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Fern Uennatornwaranggoon is EDF’s Air Quality Policy Manager. Community groups are using California’s first-of-its-kind Community Air Protection Plan to reduce pollution in the city’s most impacted areas. The fight for healthier air in West Oakland spans generations. Just Ask Ms. Margaret Gordon, who has been at it since 1992. “I’ve had 16 grandchildren and one …

Petition for review of the final actions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission entitled Order on Rehearing, 169 FERC ¶ 61,134, issued November 21, 2019 (attached as Exhibit A hereto), and Order Issuing Certificates, 164 FERC ¶ 61,085, issued August 3, 2018

Under pressure, big brands are stepping up their climate commitments, but will it be enough?

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs

While there are different scenarios for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, there’s no doubt industry’s methane pollution must be virtually eliminated.

EDF Defends Clean Air Act’s “Good Neighbor” Provisions in Two D.C. Circuit Cases

Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Energy

Trump Administration Takes Another Step Toward “Deeply Harmful” Clean Cars Rollback

Second Circuit Hears Argument that Trump Administration Should Release Important Information Related to Proposed Clean Cars Rollback

In his annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock’s chief executive not only called on publicly traded corporations to profoundly reassess and disclose climate risk. He went much further – announcing a set of specific steps that will hold his management teams accountable for sustainability progress, launch new funds to advance the clean energy economy, and exit investments, including coal production, that pose severe climate risk.

Restoring natural infrastructure offers much promise as a means to reduce both flood hazard and exposure to complement and supplement other flood damage reduction strategies.

Trump Administration Effort to Weaken NEPA Takes Our Country in the Wrong Direction

Ambitious Proposal from Chairman Pallone Adds to Momentum for Climate Action

Statement from Daniel Whittle, Senior Director, Caribbean Initiatives, Environmental Defense Fund

Declaración de Agustín Carbó, Gerente Principal, Microrredes, Environmental Defense Fund

This current catastrophe could prove to be the beginning of a new chapter, as Australian’s silent majority finally rejects the politics of climate denial.

New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by creating one of the largest marine protected areas off the U.S. West Coast while simultaneously re-opening newly restored fishing grounds.

America Needs Serious National Leadership to Reduce Pollution from Heavy Duty Trucks

EDF statement from Maurice Hall on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's release of a 2020 draft water resilience portfolio.

Fossil fuel producers in North Dakota are wasting energy resources in the form of methane.In doing so, they’re harming the climate, public health, and the economy.

EDF science is helping struggling farmers in India fight climate change and grow more food.

Proposed EPA Loopholes Must Be Withdrawn After Science Advisors Find Major Flaws

The country of Belize, a global leader in ocean conservation, today took a critical step by taking key action to adopt a national law to protect its ocean waters from inadequately managed fishing, said Environmental Defense Fund.