp is co-author with Miriam Horn of the New York Times bestseller Earth: The Sequel – The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming.
Krupp was educated at Yale and the University of Michigan Law School, and received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Haverford College.
He has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, and Bloomberg Businessweek, and appears frequently in the national media.
He lives with his family in Connecticut. An avid rower, he won a gold medal in the 2006 World Rowing Masters Regatta sponsored by FISA, the international rowing federation.
Latest pieces
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Wall Street Journal op-ed: To slow climate change, curb methane first
The Wall Street Journal, November 22, 2023 -
WSJ: The Politics and Science of Jet Fuel
The Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2023 -
TIME: New EPA standards will expand American's car options
TIME, June 15, 2023 -
WSJ: There’s a climate solution in dairy cows’ stomachs
Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2023 -
The biggest thing Congress has ever done to address climate change
EDF Voices, August 12, 2022 -
Reducing methane will help hit the brakes on runaway global warming
EDF Voices, May 16, 2022 -
What carbon markets done right look like
EDF Voices, April 13, 2022 -
5 Takes on the Future of Climate Tech
EDF + Biz Blog, April 5, 2022
Press materials
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Bloomberg Philanthropies, UN Environment Programme, Environmental Defense Fund, International Energy Agency, and RMI Launch Groundbreaking Transparency and Accountability Measure For Methane Emissions
December 2, 2023 -
Methane Pledge Could Be “Most Impactful International Climate Action” in Decades
December 2, 2023 -
U.S. Tightens Limits on Oil and Gas Methane to Address One of Nation’s Largest Pollution Sources
December 2, 2023 -
Bipartisan Senate Vote Confirms “Outstanding Leader” Uhlmann for EPA Job
July 20, 2023 -
Global Shipping Negotiations Wrap Up with Limited Commitments to Reduce Climate Pollution
July 7, 2023 -
EDF Welcomes EPA Proposal to Limit Climate Pollution from Power Plants
May 11, 2023 -
EDF President Fred Krupp Testifies on Beneficial Climate Investments
May 4, 2023 -
Senate Committee Approves Two “Talented and Experienced Leaders in Public Service” for EPA Positions
April 26, 2023