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As national director of Green For All, Michelle Romero is bringing together unlikely coalitions to find new solutions for reducing poverty while building a clean-energy economy. Our conversation with her is Part I of a two-part series from EDF's Degrees podcast on environmental justice.

Boma Brown-West is leading the charge to eliminate toxic chemicals from our food and consumer products. On this episode of EDF's Degrees podcast, we talk with our very own Director of Consumer Health.

EDF is expanding our work by partnering with and uplifting communities of color, who have borne the brunt of our nation’s pollution and climate impacts. We hope you will explore these resources from EDF and our allies.

Joe Biden needs to choose policies that put America back to work and bring us together. If he does that, a window of opportunity may be opening to drive progress. EDF has three policy priorities that can help make it happen.

Morning Consult conducted a survey, on behalf of Environmental Defense Fund and WEACT, between October 9th – October 11th, 2020 among a national sample of 2,200 adults. The survey sought to measure concern for and perception of the impacts of climate change and other environmental threats like pollution, flooding, and storms, how these threats impact different racial/ethnic groups, and how adults’ views on these issues vary by race and ethnicity.

Watch the recording to hear from EDF's Boma Brown-West and other leading experts as they discuss how products marketed to women of color often contain more hazardous chemicals in higher concentrations, and what can be done.

A poll of the Detroit area by WE ACT for Environmental Justice also shows differences between Black and white residents on environmental justice issues.

A new poll by WE ACT for Environmental Justice and EDF reveals that many white Americans don’t recognize the higher levels of pollution in Black, Latino and low-income neighborhoods.

Surveys show that women own or co-own nearly half the farmland in the Midwest but are often under-represented in leadership positions, including in policymaking bodies, financial institutions, and other agricultural agencies and institutions.

EDF is hosting a series of conversations with environmental justice experts who are leading the way to understand environmental disparities, their systemic causes and effective strategies to create change.

EDF is proud to support the Climate Equity Act, a powerful piece of legislation introduced today by Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY-14) that seeks to dismantle long standing environmental injustices.

COVID-19 and deforestation of Indigenous territories are threatening one of the greatest advances for climate and human rights of the last century.

To evaluate health equity and environmental justice concerns, Environmental Defense Fund and American University’s Center for Environmental Policy analyzed more than 3,400 LSL replacements (LSLRs) conducted in Washington, DC between 2009 and 2018.

American University and EDF released a report finding a program that puts low-income and African American households at greater risk of lead exposure.

We need to make sure improvements happen across the entire beauty aisle, especially where the need is greatest.

Issues of unfairness and inequity in fisheries have an outsized impact on many nations that rely on fish for food, nutrition and livelihoods, which are most prevalent in the developing tropics and Global South.

A report from EDF and APPRISE details the opportunity from increased investment and focus on low-income energy efficiency and outlines steps to get there.

West Oakland and Downtown Oakland are exposed to some of the highest levels of air pollution in the Bay Area. Here's the impact on those communities.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) released the Equity Metrics Data Initiative (EMDI) to help ensure the utility’s investments and programs are reaching all Angelenos.

Analysis of forests in indigenous territories shows recognizing, protecting rights of traditional peoples can make major contribution to slowing climate change.

We have an opportunity to address part of the problem by demanding that our leaders take action to reduce asthma hazards – for Latinos, and for the nation as a whole.