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En su primer día como Presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden emitió una serie de medidas ejecutivas que permitan dar importantes pasos adelante en materia de clima.

Statement from EDF President Fred Krupp

The Biden administration named Tanya Trujillo to serve as principal deputy assistant secretary for water and science at the Department of the Interior.

On his first day as President of the United States, Joe Biden is expected to issue a number of executive actions that would take important steps forward on climate.

Dr. Bronaugh has what it takes to tackle the serious challenges facing agriculture and food security. In doing so, she will help build a more climate-resilient future for all Americans.

EDF Sues Trump Administration for Weak Soot Standard That Exposes Americans to Dangerous Air Pollution

Ben Thomas, former director of the Montana Department of Agriculture and deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has joined Environmental Defense Fund as senior policy director for agriculture.

In a big win for the climate, the D.C. Circuit struck down one of the most damaging anti-environmental actions of the Trump administration.

The Biden administration should put the U.S. on a path to 100% zero pollution new trucks and buses by 2040 — and commit to quickly setting ambitious pollution standards to drive this transition.

Scientists are urging global policymakers to think of fish as a solution to food insecurity and malnutrition in a newly-published paper in Ambio.

A new guide developed by eight leading, international conservation organizations — including Environmental Defense Fund — outlines the best ways ocean-based action can curb greenhouse gas emissions and lead to better adaptation to the increasing effects of climate change.

Thirty-five years ago, Peggy Shepard was arrested when her organization stopped traffic to protest pollution that was plaguing Harlem. It was one of the first initiatives to call the placing of toxic industry in minority communities what it is: environmental racism. EDF welcomes Peggy to our Degrees podcast.

Statement from Vickie Patton, General Counsel for Environmental Defense Fund

The nation’s largest public health, consumer and environmental groups today presented a detailed and substantial case showing why the Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Car Standards is unlawful.

The Trump EPA will announce the withdrawal of bans on high-risk uses of the chemicals methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, and N-methylpyrrolidone.

EDF statement on American Petroleum Institute's reversal of its opposition to federal safeguards to reduce oil and gas industry methane emissions.

EDF statement on American Petroleum Institute's reversal of its opposition to federal safeguards to reduce oil and gas industry methane emissions.

Statement by Maurice Hall, EDF, and other partners about beginning construction on major construction project at Salton Sea.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – January 13, 2021

This issue of the EDF China Carbon Pricing Newsletter features the China National Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), now open for business after the core pieces have been put in place.

The vast majority of financial institutions that serve agriculture — one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change — have yet to take meaningful action.

Health and environmental groups are asking a court to reject the Trump administration’s just-finalized Censored Science rule because it threatens the health and safety of Americans and was imposed with an unduly hasty – and illegal – timeframe.

EDF Statement from Elizabeth Gore, Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp – January 6, 2021

Full Methods from 2021 Colorado Emissions Gap Analyses, taken from the Polis administration (in the 2019 Colorado GHG Emissions Inventory and the "Roadmap"), Resources for the Future, M.J. Bradley & Associates, and NRDC, Sierra Club, Evolved Energy Research, and GridLab.