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Elena Craft

Elena Craft is senior director for climate and health with Environmental Defense Fund.

  • Data from air monitors, registries and other sources can help leaders decide how, and where, to marshal resources to protect the health of those who need it most. Photo: Dan Joyce.

    The tools to protect the Houston neighborhoods that need it most

    By Elena Craft
    06.17.2020

  • Dredging the Ship Channel with old, dirty, diesel-burning equipment to make it safer for ships ignores the dangers of air pollution to people.

    Port Houston wants to be an environmental leader, but their nearly $1 billion dredging project goes the wrong way

    By Elena Craft
    12.18.2020

  • Our experience in Texas tells us that we cannot expect industry to regulate themselves.

    'The worst possible time': EPA's retreat from regulation will increase coronavirus risks

    By Bridgette Murray
    04.8.2020

  • Our transportation system is the largest source of the pollution changing our climate; 90 percent of ships, trucks, trains, and other vehicles are powered by fossil fuels.

    How ports can use the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to protect public health and act on climate

    By Elena Craft
    03.10.2022

  • Houston’s recent move to commit to 100 percent clean energy is a start. But the city can't do it without clear-eyed leadership from Austin.

    Breaking out of Texas' vicious cycle of climate change, disasters and recovery

    By Elena Craft
    06.4.2020

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