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EDF, Allies, States Sue to Defend Clean Car Standards

States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules

As government leaders actively work to keep people safe from coronavirus, they must also prepare for other events, such as hurricanes, that could create compounding disasters.

The New York Times today reported that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to abandon regulation of the chemical perchlorate, dismissing a nearly decades-old finding that the rocket fuel ingredient should not be in our drinking water.

COVID-19 is upending the food supply chain. Thousands of workers have been infected. Businesses have shut down. Supplies of meats and other labor-intensive foods are tightening, while a surplus of perishable milk and crops has been dumped or left in fields to rot.

The majority of gene edited crops will no longer be subject to oversight by the Department of Agriculture under new Trump Administration regulations.

Webinar on helping the nation recover and protecting people and the environment in the age of COVID-19

Will businesses commit to the decades-long leadership effort required to make a thriving and sustainable future a reality?

The worst of times can bring out the best in us — starting with the air we breathe.

This crisis has made the 50th Earth Day a profound reminder that our mission is not only about the world, but about all the people in it.

Undermining the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards a “Terrible Idea” – EDF

Trump's suspension of aid to the World Health Organization during a global pandemic is reckless, even for this administration.

Trump Administration Refuses to Protect Americans from Dangerous Air Pollution

Solutions for the COVID-19 crisis need to ensure a safer, healthier and cleaner future for our country and our children.

A few months' improvements in air pollution won’t resolve the underlying health conditions that make many people more vulnerable to COVID-19.

EDF statement from Colin Leyden, Senior Manager, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

In Louisiana, brown pelicans emerge as a sign of hope, recovery and resilience

Clean Cars Rollback Weakens Life-Saving Protections for America’s Health, Economy, Environment

Today, the U.S. Senate reached a deal on a stimulus package that includes $50 billion in loans and grants to airlines, but leaves out language that would have required airlines — which emit as much climate pollution as the entire German economy annually — to limit harmful emissions from domestic flights.

EDF: Trump Administration Must Immediately Halt New Attack on Health Science

Here are ways to help manage your stress during this scary time.

The ICAO’s governing Council today took a key step to stand up its emission offsetting program to help airlines reduce climate pollution.

Given the risks of lead exposure, there is a growing need to make lead pipe replacement a national priority, especially among low-income communities.

Coronavirus/COVID-19 is a global crisis.  The world’s airlines are facing real economic and structural threats.  But UN climate action is not one of them.  The Carbon Offsetting and Reductions Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), adopted by the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) offers airlines the necessary flexibility to meet their climate protection goal of carbon-neutral growth even in light of this global pandemic.  Although COVID-19 is driving air traffic downward (and thereby, potentially making it more challenging for airlines to achieve their commitment of carbon neutral growth from 2020), there will be plenty of high quality credits available to help airlines meet their carbon limits in CORSIA’s initial years – and because CORSIA  includes provisions, thanks to ICAO foresight, that give airlines flexibility to deal with the COVID-19 crisis without sacrificing climate protection.  

On the eve of an important decision amid the spreading coronavirus, an analysis published today by Environmental Defense Fund cautions the International Civil Aviation Organization’s governing Council against making fundamental changes that would weaken the Carbon Offsetting and Reductions Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).