EDF has been fighting for a better future for over 50 years — and we’re stepping up that fight as the Trump administration moves to erode the United States’ environmental protections.
No one wants to live in a dirtier world. But that’s the direction the administration’s policies are taking us: More pollution that harms people’s health. More toxic chemicals in air and water. Escalating extreme weather, fueled by a hotter planet.
Plans to abandon clean energy investments will make America weaker, sending jobs to other countries, raising energy prices and burdening future generations with worse pollution, storms and wildfires.
But history isn’t preordained — it’s shaped by the actions we take together. We can’t stop working in tough times. In this pivotal moment for America, here’s how EDF is showing up for the fight.
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Trump EPA Proposal Appears to Attack Endangerment Finding, Limits on Pollution from Cars and Trucks
July 1, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
Proposal appears designed to weaken the federal government’s ability to regulate sources of the pollution driving climate change.
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Latest Senate Bill Only Harms Clean Energy When More is Needed
June 28, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
Senate Republicans overnight made clear that their intention is to punish the clean energy industry despite America’s need for more energy
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An EPA rule that was set to slash cancer risk is now on the chopping block
June 23, 2025
EPA rules that could save lives are being rolled back.
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Trump EPA Analysis: Proposed Rollback of Power Plant Pollution Standards Will Cause Thousands of Deaths, Cost Billions of Dollars
June 17, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
The Trump EPA finds that repealing the Carbon Pollution Standards would result in as many as 1,220 additional deaths in 2035 alone.
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12 Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Unlawful Exemptions Allowing Coal Plants to Sidestep Mercury and Arsenic Limits
June 12, 2025
A coalition filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration today over its illegal use of presidential exemptions to the updated MATS standards
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President Signs Congressional Review Act Resolutions Attacking State Clean Vehicle Standards
June 12, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
President Trump signed three unprecedented Congressional Review Act resolutions to disapprove EPA waivers for California clean vehicle programs
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Trump EPA Proposals Would Eliminate Protections Against Power Plant Pollution
June 11, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
Two Proposals Would Allow More Mercury and Arsenic Pollution, Remove All National Limits on Power Plant Climate Pollution
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Trump EPA Reportedly Plans to Unveil Damaging Proposals to Repeal Limits on Air Toxics and Climate Pollution from Power Plant Smokestacks
June 10, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
The Trump EPA will reportedly announce two proposals tomorrow to repeal vital clean air protections.
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Trump Administration Will Not Enforce Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards, Imposing Costs on Americans
June 6, 2025
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
Statement of EDF Associate Vice President for Clean Air Strategies Peter Zalzal
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Expert Voices
Hurricane season is here and the Trump administration is making it more dangerous
June 5, 2025
| Will McDow, Associate Vice President, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds
Moves by the Trump administration will make this hurricane season even more dangerous says Environmental Defense Fund's Will McDow and Sarah Vogel.
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Zeldin EPA Moves Forward with Delaying Commonsense Pollution Protections
June 5, 2025
| Rosalie Winn, Senior Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air Policy
EPA announced plans to extend the deadline for oil and gas methane polluters to meet commonsense protections.
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Major federal funding cuts leave communities less prepared for hurricane seasons
June 3, 2025
As we enter this year’s hurricane season, BRIC funding cuts, along with other actions targeted at dismantling disaster safety nets, leave vulnerable states and communities less prepared than ever.
The post Major federal funding cuts leave communities less prepared for hurricane seasons first appeared on Growing Returns.
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Senate Twists its Own Rules to Attack California’s Clean Vehicle Standards
May 22, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
The Senate passed resolutions seeking to overturn waivers allowing California to set clean air standards protecting millions from vehicle pollution.
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House Votes to Undo Industrial Air Pollution Protections
May 22, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
The U.S. House voted 216-212 to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn longstanding Clean Air Act protections that limit toxic pollution
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House Passed Tax Plan Will Raise Costs, Surrender Jobs, Increase Pollution
May 22, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
House Republicans' tax bill effectively ends incentives for clean energy and electric vehicles, undermining an American-made energy boom.
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Expert Voices
Q&A: How the House budget bill threatens jobs and affordable energy in the U.S.
May 21, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
It spikes pollution and could kill as many as 700,000 clean energy jobs. Environmental groups are calling the "big, beautiful bill" passed by the House "an ugly mess."
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A budget bill with sweeping attacks on safeguards that protect Americans
May 21, 2025
| Surbhi Sarang, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
The budget reconciliation bill is now working its way through Congress, and what President Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” has a lot of ugly provisions in it. Among those ugly provisions are sweeping attacks on federal agencies and their ability to carry out their responsibilities under the law to protect the health and safety …
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Trump Administration Will Reportedly Roll Back Fuel Economy Standards for Vehicles
May 20, 2025
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The Trump administration is planning to substantially weaken the CAFE standards, according to news reports.
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Stop Work Order Lifted on Empire Wind Project, Clean Energy and Jobs to Move Forward
May 19, 2025
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
This is welcome news for New Yorkers who are counting on affordable, clean electricity and good-paying union jobs from this huge project.
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Groups File Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Ban on Wind Power
May 15, 2025
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
A group of 10 environmental groups filed a legal brief today to overturn the Trump administration’s government-wide ban on new wind energy projects.
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We’re going to fight for a better future with everything we’ve got. People want less pollution, good jobs and healthy kids, no matter who is in office.
Amanda Leland
Executive Director, EDF
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