EDF has been fighting for a better future for over 50 years — and we’re stepping up that fight as the Trump administration moves to erode the United States’ environmental protections.
No one wants to live in a dirtier world. But that’s the direction the administration’s policies are taking us: More pollution that harms people’s health. More toxic chemicals in air and water. Escalating extreme weather, fueled by a hotter planet.
Plans to abandon clean energy investments will make America weaker, sending jobs to other countries, raising energy prices and burdening future generations with worse pollution, storms and wildfires.
But history isn’t preordained — it’s shaped by the actions we take together. We can’t stop working in tough times. In this pivotal moment for America, here’s how EDF is showing up for the fight.
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Groups Take Trump Administration to Court Over Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension
March 18, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Earthjustice, on behalf of Vote Solar, with Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, challenged DOE's emergency order to keep Colorado coal plant open.
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Energy Bills Relief Act Would Get Cheap Energy onto the Grid
March 18, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
The Energy Bills Relief Act would provide support to help reduce consumer electricity bills
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Proposed $1B to Stop Offshore Wind Threatens Affordable Power at Critical Moment
March 17, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Recent reporting indicates that the Trump administration is considering offering offshore wind developers a payment of as much as $1 billion.
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U.S. Saw Record New Clean Power Capacity Last Year in Spite of Delays, Cancellations
March 17, 2026
| Grace Hauser, Technical Analyst, Clean Power
"At a time when energy demands and people’s power bills are both skyrocketing, we need all the clean, affordable energy we can get.”
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Trump Administration Forces Washington’s Last Coal Plant to Stay Open Longer, Data Proves It’s Not Even Running
March 17, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Data from the Energy Information Administration shows that the coal plant produced no electric power in the previous ‘emergency’ period.
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Records of Trump Administration’s Illegal “Climate Working Group” Available Online
March 16, 2026
| Erin Murphy, Director & Sr. Attorney, Clean Air & Energy Markets
EDF and UCS have posted the documents received under the court order on this webpage, along with instructions for searching through them.
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Records of the Trump administration’s Climate Working Group, formed to repeal the Endangerment Finding
March 16, 2026
These records released under a federal court order reveal that many of the Trump administration’s unlawful climate actions stem from a secretly formed “Climate Working Group” that targeted the Endangerment Finding, the bedrock U.S. protection against planet-warming pollution. This finding recognizes that greenhouse gases — released when we burn fossil fuels — threaten our health, our communities and our future.
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The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to keep potentially dangerous new chemicals off the market and out of our lives
March 13, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
Thanks to the 2016 improvements to the Toxic Substances Control Act, many harmful chemicals –have been kept out of our communities, homes and everyday products
The post The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to keep potentially dangerous new chemicals off the market and out of our lives first appeared on EDF Health.
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Trump Administration’s Reckless Attack on California Clean Vehicle Safeguards Would Mean More Pollution, Death and Disease, Higher Costs
March 12, 2026
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California today attacking state clean air safeguards that protect people from pollution and save money.
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8 things about the Trump administration’s rollback of mercury pollution protections
March 6, 2026
| Richard Yates, Clean Power Attorney
(This post was co-authored by EDF technical analyst Grace Hauser) The Trump administration just finalized its repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards – a suite of lifesaving protections against highly dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. That action cancels stronger safeguards against pollution from lignite-fired coal plants, which are among the highest emitters of mercury pollution in the U.S. It also ...
The post 8 things about the Trump administration’s rollback of mercury pollution protections appeared first on Climate 411.
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As federal rollbacks drive up energy costs, New York can’t afford to step back on climate
March 4, 2026
| Nora Goodman, High Meadows Fellow, State Climate Policy
As the federal government ramps up attacks on the foundations of pollution and climate protections, now is the moment for New York to step up, not back. Analysis after analysis shows how a strong, well-designed Clean Air Initiative will cut costs for New York’s working families while cutting climate and air pollution. However, a recent misleading memo is causing confusion around this program, potentially putting billions in benefits for New Yorkers at risk. At the precise moment New York should be stepping up, the state is on the verge of backsliding ...
The post As federal rollbacks drive up energy costs, New York can’t afford to step back on climate appeared first on Climate 411.
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Public Interest Groups Go to Court to Halt Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating
March 3, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
The long-planned shutdown of the coal plant in Centralia, Washington, was designed to provide state residents with cleaner air and more affordable energy.
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U.S. Judge rules New York’s congestion pricing program can continue
March 3, 2026
| Andrew H. Darrell, Chief of Strategy, Global Energy & Finance
Andy Darrell highlights the benefits of congestion pricing following a US judge rejecting the Trump administration's effort to end the program.
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Here’s how a harmful Republican proposal to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act would make it harder for EPA to keep dangerous chemicals out of our lives
March 3, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
A dangerous proposal from Senate Republicans is full of loopholes and exemptions to benefit the chemical industry at the expense of our health.
The post Here’s how a harmful Republican proposal to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act would make it harder for EPA to keep dangerous chemicals out of our lives first appeared on EDF Health.
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This is how the House Republicans’ proposal to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act hamstrings EPA’s ability to protect us from the worst toxic chemicals already on the market
February 26, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
The Toxic Substances Control Act gives EPA the authority to regulate dangerous chemicals to the extent that they no longer pose an unreasonable risk to people or the environment. But the Republicans’ proposal to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act would strip away EPA’s ability to protect Americans from the worst chemicals already on the market.
The post This is how the House Republicans’ proposal to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act hamstrings EPA’s ability to protect us from the worst toxic chemicals already on the market first appeared on EDF Health.
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New Proposal in Congress Would Gut Key Provisions of Landmark Chemical Safety Law, Putting Families’ Health at Risk
February 26, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
A new U.S. Senate draft bill would dismantle core protections of the nation's main chemical safety law
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Trump Administration Handed Out Sweeping Free Passes to Pollute, More Extreme and Dangerous Than What Coal Plants Requested
February 19, 2026
| Surbhi Sarang, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
The Trump administration handed out expansive, illegal Clean Air Act exemptions allowing coal plants to ignore essential limits on hazardous air pollutants
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The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to protect millions of Americans. So why do Congressional Republicans want to weaken it?
February 18, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
Here are some ways our bedrock chemical safety law is working to keep dangerous chemicals out of our lives.
The post The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to protect millions of Americans. So why do Congressional Republicans want to weaken it? first appeared on EDF Health.
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Trump Administration Extends Michigan Coal Plant Fourth Time, as Costs Balloon to Staggering $135 Million
February 18, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
The Trump administration issued a fourth illegal emergency order mandating the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days.
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EPA Sued Over Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections
February 18, 2026
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The case, filed in the D.C. Circuit, challenges the Trump EPA’s rescission of the 2009 endangerment finding.
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Staff perspective
We’re going to fight for a better future with everything we’ve got. People want less pollution, good jobs and healthy kids, no matter who is in office.
Amanda Leland
Executive Director, EDF
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