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Our many successes include the return of protections to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and the suspension of oil and gas leasing permits for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Defenders also played a lead role in successfully defending the Migratory Bird Protection Act from attack and securing critical protections for migratory birds.
Throughout we all love, yet our nation’s wildlife still face unprecedented challenges.
More and more species, including manatees, Mexican gray wolves, polar bears and North Atlantic right whales, face the very real threat of extinction because of climate change, habitat loss, pollution and inadequate protections.
In our work we continue to demonstrate success by following the science, building partnerships, leading with innovative solutions and focusing on collaborative and practical approaches in defense of nature.
Together we can make a lasting difference for wildlife and habitats.
Your support is essential to our work and we couldn’t do it without you.
Thank you for being an important part of our efforts to protect imperiled wildlife across our nation.
IN OUR NEW TELEVISION SERIES, WILDLIFE NATION WITH JEFF CORWIN, premiered in October and airs every weekend on ABC stations nationwide.
This groundbreaking series takes Jeff across the country to meet Defenders’ experts along with our science, tribal and community partners to educate and inspire viewers to join with Defenders to protect wildlife.
While highlighting some of our important conservation work and raising awareness of important conservation challenges, this family-friendly program will undoubtedly motivate a new, diverse generation of wildlife advocates and broaden our supporter base to advance our mission.
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE is committed to a future where North American wildlife and habitats are secure and thriving.
We believe in the inherent value of wildlife and the natural world, and our approach is pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
We aim to solve conservation challenges by collaborating and engaging with communities at the local level, by fighting for the protection of imperiled species in the courts and the halls of Congress and by defending our bedrock environmental laws, especially the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s most effective law to protect wildlife from extinction.
RESTORE the health of once-vulnerable species and their habitats.
HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE TO PROTECT CALVING CARIBOU AND DENNING POLAR BEARS in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, Defenders celebrated President Biden’s suspension of the oil and gas leasing permits issued at the end of the previous administration.
TIRELESS LEGAL BATTLE TO PROTECT THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST in Alaska ended with success when the Biden administration announced full restoration of protections for this remarkable landscape, reinstating the National Roadless Conservation Area rule and shutting down the largest old-growth forest logging project proposed in decades.
DEFENDERS WON A HUGE VICTORY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS AND HORSESHOE CRABS when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), in response to our lawsuit, halted the harvest of horseshoe crabs within Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina without a special use permit for commercial purposes.
Commercial harvesting of horseshoe crabs by the medical industry has severely limited an important food source for federally protected red knots and other migratory birds.
Defenders of Wildlife coexistence experts demonstrate the use of fladry—a proven tool for deterring predators in grazing areas—at a workshop in Montana.
DEFENDERS CONTINUED OUR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE COEXISTENCE WORK to prevent human-wildlife conflicts and build social acceptance for important species like wolves, bears, panthers, bison, prairie dogs and beavers.
DEFENDERS WON A HUGE VICTORY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS when the Biden administration announced it was restoring protections for migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).
Defenders played a lead role in the reintroduction of the Migratory Bird Protection Act that would codify protections for migratory birds under the MBTA against incidental take, thereby ensuring lasting protections for birds regardless of the administration.
AS A RESULT OF A DEFENDERS LAWSUIT, we celebrated a victory for protecting Bristol Bay in Alaska when the Biden administration announced the restoration of protections for this spectacular marine ecosystem.
the only federal lands in the country set aside for the protection of wildlife.
National wildlife refuges provide essential habitat for over endangered and threatened species, which makes them high-priority areas for protection as we race to save species from extinction.
Defenders led the support for a bipartisan bill to create a brand-new national wildlife refuge in southern California, the Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge, which would be one of the nation’s largest wildlife refuges at approximately 30 threatened and endangered species and increasing access to the outdoors for nearly 12 million residents in the surrounding area.
DEFENDERS CELEBRATED A COURT VICTORY TO PROTECT IMPERILED POLAR BEARS from drilling when a judge ruled that federal permit authorizations for ConocoPhilips’ Willow drilling project in Alaska violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Defenders also fought for polar bears on Capitol Hill by leading advocacy on the Polar Bear Cub Survival Act of denning habitat.
, Defenders’ legal action resulted in a judge ruling that FWS must address poaching in the recovery plan for this critically endangered species.
SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED FWS in court to protect the northern long-eared bat, with a federal judge ordering the agency to determine whether this species warrants listing as an endangered species.
After suffering catastrophic declines in their core range because of white-nose syndrome, northern long-eared bat populations continue to decline from habitat destruction caused by mountaintop-removal coal mining.
Full protection under the ESA is essential for this species’ survival.
SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED for the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the bedrock law that protects our nation’s wildlife from extinction.
We celebrated President Biden’s decision to reverse harmful rules enacted by the previous administration that weakened the ESA.
With an escalating extinction crisis at hand, we desperately need to strengthen and fully fund the ESA.
Defenders will continue to defend our critical environmental laws and all the imperiled species that rely on them for their survival.
DEFENDERS MADE HUGE PROGRESS FOR BISON, continuing to expand our partnerships with the Intertribal Buffalo Council and numerous tribes to restore bison to suitable prairie grassland habitat.
We helped establish a conservation herd on protected grasslands in Colorado (and celebrated the birth of and continued our support of the bison conservation transfer program by transporting Yellowstone bison to the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana that would have otherwise been sent to slaughter.
Defenders also assisted in transferring over Fort Peck Reservation to the Yakama Nation in Washington and the Modoc Nation in Oklahoma.
We proudly celebrated the our highly effective Yellowstone bison coexistence program which provides funding for exclusion fencing on private property and builds acceptance and tolerance for roaming bison.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN swift fox kits were born on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, the result of Defenders’ work to recover this imperiled species across its historical range in the Great Plains.
DEFENDERS CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY in conserving and recovering the endangered black-footed ferret.
We assisted the Fort Belknap tribes with the annual survey, during which ferrets were trapped, had health screens conducted and were vaccinated for the plague.
LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED RED WOLF, FWS reversed its decision to limit the recovery area and committed to a robust release strategy.
After years of inaction, FWS released eight wolves to the wild in North Carolina and plan to release nine more wolves in the spring of 2022.
This is an incredible win for this critically endangered species whose population has dwindled down to single digits in the wild because of mismanagement, vehicle strikes and poaching.
DEFENDERS CONTINUED TO LEAD EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE FLORIDA MANATEE, a beloved species that suffered the deadliest year on record in and lack of warm water habitat.
Defenders led advocacy and education aimed at restoring the natural flow of the dammed Ocklawaha River, which would provide critical warm-water habitat that manatees need to survive.
Defenders’ legal team continued to fight for manatees in the courts, holding government agencies accountable for protecting critical habitat and addressing the devastating water pollution that is killing the seagrass and causing manatees to starve.
In supporters contributed more than $49 million for wildlife and wildlife habitat.
This figure includes all those who generously donated their time and expertise.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE and protect our imperiled wildlife.
To learn more or donate, contact us at or choose one of the following options.
➤ Transfer appreciated assets directly to Defenders and maximize potential tax benefits.
Defenders.org/donatestocks-help-save-wildlife ➤ Become a Leadership Council member with a single donation of $enjoy more personal involvement with Defenders.
Defenders.org/leadershipcouncil ➤ If you are a portion of your IRA to benefit wildlife.
Remember, these gifts must come directly from your IRA account.
Defenders.org/planned-giving/ gifts-your-retirement-plan ➤ Get started on a contribution from your donor-advised fund.
Defenders.org/ donor-advised-funds ➤ Check with your personnel office or that of your spouse/ partner about your company’s Corporate Matching Gifts program or visit us at Defenders.org/matching.
➤ Become a Wildlife Circle member with a donation of $partner in our work to protect wolves and other wildlife.
➤ Join Defenders’ Wildlife Guardians, our monthly giving program, and make your donations easily and automatically through a credit card or checking account.
org/wildlifeguardians ➤ Ask about EarthShare where you work and designate Defenders of Wildlife (CFC #gift.
➤ Include Defenders as a beneficiary in your will, living trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy or other estate plan, and leave a lasting mark on wildlife and the world by helping us continue our conservation work.
You can specify that Defenders receives a certain percentage, dollar amount or residuary share of your estate.
We can also help you structure life income gifts such as charitable gift annuities or charitable trusts that support wildlife while providing income and tax advantages for you and your loved ones.
https://support.defenders.org/page/https://defenders.org/donate-stocks-help-save-wildlife https://defenders.org/donate-stocks-help-save-wildlife https://support.defenders.org/page/18168/donate/1 https://support.defenders.org/page/18168/donate/1 https://defenders.org/planned-giving/gifts-your-retirement-plan https://defenders.org/planned-giving/gifts-your-retirement-plan https://defenders.org/planned-giving/gifts-your-retirement-plan https://defenders.org/donor-advised-funds https://defenders.org/donor-advised-funds https://support.defenders.org/page/23796/donate/1 https://support.defenders.org/page/23796/donate/1 https://support.defenders.org/page/18471/donate/1 https://support.defenders.org/page/18471/donate/1 https://www.earthshare.org/ https://defenders.org/planned-giving/gifts-your-retirement-plan DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE is a national nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities.
for climate progress Connecting the dots Meet EDF This year, more than ever, people everywhere have connected the dots between climate change and the terrible damage done by extreme weather.
This has brought a new urgency, and with urgency comes opportunity.
People are growing more receptive to the needed climate solutions, so policymakers are open to bolder action.
In the past year, EDF has made major strides to translate this moment into progress toward our vision of a vital Earth for everyone.
In this report, you’ll find EDF partnering with others to change the way natural resources are managed, strengthening the ability of forests, coastal wetlands and other ecosystems to reduce climate impacts.
You’ll see us helping people in areas ravaged by storms, in the droughtstricken Western U.S., and in communities harmed the most by past pollution.
We’re improving livelihoods by helping farmers and fishing communities thrive even in the face of climate change.
And we’re speeding the transition to electric cars and trucks and toward a global clean energy economy with no net climate pollution.
For example, EDF climate scientist Ilissa Ocko and her colleagues have published new research demonstrating that in the next methane — a long-underrated greenhouse gas — will do more to warm the Earth than all the carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.
This work has helped move methane to the top of the climate change agenda.
In fact, at the recent COPcountries pledged to cut methane pollution at least 30% by 2030.
Cutting methane is the fastest way to slow the rate of global warming and reduce the impact of climate change on our lives.
As more people understand that the damage from climate change is here, we must lead adoption of bolder solutions.
You and every EDF donor have our heartfelt thanks for the support that makes this progress possible.
The terrible damage done by extreme weather has brought a new urgency, and with it, opportunity.
attorneys and policy experts work around the globe, alongside hundreds of partners, to fight climate change and protect people and the planet.
GETTY We drive global action to cut methane pollution — the fastest way to slow climate change.
The world must take swift action to reduce methane emissions.
EDF has highlighted the urgency of this issue and is helping lead the way to effective solutions.
Research led by EDF climate scientist Ilissa Ocko, published this spring, came to a striking conclusion: concerted global action, using existing technologies, could cut methane pollution in half by the rate of global warming by as much as 30%.
Soon afterward, the authoritative U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored the need to slash methane.
methane at the forefront of the global climate agenda.
oil and gas and large-scale agriculture, at least by 2030.
“The Methane Moment is here,” says Mark Brownstein, EDF Senior VP of Energy Transition.
government, industry, nonprofits and academia to develop new rules to limit methane emissions.
U.S., we helped build bipartisan support for a successful effort in Congress to overturn a Trump-era rollback on regulations to reduce methane pollution from new oil and gas facilities.
Because of this work, the EPA, led by EDF alumnus Michael Regan, is poised to strengthen and expand those rules to cover, for the first time, the roughly of the industry’s methane pollution.
What’s next: EDF subsidiary MethaneSAT will be ready to launch the world’s most advanced methanetracking satellite in late 2022.
It will locate and measure methane emissions worldwide, turn its data around in days and offer it free to everyone.
On the ground Laurie Anderson, a Colorado organizer for EDF-affiliate Moms Clean Air Force, lives half a mile from federal rules to limit the oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane and toxic air pollution.
power of CO2 in the first 20 years after its release.
Methane detective “Reducing COimportant and will benefit my grandkids.
As part of an EDF initiative, a technician in Romania checks for methane emissions at a natural gas facility.

Our many successes include the return of protections to the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and the suspension of oil and gas leasing permits for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Defenders also played a lead role in successfully defending the Migratory Bird Protection Act from attack and securing critical protections for migratory birds.

Throughout we all love, yet our nation’s wildlife still face unprecedented challenges.

More and more species, including manatees, Mexican gray wolves, polar bears and North Atlantic right whales, face the very real threat of extinction because of climate change, habitat loss, pollution and inadequate protections.

In our work we continue to demonstrate success by following the science, building partnerships, leading with innovative solutions and focusing on collaborative and practical approaches in defense of nature.

Together we can make a lasting difference for wildlife and habitats.

Your support is essential to our work and we couldn’t do it without you.

Thank you for being an important part of our efforts to protect imperiled wildlife across our nation.

IN OUR NEW TELEVISION SERIES, WILDLIFE NATION WITH JEFF CORWIN, premiered in October and airs every weekend on ABC stations nationwide.

This groundbreaking series takes Jeff across the country to meet Defenders’ experts along with our science, tribal and community partners to educate and inspire viewers to join with Defenders to protect wildlife.

While highlighting some of our important conservation work and raising awareness of important conservation challenges, this family-friendly program will undoubtedly motivate a new, diverse generation of wildlife advocates and broaden our supporter base to advance our mission.

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE is committed to a future where North American wildlife and habitats are secure and thriving.

We believe in the inherent value of wildlife and the natural world, and our approach is pragmatic and solutions-oriented.

We aim to solve conservation challenges by collaborating and engaging with communities at the local level, by fighting for the protection of imperiled species in the courts and the halls of Congress and by defending our bedrock environmental laws, especially the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s most effective law to protect wildlife from extinction.

RESTORE the health of once-vulnerable species and their habitats.

HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE TO PROTECT CALVING CARIBOU AND DENNING POLAR BEARS in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, Defenders celebrated President Biden’s suspension of the oil and gas leasing permits issued at the end of the previous administration.

TIRELESS LEGAL BATTLE TO PROTECT THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST in Alaska ended with success when the Biden administration announced full restoration of protections for this remarkable landscape, reinstating the National Roadless Conservation Area rule and shutting down the largest old-growth forest logging project proposed in decades.

DEFENDERS WON A HUGE VICTORY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS AND HORSESHOE CRABS when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), in response to our lawsuit, halted the harvest of horseshoe crabs within Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina without a special use permit for commercial purposes.

Commercial harvesting of horseshoe crabs by the medical industry has severely limited an important food source for federally protected red knots and other migratory birds.

Defenders of Wildlife coexistence experts demonstrate the use of fladry—a proven tool for deterring predators in grazing areas—at a workshop in Montana.

DEFENDERS CONTINUED OUR HIGHLY EFFECTIVE COEXISTENCE WORK to prevent human-wildlife conflicts and build social acceptance for important species like wolves, bears, panthers, bison, prairie dogs and beavers.

DEFENDERS WON A HUGE VICTORY FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS when the Biden administration announced it was restoring protections for migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).

Defenders played a lead role in the reintroduction of the Migratory Bird Protection Act that would codify protections for migratory birds under the MBTA against incidental take, thereby ensuring lasting protections for birds regardless of the administration.

AS A RESULT OF A DEFENDERS LAWSUIT, we celebrated a victory for protecting Bristol Bay in Alaska when the Biden administration announced the restoration of protections for this spectacular marine ecosystem.

the only federal lands in the country set aside for the protection of wildlife.

National wildlife refuges provide essential habitat for over endangered and threatened species, which makes them high-priority areas for protection as we race to save species from extinction.

Defenders led the support for a bipartisan bill to create a brand-new national wildlife refuge in southern California, the Western Riverside County National Wildlife Refuge, which would be one of the nation’s largest wildlife refuges at approximately 30 threatened and endangered species and increasing access to the outdoors for nearly 12 million residents in the surrounding area.

DEFENDERS CELEBRATED A COURT VICTORY TO PROTECT IMPERILED POLAR BEARS from drilling when a judge ruled that federal permit authorizations for ConocoPhilips’ Willow drilling project in Alaska violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act.

Defenders also fought for polar bears on Capitol Hill by leading advocacy on the Polar Bear Cub Survival Act of denning habitat.

, Defenders’ legal action resulted in a judge ruling that FWS must address poaching in the recovery plan for this critically endangered species.

SUCCESSFULLY CHALLENGED FWS in court to protect the northern long-eared bat, with a federal judge ordering the agency to determine whether this species warrants listing as an endangered species.

After suffering catastrophic declines in their core range because of white-nose syndrome, northern long-eared bat populations continue to decline from habitat destruction caused by mountaintop-removal coal mining.

Full protection under the ESA is essential for this species’ survival.

SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED for the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the bedrock law that protects our nation’s wildlife from extinction.

We celebrated President Biden’s decision to reverse harmful rules enacted by the previous administration that weakened the ESA.

With an escalating extinction crisis at hand, we desperately need to strengthen and fully fund the ESA.

Defenders will continue to defend our critical environmental laws and all the imperiled species that rely on them for their survival.

DEFENDERS MADE HUGE PROGRESS FOR BISON, continuing to expand our partnerships with the Intertribal Buffalo Council and numerous tribes to restore bison to suitable prairie grassland habitat.

We helped establish a conservation herd on protected grasslands in Colorado (and celebrated the birth of and continued our support of the bison conservation transfer program by transporting Yellowstone bison to the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana that would have otherwise been sent to slaughter.

Defenders also assisted in transferring over Fort Peck Reservation to the Yakama Nation in Washington and the Modoc Nation in Oklahoma.

We proudly celebrated the our highly effective Yellowstone bison coexistence program which provides funding for exclusion fencing on private property and builds acceptance and tolerance for roaming bison.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN swift fox kits were born on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, the result of Defenders’ work to recover this imperiled species across its historical range in the Great Plains.

DEFENDERS CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY in conserving and recovering the endangered black-footed ferret.

We assisted the Fort Belknap tribes with the annual survey, during which ferrets were trapped, had health screens conducted and were vaccinated for the plague.

LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED RED WOLF, FWS reversed its decision to limit the recovery area and committed to a robust release strategy.

After years of inaction, FWS released eight wolves to the wild in North Carolina and plan to release nine more wolves in the spring of 2022.

This is an incredible win for this critically endangered species whose population has dwindled down to single digits in the wild because of mismanagement, vehicle strikes and poaching.

DEFENDERS CONTINUED TO LEAD EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE FLORIDA MANATEE, a beloved species that suffered the deadliest year on record in and lack of warm water habitat.

Defenders led advocacy and education aimed at restoring the natural flow of the dammed Ocklawaha River, which would provide critical warm-water habitat that manatees need to survive.

Defenders’ legal team continued to fight for manatees in the courts, holding government agencies accountable for protecting critical habitat and addressing the devastating water pollution that is killing the seagrass and causing manatees to starve.

In supporters contributed more than $49 million for wildlife and wildlife habitat.

This figure includes all those who generously donated their time and expertise.

THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SUPPORT DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE and protect our imperiled wildlife.

To learn more or donate, contact us at or choose one of the following options.

➤ Transfer appreciated assets directly to Defenders and maximize potential tax benefits.

Defenders.org/donatestocks-help-save-wildlife ➤ Become a Leadership Council member with a single donation of $enjoy more personal involvement with Defenders.

Defenders.org/leadershipcouncil ➤ If you are a portion of your IRA to benefit wildlife.

Remember, these gifts must come directly from your IRA account.

Defenders.org/planned-giving/ gifts-your-retirement-plan ➤ Get started on a contribution from your donor-advised fund.

Defenders.org/ donor-advised-funds ➤ Check with your personnel office or that of your spouse/ partner about your company’s Corporate Matching Gifts program or visit us at Defenders.org/matching.

➤ Become a Wildlife Circle member with a donation of $partner in our work to protect wolves and other wildlife.

➤ Join Defenders’ Wildlife Guardians, our monthly giving program, and make your donations easily and automatically through a credit card or checking account.

org/wildlifeguardians ➤ Ask about EarthShare where you work and designate Defenders of Wildlife (CFC #gift.

➤ Include Defenders as a beneficiary in your will, living trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy or other estate plan, and leave a lasting mark on wildlife and the world by helping us continue our conservation work.

You can specify that Defenders receives a certain percentage, dollar amount or residuary share of your estate.

We can also help you structure life income gifts such as charitable gift annuities or charitable trusts that support wildlife while providing income and tax advantages for you and your loved ones.

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for climate progress Connecting the dots Meet EDF This year, more than ever, people everywhere have connected the dots between climate change and the terrible damage done by extreme weather.

This has brought a new urgency, and with urgency comes opportunity.

People are growing more receptive to the needed climate solutions, so policymakers are open to bolder action.

In the past year, EDF has made major strides to translate this moment into progress toward our vision of a vital Earth for everyone.

In this report, you’ll find EDF partnering with others to change the way natural resources are managed, strengthening the ability of forests, coastal wetlands and other ecosystems to reduce climate impacts.

You’ll see us helping people in areas ravaged by storms, in the droughtstricken Western U.S., and in communities harmed the most by past pollution.

We’re improving livelihoods by helping farmers and fishing communities thrive even in the face of climate change.

And we’re speeding the transition to electric cars and trucks and toward a global clean energy economy with no net climate pollution.

For example, EDF climate scientist Ilissa Ocko and her colleagues have published new research demonstrating that in the next methane — a long-underrated greenhouse gas — will do more to warm the Earth than all the carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.

This work has helped move methane to the top of the climate change agenda.

In fact, at the recent COPcountries pledged to cut methane pollution at least 30% by 2030.

Cutting methane is the fastest way to slow the rate of global warming and reduce the impact of climate change on our lives.

As more people understand that the damage from climate change is here, we must lead adoption of bolder solutions.

You and every EDF donor have our heartfelt thanks for the support that makes this progress possible.

The terrible damage done by extreme weather has brought a new urgency, and with it, opportunity.

attorneys and policy experts work around the globe, alongside hundreds of partners, to fight climate change and protect people and the planet.

GETTY We drive global action to cut methane pollution — the fastest way to slow climate change.

The world must take swift action to reduce methane emissions.

EDF has highlighted the urgency of this issue and is helping lead the way to effective solutions.

Research led by EDF climate scientist Ilissa Ocko, published this spring, came to a striking conclusion: concerted global action, using existing technologies, could cut methane pollution in half by the rate of global warming by as much as 30%.

Soon afterward, the authoritative U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored the need to slash methane.

methane at the forefront of the global climate agenda.

oil and gas and large-scale agriculture, at least by 2030.

“The Methane Moment is here,” says Mark Brownstein, EDF Senior VP of Energy Transition.

government, industry, nonprofits and academia to develop new rules to limit methane emissions.

U.S., we helped build bipartisan support for a successful effort in Congress to overturn a Trump-era rollback on regulations to reduce methane pollution from new oil and gas facilities.

Because of this work, the EPA, led by EDF alumnus Michael Regan, is poised to strengthen and expand those rules to cover, for the first time, the roughly of the industry’s methane pollution.

What’s next: EDF subsidiary MethaneSAT will be ready to launch the world’s most advanced methanetracking satellite in late 2022.

It will locate and measure methane emissions worldwide, turn its data around in days and offer it free to everyone.

On the ground Laurie Anderson, a Colorado organizer for EDF-affiliate Moms Clean Air Force, lives half a mile from federal rules to limit the oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane and toxic air pollution.

power of CO2 in the first 20 years after its release.

Methane detective “Reducing COimportant and will benefit my grandkids.

As part of an EDF initiative, a technician in Romania checks for methane emissions at a natural gas facility.