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  • Fifth-generation farmers Millard and Connie Locklear stand in a plastic tunnel similar to the one in which they grow their tomatoes
    Climate change
    April 1, 2022

    Can family farms survive climate change?

    As the climate changes, family farms face many challenges. These North Carolina farmers employ innovative farming techniques to help them...

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    Climate change
    April 1, 2022

    The shining difference between Baltimore and Washington, DC from space

    Washington D.C. and Baltimore are an hour apart but look starkly different from space. It's from a clean energy initiative that LED to...

  • A person smiling as they hold up a crab recently caught on a small fishing boat
    Deep dive
    March 23, 2022

    Fishing for a future

    Around the world, 3 billion people depend on fish as a vital source of nutrition. As the climate changes and the global population grows...

  • Oil slick spreading over green farmland in North Dakota
    Deep dive
    March 21, 2022

    Finally, a plan — and money — to stop pollution from tens of thousands of...

    EDF helped secure $4.7 billion in federal funding to plug orphan wells, clean up oil and gas pollution, and create jobs. 

  • Fishermen and coastal fishing communities in the Philippines
    Video
    March 11, 2022

    Building resilient small-scale fisheries

    Small-scale fisheries are vital to the livelihoods, food security, health, and culture of billions worldwide. Yet communities reliant on...

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