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Proposed EPA Loopholes Must Be Withdrawn After Science Advisors Find Major Flaws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

"COP25 showed that the yawning gap between what citizens are demanding on climate action, and what UN negotiations are delivering, is wider than ever. Carbon markets can help fill that gap by promoting international cooperation that allows countries to cut climate pollution faster and deeper than they can on their own."

Northeast states commit to accelerate adoption of electric trucks and buses.

Automatic cancellation, overall mitigation in global emissions, and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: an economic analysis.

Environmental organisations and businesses are reinforcing their call for robust accounting rules under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

EDF's Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate and Poppy Kalesi, Director of Global Energy Policy on the publication of the “European Green Deal."

New Report Finds Trump EPA Failed to Follow the Law, Consider Children’s Health on Proposed Loophole for Super-Polluting Glider Trucks

Carbon markets achieve emissions reductions at lower cost than standard regulations. These cost savings translate into direct atmospheric gains.

There is a step we can take to have a major impact on the rate of warming now.