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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Press release
EPA Reportedly Plans to Stop Collecting Data about Climate Pollution
April 11, 2025
| Edwin LaMair, Senior Attorney, U.S. Legal & Regulatory
According to news reports, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to eviscerate the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
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Report
How could recent cuts to NOAA impact U.S. fisheries?
April 11, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides key services, including weather forecasts and alerts, that millions of Americans rely on.
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Article
Trump administration offers pollution exemptions by email
April 10, 2025
The Trump Administration EPA is offering to help some of the nation's biggest polluters dodge clean air standards. Environmental Defense Fund and others have determined that more than 500 facilities could take advantage of this free pass to pollute.
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Blog post
An Executive Order is attempting to interfere with ironclad state authority to protect people from pollution
April 9, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
States have broad and bedrock authority to protect people from pollution – and President Trump’s Executive Order issued yesterday instructing the Attorney General of the United States to interfere with foundational state prerogatives to protect people from harm cannot change that. The Executive Order was one of four the President signed yesterday. It is revealing …
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Trump Executive Orders to Support Coal Pollution Are Bad for American Health, Jobs, Will Increase Costs for Americans
April 8, 2025
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Coal use has declined because of the high cost of operating coal plants, and no Executive Orders will change that market reality.
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New Analysis Shows Extensive Number of Facilities Across the U.S. That Could Get a Trump EPA Pollution Pass
April 7, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
EDF and other groups released a new analysis documenting the industrial facilities that the Trump EPA has invited to ask for a pass from pollution laws
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Trump Administration Aims to End the Nation’s Largest Disaster Preparedness Program
April 4, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
EDF Statement of Joanna Slaney, Associate Vice President, Political Affairs
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Senate Parliamentarian Confirms California Clean Vehicle Waivers Not Subject to Congressional Review Act
April 4, 2025
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
Senate parliamentarian confirms that waivers allowing California to implement protective vehicle standards are not subject to the Congressional Review Act
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Explainer
How the Trump administration is attacking limits on pollution
April 4, 2025
Here’s why we must defend the Endangerment Finding, the EPA’s determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, now under attack by the Trump administration.
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Press release
Petrochemical Lobbyists Email Trump EPA Administrator Zeldin, Ask to Exempt “All Sources” from Limits on Toxic Pollution
April 4, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
Petrochemical lobbyists are asking the Trump EPA to provide an exemption for “all sources” required to meet national limits on hazardous pollution.
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Article
The fastest-growing jobs in the US are in wind and solar power. But their growth is under attack.
April 3, 2025
Solar and wind power jobs are not only the fastest growing jobs in the U.S., they also pay well. But their continued growth is under attack.
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Press release
Federal Banking Regulator Abandons Guidance for Climate Financial Risks
March 31, 2025
| Stephanie Jones, Senior Attorney, Climate Risk
Ignoring guidance for climate financial risks is a big step in the wrong direction for our country’s financial health.
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SEC Drops Court Defense of Its Climate Risk Disclosure Rule
March 27, 2025
| Stephanie Jones, Senior Attorney, Climate Risk
Today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it would not defend its climate risk disclosure rule in court.
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Trump EPA Website Offers to Help Sources Emit Pollution Instead of Complying with Standards
March 27, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
EDF files FOIA request for all records related to the website.
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EDF Files Second Lawsuit for Records about Trump Administration Actions to Undermine Endangerment Finding
March 24, 2025
| Erin Murphy, Director & Sr. Attorney, Clean Air & Energy Markets
Lawsuit Follows FOIA Requests to Department of Interior, NOAA, CEQ
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EDF Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA’s Unlawful Delay of Climate Pollution Reporting
March 21, 2025
| Edwin LaMair, Senior Attorney, U.S. Legal & Regulatory
The Trump EPA is delaying deadlines under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
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Blog post
Undermining support for electric vehicles puts jobs in jeopardy
March 20, 2025
| Ellen Robo, Senior Manager, Clean Air Policy and Analytics
The U.S. auto industry has just started finding its footing with electric vehicles (EVs). Jobs are now booming across the Midwest and the new “battery belt” in the South. But new evidence shows that the rollback of federal tax and regulatory policies poses critical risks to this progress. A recent report commissioned by Environmental Defense Fund …
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Article
The Clean Air Act — and your family’s health and safety — are under attack
March 19, 2025
The Clean Air Act is under attack from the Trump administration and its EPA chief, Lee Zeldin.
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Press release
President Trump Signals Mandating More Coal Power, Action Would Impose High Health and Electricity Costs
March 18, 2025
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
News reports say President Trump is considering using emergency powers to mandate electricity production from coal-fired power plants.
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Eliminating science research department latest sign that President Trump’s EPA works for polluters
March 18, 2025
| Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities
Trump admin move to close EPA’s research office threatens science-based protections, risking more pollution, illness, and harm to American families.
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Staff perspective
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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