Fred Krupp

Fred Krupp is president of Environmental Defense Fund, a position he has held for over four decades. In this role, in 2023 he helped secure commitments from 50 oil and gas companies to reduce their methane pollution by 90% by 2030. Previously, Krupp advocated for passage of historic climate investments in 2022 and overhauling America’s chemical safety laws in 2016. In 2018, he announced plans to launch MethaneSAT, a satellite now in orbit measuring and mapping Earth’s methane emissions. Krupp has also pioneered corporate partnerships, including Walmart’s successful effort to cut a billion metric tons of climate pollution and GM’s plan to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2035. A trustee at Yale, he was named to U.S. News and World Report’s America's Best Leaders list.