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Statement from Andy Darrell, Senior Advisor, Environmental Defense Fund

With second Trump term looming, advocates, state and local officials, businesses and other nations will defend climate progress.

A new report from South Coast Air Quality Management District shows the District’s groundbreaking warehouse Indirect Source Rule is catalyzing hundreds of zero-emission truck acquisitions and, as result, reducing hundreds of tons of health-harming nitrogen oxide and small particulate matter pollution. The report, which charts compliance with the Indirect Source Rule from 2021 through 2023,

The Circuit Court of Floyd County ruled that the Youngkin administration acted unlawfully in its decision to withdraw Virginia from RGGI.

EPA’s strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards are achievable, affordable, legally sound, and vital for protecting public health.

The shift to electric trucks is accelerating faster than ever. This has been another record year for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle deployment, with 2024 outpacing 2023 as the best year yet for EV adoption, according to a new Environmental Defense Fund analysis of Class 2b-8 fleet announcements.  EDF’s Electric Fleet Deployment & Commitment tracking …

In Addition to Other Serious Allegations, Gaetz Introduced Legislation to Abolish EPA

Paper from Environmental Defense Fund finds that American-made e-fuels present a huge economic and climate opportunity for the U.S.

New report highlights policy lessons for Florida to stabilize insurance markets, protect communities, and build resilience against growing climate risks.

Analysis from EDF and partners identifies key policy recommendations to stabilize insurance markets and protect vulnerable communities in the face of increasing climate disasters.

Statement of EDF Executive Director Amanda Leland

A plan for faster commutes, cleaner air and transit upgrades for 6 million New Yorkers is expected to launch in early January.

On January 27, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order that included a commitment to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050.

Statement from Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund 

The farmer-owned cooperative will be able to leverage CoBank's new loan to expand conservation programs that enhance Iowa communities’ water quality

Slashing methane pollution is the fastest, most cost-effective way to immediately slow our current rate of global warming and cut energy waste.

Statement of EDF Executive Director Amanda Leland

EDF Statement from Fred Krupp, President and Amanda Leland, Executive Director

Statement of EDF California State Director Katelyn Roedner Sutter - November 6, 2024

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowans face the threat of economic harm and damage to public health from severe storms and other extreme weather events.

Study from EDF and Black & Veatch aims to provide utilities and regulators with tools and strategies to support proactive grid planning for M/HDV distribution grid upgrades.

Many Texans are under enormous and increasing financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout.

More than one million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment, and countless small businesses have shuttered.

Arizonans face the growing threat of additional economic harm and damage to public health from excessive heat, drought and other extreme weather events.

The annual number of billion-dollar weather disasters has increased and the cost of inaction is putting a strain on disaster response and recovery budgets.