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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the release of the North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan.

Defendants the United States Environmental Protection Agency et al. (hereafter “EPA”) hereby report that on May 29, 2020, the Agency transmitted to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) a final rule package titled, “Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review.” RIN 2060-AT90.1 This package reflects EPA’s draft final action on its 2019 proposal to rescind methane standards for new sources in the oil and natural gas sector, the statutory predicate for issuing the guidelines at issue in this litigation. 84 Fed. Reg. 50,244 (Sept. 24, 2019) (proposed rule). EPA has requested that OMB conduct its review of this final rule package on an expedited basis within 30 days. As EPA represented in its May 15, 2020 status report, if expedited review is granted, the Agency anticipates that it will finalize this rule by the end of July.

The EPA today took the next step in its march to roll back key safeguards designed to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Statement by EDF President Fred Krupp on the Killing of George Floyd.

Statements from Environmental Defense Fund and Healthy Air & Water Colorado

America has gone to the polls while at war — and during debilitating economic crises. And this year, we’ll vote in the midst of a pandemic.

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