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Environmental Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health, and advocates using sound science, economics and law to find environmental solutions that work. It is nonpartisan, and its work often advocates market-based solutions to environmental problems. The group's headquarters are in New York City, with offices nationwide, and scientists and policy specialists working worldwide. Regional offices more focused on local issues and policies include Austin, TX; Boulder, CO; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Sacramento, CA; Washington, D.C.; Raleigh, North Carolina; Boston, MA. Fred Krupp has served as its president since 1984.〔 Hoover's Company Records – Basic and In-depth Records: Hoover ID: 130102. April 10, 2007〕 In 2011, Krupp was named by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a group of experts who will make recommendations to improve the safety and environmental performance of natural gas hydraulic fracturing from shale formations.〔"Secretary Chu Tasks Environmental, Industry and State Leaders to Recommend Best Practices for Safe, Responsible Development of America's Onshore Natural Gas Resources," Energy.gov, May 5, 2011. http://energy.gov/articles/secretary-chu-tasks-environmental-industry-and-state-leaders-recommend-best-practices-safe〕 In 1991, The Economist called EDF "America's most economically literate green campaigners."〔"Cool it: Cleaning up the old act," The Economist, August 31, 1991. http://www.edf.org/content/cool-it〕 The organization was ranked first among environmental groups in a 2007 Financial Times global study of 850 business-nonprofit partnerships,〔"Trend to partnerships is positive," Financial Times, July 5, 2007, p. 14.〕 and received a four star-rating from Charity Navigator, the independent charity evaluator.〔(Charity Navigator )〕 ==History== The organization's founders, including Art Cooley,〔 "Memories and More: Saving a species," ''The New York Times'', December 30. 2001.〕 George Woodwell and Charles Wurster,〔 "Fostering Clean Air through Environmental Law," ''The New York Times'', May 14, 1995〕〔"Environmental Defense Fund member Dr. York Times'', Page 11, Column 1, January 14, 1969〕 Dennis Puleston, Victor Yannacone and Robert Smolker discovered in the mid-1960s that the osprey and other large raptors were rapidly disappearing. Their research uncovered a link between the spraying of DDT to kill mosquitos and thinning egg shells of large birds. They successfully sought a ban on DDT in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. They then succeeded in banning DDT statewide. They then took their efforts nationally.〔 "Wood, Field and Stream: Environmental Defense Fund Warns Pollution From Pesticides Still Exists," ''The New York Times'', February 3, 1970 II 〕〔 "DDT Ban Takes Effect" (press release - December 31, 1972 ), site accessed 4/12/2007 http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/ddt/01.htm〕〔 "DDT Regulatory History: A Brief Survey (to 1975)" (report, July 1975 ), site accessed 4/12/2007 http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/ddt/02.htm 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Environmental Defense Fund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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