The Groundwater Accounting Platform — an increasingly popular water management tool — has released its source code with an eye to spurring collaboration.

Fishers catch sardine off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain. EDF works with fishers globally to improve management of fisheries, protecting the ocean and people’s livelihoods.

The problem: Global transportation harms our climate, accounting for roughly one-quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. The pollution from transportation powered by fossil fuels also harms our ...

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Decision Would Trample Science and Violate the Law; Would Harm Millions of Americans Suffering from Climate Pollution ...

The problem: Air pollution is a global public health crisis and the fourth leading cause of death globally. Nine out of 10 people around the world breathe unhealthy air, and burning fossil fuels is ...

Congressional Review Act resolutions seeking to repeal a recent rule implementing the methane polluter fee passed the House and Senate.

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The problem: Methane pollution released this year will warm the planet more in the next decade than carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels. While cutting methane is the single fastest way to ...

The Trump administration's threat to dismantle NOAA is an attack on the safety and wellbeing of American communities. Instead of working to improve weather forecasting and emergency alerts, expand the ...

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