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Introduced by Krishnamoorthi, Cárdenas, Klobuchar, and Duckworth, the bill has a framework to drive down lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury in baby food.

Seventeen groups including EDF are publicly calling on the Biden administration to set multi-pollutant climate and clean air standards that will eliminate dangerous particle, nitrogen oxides and climate pollution from new freight trucks and buses.

Environmental Defense Fund and the Clean Air Task Force convened three groups of energy system experts to model California’s electricity system in order to figure out how the state might meet goals for affordable, clean, and reliable electricity.

Companies are vastly behind in making progress on sustainability according the Business of Fashion's Sustainability Index.

EDF and Resources for the Future condense lessons from over 100 federal policies for fossil fuel workers and communities in the shift to a clean economy.

World Water Day is a time to come together as a global community to reflect on the importance of water and its value to people and ecosystems — to celebrate collective victories advancing water stewardship and to draw attention to the change still needed. Nearly 1 million people lack access to clean, safe and affordable …

The Biden administration is preparing to announce a new U.S. greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 under the Paris Agreement — a pledge known as a Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC — in advance of this year’s United Nations climate talks. Given the last four years of U.S. climate inaction and denial, it is important …

Flyer for Water Leadership Institute, which will help community members in California learn about their local water resources and develop leadership skills. 

EDF Stands with Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in Wake of Attack

EDF Statement on the Environmental Justice for All Act

Last month, Colorado regulators unanimously adopted nation-leading rules to cut methane pollution from pneumatic devices, an often overlooked but significant source of emissions from oil and gas production. The commonsense standards drew support from the oil and gas industry and Colorado’s environmental community, and will require the use of modern, zero-emitting components at all new …

Written testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of Dr. Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, March 18, 2021.

New research from EDF Europe highlights impact of diesel bus pollution on deprived communities

EDF statement from Colin Leyden, Director of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

More steps still needed to reduce smog-forming pollution from coal-fired power plants

This fourth report by EDF and Resources for the Future examines programs and policies that support fossil fuel workers through the energy transition.

This fourth report in a joint research series by Environmental Defense Fund and Resources for the Future examines U.S. federal labor programs and policies that can support fossil fuel workers through the energy transition. Wesley Look, Molly Robertson, and Dan Propp of RFF and Jake Higdon of EDF contributed to the report described in this …

As fossil fuel workers grapple with the decline of community-sustaining industries, a new joint report by Resources for the Future and Environmental Defense Fund assesses how workforce development policies and labor standards can protect workers and lay the groundwork for future success.

This report is the fourth in a series prepared by Resources for the Future (RFF) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) that examines policies and programs to promote fairness for workers and communities in a transition to a low–carbon economy. This report focuses on federal labor policies and includes a limited discussion of state programs.

Provide New Mexico the authority to protect our health and climate instead of having to rely on Washington, D.C. to make the right decision.

Passenger cars have been leading the way, so far, in the development of zero emission technologies. But there’s also a movement underway to develop heavy-duty electric vehicles – like freight trucks and buses – that could have sweeping benefits for the climate, public health, and American jobs. At EDF, we just released a new report,

A group of Black and brown teens called ‘Choked Up’ have installed ‘hacked’ road signs across London, highlighting air pollution and its disproportionate impact on people of colour and deprived communities. The signs coincide with new research by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe) showing the burden of London’s air pollution is not equal.

Statement from Erin Murphy, Attorney, Energy Markets and Utility Regulation at Environmental Defense Fund

Today Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) re-introduced the Tradable Performance Standard Act, a bill that will significantly cut carbon pollution in the electric and industrial sectors.

Today, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced an ambitious bill that would significantly cut climate pollution across the economy while investing in mitigation, adaptation and the economic well-being of communities across the country.