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EDF, Allies, States Sue to Defend Clean Car Standards

Trump Administration Sued for Gutting Clean Car Standards

States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is publishing a draft rule to further reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities.

EDF Experts at Public Hearing – It Is “Crucial” That EPA Strengthen Safeguards for Soot

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.

EDF filed a brief in opposition to the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California’s collaboration with Quebec to cut dangerous climate pollution.

EPA’s Censored Science Proposal “Irretrievably Unlawful” and an “Attack on Public Health" – EDF

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.

Million-ton methane problem demands strong action on existing pollution sources

Green Groups Ask D.C. Circuit to Uphold Pollution Safeguards for Freight Trailers

Demand-side resources can increase resilience, reliability and sustainability of Texas’ grid

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.

EDF Will Sue EPA for Failure to Release Key Documents Related to Clean Cars Rollback

A three-judge panel will hear oral argument in a case about dangerous, and often deadly, air pollution that blows across state borders. New York, New Jersey, Environmental Defense Fund and several allies are parties to the case.

D.C. Circuit Hears Argument about Vital FERC Energy Storage Order

EDF today announced it is joining “RISE UP – A Blue Call to Action” joining dozens of civil society and philanthropic organizations urging governments and businesses to take bold actions to safeguard the ocean.

EDF statement from Colin Leyden, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

The Trump Administration declined to strengthen particulate matter standards.

The Environmental Defense Fund developed this report on current conditions and practices of underground gas storage (UGS) in the United States and China with a forward-looking perspective on key elements needed to develop a more comprehensive UGS regulatory program. UGS is key to an effective and reliable gas supply providing operational flexibility to meet an ever-changing supply and demand, notably when supply may be curtailed due to natural or geopolitical reasons. Critical to UGS is a robust regulatory program addressing all phases of operation for the protection of environment, human health and safety.

Chinese Translation of Underground Gas Storage Practices Report. The Environmental Defense Fund developed this report on current conditions and practices of underground gas storage (UGS) in the United States and China with a forward-looking perspective on key elements needed to develop a more comprehensive UGS regulatory program. UGS is key to an effective and reliable gas supply providing operational flexibility to meet an ever-changing supply and demand, notably when supply may be curtailed due to natural or geopolitical reasons. Critical to UGS is a robust regulatory program addressing all phases of operation for the protection of environment, human health and safety.

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

Helicopter surveys indicate malfunctioning flares in the Permian Basin are releasing at least 300,000 metric tons of unburned methane a year.

EDF is seeking a suitably qualified technology and services provider to work with EDF's Smart Boat Initiative and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to design, implement and test a "smartpass" camera system that is capable of identifying and enumerating recreational fishing vessels leaving and returning to ports in Oregon. Read more here.