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EDF Sues Trump Administration for Weak Soot Standard That Exposes Americans to Dangerous Air Pollution

Ben Thomas, former director of the Montana Department of Agriculture and deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has joined Environmental Defense Fund as senior policy director for agriculture.

The Biden administration should put the U.S. on a path to 100% zero pollution new trucks and buses by 2040 — and commit to quickly setting ambitious pollut

In a big win for the climate, the D.C. Circuit struck down one of the most damaging anti-environmental actions of the Trump administration.

Scientists are urging global policymakers to think of fish as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition in a newly-published paper in Ambio.

A new guide developed by eight leading, international conservation organizations — including Environmental Defense Fund — outlines the best ways ocean-based action can curb greenhouse gas emissions and lead to better adaptation to the increasing effects of climate change.

Thirty-five years ago, Peggy Shepard was arrested when her organization stopped traffic to protest pollution that was plaguing Harlem.

Statement from Vickie Patton, General Counsel for Environmental Defense Fund

The nation’s largest public health, consumer and environmental groups today presented a detailed and substantial case showing why the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards is unlawful.

The Trump EPA will announce the withdrawal of bans on high-risk uses of the chemicals methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, and N-methylpyrrolidone.

EDF statement on American Petroleum Institute's reversal of its opposition to federal safeguards to reduce oil and gas industry methane emissions.

EDF statement on American Petroleum Institute's reversal of its opposition to federal safeguards to reduce oil and gas industry methane emissions.

Statement by Maurice Hall, EDF, and other partners about beginning construction on major construction project at Salton Sea.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – January 13, 2021

The vast majority of financial institutions that serve agriculture — one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change — have yet to take meaningful action.

Health and environmental groups are asking a court to reject the Trump administration’s just-finalized Censored Science rule because it threatens the health and safety of Americans and was imposed with an unduly hasty – and illegal – timeframe.

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – January 6, 2021

Full Methods from 2021 Colorado Emissions Gap Analyses, taken from the Polis administration (in the 2019 Colorado GHG Emissions Inventory and the "Roadmap"), Resources for the Future, M.J. Bradley & Associates, and NRDC, Sierra Club, Evolved Energy Research, and GridLab.

Statement of EDF Senior Attorney Ben Levitan – January 5, 2021

The China National Emissions Trading Scheme is now open for business after the system’s core pieces have been put in place.

EDF released targeted ads to support its Power Up, America campaign, a major effort to promote clean transportation and clean energy infrastructure.

As national director of Green For All, Michelle Romero is bringing together unlikely coalitions to find new solutions for reducing poverty while building a clean-energy economy. Our conversation with her is Part I of a two-part series from EDF's Degrees podcast on environmental justice.

While the Environmental Protection Agency’s Rule on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aircraft acknowledges the dangers to public health and the environment posed by aviation’s global warming pollution, by EPA’s own admission, it does nothing to reduce emissions from this key sector.

In this bonus episode of EDF's Degrees podcast, the team gifts you a few recommendations: things that have inspired us, fed our souls, stretched our brains, or made us laugh over the course of this strange year.