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According to new research, many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers. Read and discover more.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Subcommittee Chairs Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) unveiled a discussion draft of the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act.

Here's an EDF statement from Elena Craft, Senior Director, Climate and Health, about the fatal chemical explosions in the Houston area.

The best climate policy — environmentally and economically — limits emissions and puts a price on them. Cap and trade is one way to do both.

EDF Vows to Continue Fight Against Air Toxics Loophole after D.C. Circuit Declines to Rehear Case

Statement of Fred Krupp, President of EDF – January 22, 2020

EDF filed suit yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve the Spire STL pipeline.

Air pollution can be deadly. Learn how to combat it using scientific research and local emissions data to improve health where you live.

Fern Uennatornwaranggoon is EDF’s Air Quality Policy Manager. Community groups are using California’s first-of-its-kind Community Air Protection Plan to reduce pollution in the city’s most impacted areas. The fight for healthier air in West Oakland spans generations. Just Ask Ms. Margaret Gordon, who has been at it since 1992. “I’ve had 16 grandchildren and one …

Petition for review of the final actions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission entitled Order on Rehearing, 169 FERC ¶ 61,134, issued November 21, 2019 (attached as Exhibit A hereto), and Order Issuing Certificates, 164 FERC ¶ 61,085, issued August 3, 2018

Under pressure, big brands are stepping up their climate commitments, but will it be enough?

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

EDF statement from Mary Barber, Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs

While there are different scenarios for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, there’s no doubt industry’s methane pollution must be virtually eliminated.

EDF Defends Clean Air Act’s “Good Neighbor” Provisions in Two D.C. Circuit Cases

Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Energy

Trump Administration Takes Another Step Toward “Deeply Harmful” Clean Cars Rollback

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 current catastrophe could prove to be the beginning of a new chapter, as Australian’s silent majority finally rejects the politics of climate denial.