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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.

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.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 15, 2021

EDF Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director for Regulatory & Legislative Affairs

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.

Reports indicate that the Environmental Protection Agency will be moving forward the long-delayed assessment of formaldehyde by the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).

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

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. You know how sometimes you know something is going on behind closed doors, but you just can’t prove it?  Well, this isn’t one of those cases. At numerous points in recent years, we heard tell of secret meetings that Trump EPA political appointees were holding with the chemical …

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.

A new poll released today by Black Millennials for Flint, BlueGreen Alliance, and Environmental Defense Fund reveals voters strongly support funding the replacement of lead pipes in water systems across the country.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – March 10, 2021

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.

NC's Clean Energy Plan analysis shows RGGI as critical to ensure pollution reduction targets while keeping energy costs low and investing in communities.

By Toby Short, Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs. My father and grandparents worked in the textile mills in North Carolina. When those mills closed, the once vibrant towns that housed the mills began to shut down as well.

Here are three key takeaways from how the Hays Trinity district is proactively managing groundwater to protect its long-term viability and landowners’ rights to groundwater. The post 3 lessons from a Texas groundwater district on managing during drought first appeared on Growing Returns.

This blog post was co-authored with Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President for Climate at EDF. Now that the United States is officially back in the Paris Agreement, after four years of climate inaction and denial, all eyes are on the Biden administration to see whether it will meet the moment by putting forward a new emissions …

Since the U.S. is back in the Paris Agreement, all eyes are on the Biden administration to see if it will put forward a new emissions reduction commitment.