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Second Circuit Hears Argument that Trump Administration Should Release Important Information Related to Proposed Clean Cars Rollback

In his annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock’s chief executive not only called on publicly traded corporations to profoundly reassess and disclose climate risk. He went much further – announcing a set of specific steps that will hold his management teams accountable for sustainability progress, launch new funds to advance the clean energy economy, and exit investments, including coal production, that pose severe climate risk.

Restoring natural infrastructure offers much promise as a means to reduce both flood hazard and exposure to complement and supplement other flood damage reduction strategies.

Trump Administration Effort to Weaken NEPA Takes Our Country in the Wrong Direction

Ambitious Proposal from Chairman Pallone Adds to Momentum for Climate Action

Statement from Daniel Whittle, Senior Director, Caribbean Initiatives, Environmental Defense Fund

Declaración de Agustín Carbó, Gerente Principal, Microrredes, Environmental Defense Fund

This catastrophe could prove to be the beginning of a new chapter.

New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by creating one of the largest marine protected areas off the U.S. West Coast while simultaneously re-opening newly restored fishing grounds.

America Needs Serious National Leadership to Reduce Pollution from Heavy Duty Trucks

EDF statement from Maurice Hall on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's release of a 2020 draft water resilience portfolio.

Fossil fuel producers in North Dakota are wasting energy resources in the form of methane.In doing so, they’re harming the climate, public health, and the economy.

EDF science is helping struggling farmers in India fight climate change and grow more food.

Proposed EPA Loopholes Must Be Withdrawn After Science Advisors Find Major Flaws

The country of Belize, a global leader in ocean conservation, today took a critical step by taking key action to adopt a national law to protect its ocean waters from inadequately managed fishing, said Environmental Defense Fund.

PFAS are a class of widely used chemicals that have been found in our food.

Read as EDF works to reduce exposure to lead, arsenic, and cadmium, as these are the heavy metals most commonly found in food.

Congress passed a bipartisan year-end government funding bill that makes major investments in numerous Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) climate priorities.

Colorado moves to advance rules that will curb oil and gas methane emissions.

Statement from N. Jonathan Peress, Senior Director, Energy Markets & Utility Regulation

Statement from Christie Hicks, Senior Attorney and Manager, Clean Energy Regulatory Implementation

The smart, interconnected grid of the future is within reach, but customers and entrepreneurs must have easy, secure, and meaningful access to energy data.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf advances regulations to cut methane emissions from existing natural gas infrastructure.

Satellite is able to detect emissions of methane and quantify them for the first time.

The EPA Office released a report faulting the agency for its inadequate response to the air pollution in Houston days after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.