
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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Too 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
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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
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How we stopped the EPA under Trump from censoring science
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on legal action.
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EDF Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Conserve Vital Chevron Doctrine
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EDF, Allies Ask EPA to Protect People from Fossil Fuel-Based Hydrogen Production Pollution
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EDF Files Comments Calling for Strong EPA Limits on Climate Pollution from Power Plants
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EDF, Allies Ask to Join Lawsuit in Defense of California Clean Truck Protections
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D.C. Circuit Dismisses Attacks on EPA’s Finding that Greenhouse Gases Endanger People’s Health and Well-Being
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Carts Before Horses: Vinyl Institute Calls For EPA To Evaluate Risk Without Data
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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
Media contact
Sharyn Stein
(202) 572-3396 (office)
(202) 905-5718 (mobile)