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A joint statement from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in response to events surrounding the Oregon climate bill.

Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2019 to help reduce climate pollution and protect Americans from the threat of climate change.

Canada and California’s Clean Cars Announcement Shows “Vision and Leadership”

Bipartisan Bill Provides Needed Support to Offshore Wind

he passage of today’s Interior-Environment Appropriation bill, Minibus #2 (H.R. 3055), will provide the EPA with much needed resources to protect our climate, public health, and future. It calls for a funding increase of over 8 percent to EPA. The bill also strongly demonstrates bipartisan opposition to Trump Administration attacks on our climate, clean air, and environment.

The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health began their 7th annual Menus of Change Report and Leadership Summit this week which includes the publication of a detailed report on various issues in the food industry, including a section on “Fish, Seafood and Oceans,” which was written by EDF’s Chief Ocean Scientist, Doug Rader, Ph.D.

A new study relying on a network of stationary black carbon sensors shows how air pollution can change over time within short distances.

Monitoring systems that use cameras to track what fishermen are hauling onto their vessels just got a big boost thanks to a new NMFS rule.

Members of the California Assembly called on the California Air Resources Board to endorse the proposed Tropical Forest Standard.

There is growing momentum in Congress to support innovation in clean energy – which can play an important role in reducing climate pollution.

Small actions to help save monarchs set many outcomes in motion, leading to improved biodiversity, water quality and resilience to extreme weather.

The Trump administration’s rollback of the Clean Power Plan is every bit as awful for Americans’ health and safety as we feared it would be.

EDF statement from John Finnigan, Lead Counsel, Energy Transition Strategy

EDF's report, Toxic Consequences, highlights the Trump administration's major threats to the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The Trump administration has implemented the Lautenberg Act in a way that threatens the bipartisan achievement along with public health.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that Eric Schwaab, a recognized expert in ocean conservation, is the new leader and Senior Vice President of the Oceans program.

Today, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a report detailing the major threats to public health and future generations from the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) attacks on the 2016 chemical safety law.

EDF statement from Adam Peltz, Senior Attorney, Energy

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

House Bill 2020 will create a cap-and-invest program that will aggressively slash carbon emissions by 2050/

Devon Energy announced it is establishing a voluntary target to reduce methane emissions from its U.S. oil and natural gas production operations.

Once adopted, the UK would be the first major industrialised economy to make carbon neutrality by 2050 part of a national legal framework for addressing climate change.

EDF, Allies Ask Court to Reinstate BLM Protections against Wasting Natural Gas on Public and Tribal Land

Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Defense Fund

Senate Leader Jay Costa circulated a co-sponsorship memo that will instruct the EQB to enact a limit on carbon pollution from the power sector.