Environmental Defense Fund

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. It is nonpartisan, and its work often advocates market-based solutions to environmental problems.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's October 17, 2012 filing.
  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $64,555
    Total Spent:
    $21,772
    Cash on Hand:
    $73,018
    Debts:
    $0

Standardized Donation Information

covers through June 2012. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.
  • Top Recipients

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    Individuals
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    PAC
    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.
  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars
  • Top PAC Recipients

    Employee Color Block
    Individuals
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    PAC
    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Environmental Defense Fund Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$2,741,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q2, 2012

Lobbying On Behalf of Environmental Defense Fund

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    K&L Gates $590,000
    Patton Boggs LLP $180,000
    Oldaker Law Group $150,000
    Conservation Pathways $120,000
    Jenkins Hill Consulting $115,000
    Thompson Smitch Consulting Group $110,000
    Polsinelli Shughart $60,000
    Ocean Champions $50,000
    Collins Consulting $46,000
    Liberty Partners of Florida $40,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Environment & Superfund,
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Marine, Boats & Fisheries,
    • Natural Resources,
    • Agriculture,
    • Clean Air & Water,
    • Real Estate & Land Use,
    • Health Issues
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.2304 Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
    H.R.2596 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
    H.R.2772 Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011
    H.R.3096 Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011
    S.1400 Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011
    S.1572 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
    H.R.1473 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    H.R.1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    H.R.1363 Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
    H.R.2112 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
  • Recent Lobbying Contracts
    Date Registrant Summary
    Oct. 3, 2012 Peck, Madigan et al General background on environmental issues. Issues related to the budget and sequestration. View registration
View all lobbying data for Environmental Defense Fund Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

48 Mentions; 3 Submissions
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "Environmental Defense Fund" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 2 NHTSA Environmental Impact Statement for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)Standards, Model Years 2017-2025 2011
    • Toggle 1 USDA Technical Guidelines and Scientific Methods: Quantifying GHG Emissions and Carbon Sequestration for Agricultural and Forestry Activities 2011
    • Toggle 1 NRCS Proposed Changes to National Handbook of Conservation Practices 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 16 EPA Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired, Electric Utility, Industrial-Commercial-Institutional, and Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Unit 2011
    • Toggle 8 EPA Proposed Consent Decree in WildEarth Guardians, et al. v. Jackson, No. 1:11-cv-0001-CMA-MEH (D. CO) and consolidated case (No. 11-cv-00743-CMA-MEH) 2011
    • Toggle 4 EPA GHG New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Utilities 2011
    • Toggle 4 EPA Regional Haze - OR - BART Revision & 110 Transport 2010 2011
    • Toggle 4 EPA Deferral of Application of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Programs to CO2 emissions from Bioenergy and Other Biogenic Sources 2011
    • Toggle 3 EPA Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; California; 2007 South Coast State Implementation Plan for 1997 8-hour Ozone Standard and 2007 State Strategy 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA NESHAP for Secondary Lead Smelting Amendments Based on the Risk and Technology Review 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA GHG New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Petroleum Refineries 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA Phosphorus Water Quality Standards for Florida Everglades 2011
    • Toggle 2 EPA Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems 2011

Advisory Committees

9 people on 11 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Environmental Defense Fund" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 5 people on 5 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 1 person on 2 committees
  • Toggle Office of the United States Trade Representative 2 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle Department of Energy 1 person on 1 committee
  • Toggle Department of Agriculture 1 person on 1 committee
View all advisory committee data for Environmental Defense Fund