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EDF expert testifies in favor of first-ever standards to protect American communities from power plants’ carbon pollution

February 6, 2014
Latino Activists join forces to call for carbon pollution limits (text in English and en Español)

February 6, 2014
Environmental Defense Fund Health Scientist testifies at U.S. House of Representatives hearing

February 5, 2014
Coalition Responds to Garret Graves’ Resignation from Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

February 5, 2014
Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp on Michael Bloomberg’s Appointment as UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change

January 31, 2014
Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp on the Retirement of Rep. Henry Waxman

January 30, 2014
Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow Joins First Lady at State of the Union Address

January 28, 2014
Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp on the 2014 State of the Union Address

January 28, 2014
Environmental, Health Groups Ask Court to Protect Americans from Ozone Pollution

January 27, 2014
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4 time lapse videos that will open your eyes to our changing planet

January 22, 2014 | Jeremy Proville, Senior Director, Economics

New mapping tools use satellite images covering a 28-year period to dramatically illustrate how Earth is changing.
Environmental organizations ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling on key climate pollution limits for large industrial sources

January 22, 2014
Interior Department recognizes Environmental Defense Fund, partners for conservation efforts to restore the Colorado River delta

January 16, 2014
Statement of Environmental Defense Action Fund on Resolution to Block Proposal to Limit Carbon Pollution from New Power Plants

January 16, 2014

"Unlimited carbon pollution from power plants is untenable for our future, and we need leaders who recognize that."
EDF Statement on the Appointment of Eileen Sobeck as Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries

January 15, 2014
Dow Chemical, Jones Lang LaSalle and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Sign On for Clean Energy Wins with EDF Climate Corps

January 14, 2014

Trained EDF Climate Corps fellows from top graduate programs and leading organizations identify and implement high-value energy management strategies.
Environmental Defense Fund welcomes new Senior Director, Clean Energy Collaboration

January 13, 2014
First-Year Report: Market Strong for Cap and Trade in California

January 8, 2014
EDF Welcomes Publication of First National Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants

January 8, 2014
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25 years after assassination, activist Chico Mendes' vision for change lives on

January 7, 2014 | Steve Schwartzman, Associate Vice President, Tropical Forests

A friend reflects on the profound and far-reaching consequences of Chico Mendes' life and death.
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Environmental Defense Fund Statement

January 7, 2014

Environmental Defense Fund's statement on Governor Brown's decision to commit to the first of many critical cap-and-trade investments in cleaner energy.
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Fishery cooperatives in Cuba: Potential benefits, legal feasibility, and governance pre-conditions (2014)

January 3, 2014

Currently there is a strong interest in Cuba in improving the performance of the fisheries sector with respect to social, biological, and economic outcomes. Many important fishery resources appear to be overexploited, and previous fishery regulations have had mixed success in restoring fishery stocks.
EDF Remembers the Life, and Mourns the Death, of Robert W. Wilson

December 24, 2013
EDF applauds New York Governor Cuomo's launch of Green Bank

December 20, 2013
Statement of Environmental Defense Fund on Janet McCabe

December 20, 2013

"McCabe brings a strong commitment to children’s health and a rigorous understanding of the law to her service at the Environmental Protection Agency."
EDF’s Investor Confidence Project protocols used in Connecticut office building energy efficiency retrofit

December 18, 2013