There are more than 1,100 municipal solid waste landfills in the U.S. Those landfills are the country’s third-largest source of methane – a powerful climate pollutant that has 80 times more warming ...

Member states increasingly support an economic measure to incentivize emissions reductions from the shipping sector ...

EDF and our partners at Kaiser Permanente combined our block-by-block data of traffic-related air pollution collected with Aclima-equipped Google Street View cars with the electronic health records of ...

(New York, NY) - New peer-reviewed analysis by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), published by Science, reveals that millions of acres of critical wetland habitat have lost vital protections in the ...

[WASHINGTON, Sept 26, 2024] – As U.S. lawmakers consider legislation that would develop open ocean aquaculture, a new report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) provides critical insights into ...

Like many utilities, New York’s Consolidated Edison had a lingering backlog of leaks on its sprawling natural gas system that weren’t serious enough to be hazardous to people or property, but which ...

With the successful launch of MethaneSAT, EDF is fighting climate change from space.

EDF fellowships provide recent graduates — whether from an undergraduate, graduate or doctoral program — a unique opportunity to work directly with experts in science, law, economics and other ...

Cutting methane is a powerful opportunity to slow global warming and limit the worst impacts of climate change, from disrupted food supplies to extreme weather. But methane is invisible. That’s where ...

Whether you want to have a direct impact on the environment — or work behind the scenes to support such work — EDF internships are designed to provide current and recent undergraduate and graduate ...

Alba Lorente is an atmospheric scientist working in the Office of the Chief Scientist as part of the EDFE team. Her current research focuses on measuring and quantifying methane from the oil and gas ...