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Newsom’s leadership will be tested on key issues, none as urgent as safeguarding California from the increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change.

EDF’s Elizabeth B. Stein Named Among Crain’s New York Business’ ‘Notable Women in Law’

Trump Administration Unveils “Immoral and Unnecessary” Attack on Mercury Standards

EDF Praises Selection of Rep. Kathy Castor as Chair of Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality finalizes rules to curb oil and gas emissions.

D.C. Circuit Keeps Clean Power Plan Litigation on Hold for Sixty More Days

The bipartisan farm bill rewards farmers for fighting climate change, preparing for extreme weather and protecting water quality.

Statement of Elizabeth Gore, Sr. Vice President, Political Affairs

Today, the Trump Administration released its long-delayed Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts. As we had anticipated, given this administration’s record of touting its efforts on lead without taking concrete action, the plan is deeply disappointing.

EDF Sues Department of Transportation for Failure to Release Public Records

(WASHINGTON – December 19, 2018) Recreational fishing legislation known as the “Modern Fish Act,” was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today after advancing through the Senate on Monday. The legislation now heads to the President for signature.

Nine States, D.C. Announce Groundbreaking Plan to Limit Climate Pollution from Transportation Sector

Statement on the Death of Former Duke Energy Chairman and CEO Jim Rogers

EDF statement on the Resignation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke

(WASHINGTON – December 17, 2018) Recreational fishing legislation known as the “Modern Fish Act,” advanced through the Senate today by unanimous consent. Advocates from the recreational, commercial, charter/for-hire, and restaurant sectors, as well as many environmental groups, spent more than a year hammering out important compromise language that maintains key components of the current fisheries law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA).

Statement from Mary Barber, Director of New Jersey Clean Energy for EDF

Parties to at COP24 have agreed on most of the elements of the rulebook that will guide implementation of the Paris Agreement, including the critical guidelines for regular and consistent reporting needed to ensure transparency in how much countries are emitting and their progress toward fulfilling their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). However, negotiators failed to reach closure on the part of the text addressing international cooperation on carbon markets. Instead, they agreed to continue work in 2019 on guidance under Article 6, which covers “cooperative approaches” including the transfer of emissions reductions, or “mitigation outcomes,” among countries—the building blocks of a future international carbon market.

Kevin Moran's statement in response to Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman's speech at the Colorado River Water Users Association Conference.

EDF MethaneSAT program adds top former NASA experts and one of Silicon Valley's top innovators as climate mission advances to contracting phase

(WASHINGTON – Dec. 13, 2018) Reports released today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show that the U.S. is rebuilding once depleted fisheries and reducing overfishing while at the same time adding jobs, increasing landings, and boosting revenues in the fishing sector. The “Fisheries Economics of the United States” and “Fisheries of the United States” reports from NOAA provide new and important insights into the conservation and economic comebacks of our nation’s fisheries.

Alberta’s methane regulations allow oil and gas companies to release far greater volumes of harmful methane pollution than if they followed the federal methane regulations.

California adopted amendments to the cap-and-trade program that set major market rules after 2020 and extends the cap-and-trade program until 2030.

Pennsylvania takes action to curb methane emissions from existing oil and gas facilities in the state.

Statement on vote by California State Water Resources Control Board vote on Bay-Delta Plan.

The farm bill conference report delivers strong, bipartisan support for farmers and natural resources.