Legal action
Defending environmental safeguards in the U.S.
We’ve been fighting for strong environmental and public health protections in courts across the U.S. since 1967.
Today, EDF remains a powerful force in the defense of the country’s bedrock environmental laws, and we are also focused on the next generation of lifesaving protections.
Our legal team is dedicated to protecting human health, climate safety and a sustainable environment.
Our work championing environmental protections
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ArticleToo many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listen
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He's right to look skeptical. EDF to FDA: It's time to act on toxic chemicals in food
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An urgent need for strong EPA methane protections
- Success story
How we defended an updated chemical safety law
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How EDF’s founders helped save the U.S. national bird from DDT
- Success story
How we stopped the EPA under Trump from censoring science
Our experts
We bring wide-ranging perspectives and skills to our legal, policy and advocacy work. Meet some of the people who make it happen.
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Vickie Patton
General Counsel
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Rosalie Winn
Director and Senior Attorney, Methane and Clean Air Policy
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Media contact
Sharyn Stein
(202) 572-3396 (office)
(202) 905-5718 (mobile)
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