Environmental Defense Fund

Fred Krupp. In his 25 years as head of Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp has overseen the growth of EDF from a small nonprofit with budget of $3 million into a recognized worldwide leader in the environmental movement. Under his direction, EDF’s full-time staff has increased from 50 to 350, membership has expanded from 40,000 to more than 500,000 and new offices… See full bio.

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Website:	http://www.edf.org/	Address:	1875 Connecticut Ave NW
E-Mail:	Contact form		Washington, D.C. 20009, USA
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Story: This is the story about how EDF helped influenced the cap put on carbon emissions. Historians will look back to June 24, 2009, as the day the United States finally took a decisive step to control global warming. The House of Representatives voted to cap and reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dramatically, opening the door to a better future. Environmental Defense Fund was instrumental to the House victory, having contributed five years of scientific and economic research, expert testimony in Congress and nonstop efforts to persuade undecided House members in 40 key districts to vote yes. Eight Republicans crossed party lines to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act, all of whom EDF had contacted personally. EDF helped build momentum for federal climate action by winning state-level victories and defending them in court. EDF also co-founded the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, an influential business-environmental alliance that provided a blueprint for legislation. With jobs at the center of the debate, EDF mapped businesses in major manufacturing states whose employees were part of the new green economy. This helped convince legislators of the significant economic opportunities that would be unleashed by enacting a declining cap on carbon. (Source: http://www.edf.org/documents/10663_EDF_AR09_Climate.pdf)

Evidence of Impact Summary:

EDF has more than 700,000 members. Its first success was banning the pesticide DDT to save great birds from extinction. EDF also partnered with private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to improve environmental performance in its portfolio of companies. The fund joined retail leader Wal-Mart to accelerate the development of better, more affordable solar power.

Organization Strengths Summary:

Climate Change experts believe that the Environmental Defense Action Fund’s greatest strength is that their experienced team produces high quality work which they have been able to communicate to the public and effectively lobby about at the national level.
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At the same time, the Environmental Defense Action Fund should do more to build a grassroots base, collaborate with other organizations, and consider broadening the reach of their work.
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In his 25 years as head of Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp has overseen the growth of EDF from a small nonprofit with budget of $3 million into a recognized worldwide leader in the environmental movement. Under his direction, EDF’s full-time staff has increased from 50 to 350, membership has expanded from 40,000 to more than 500,000 and new offices have opened in Raleigh, Austin, Boston, Sacramento and Beijing, China. Krupp is widely recognized as the foremost champion of harnessing market forces for environmental ends, such as the market-based acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act that The Economist hailed as “the greatest green success story of the past decade.” Today, this approach has become the leading model for solving the problem of global warming. Krupp broke new ground by engaging American companies to lessen their impact on the environment. Strategic partnerships with McDonald’s, FedEx, and DuPont, among others, have resulted in the elimination of millions of pounds of waste, the adoption of hybrid delivery vehicles, and an accord to reduce the environmental risks of nanotechnology. He also helped launch a corporate coalition, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, whose Fortune 500 members—Alcoa, GE, DuPont and dozens more—have called for strict limits on global warming pollution. The New York Times says, “Krupp has made a career of successfully pushing companies to make tough environmental changes.” (Environmental Defense Fund accepts no payments or contributions from its partners.) Educated at Yale and the University of Michigan Law School, Fred Krupp lives with his family in Connecticut. An avid rower, he won a gold medal in the 2006 world rowing championship sponsored by FISA, the international rowing federation. He has been profiled in The Wall Street Journal and The New Republic and in 2007 was among 16 people named America's Best Leaders by U.S. News and World Report.

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