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EDF, Google and partners begin measuring and mapping air quality in unprecedented detail with a mix of fixed and mobile monitors.

EDF Health Scientist Testifies Before Congress about the Dangers of Smog

“We Strongly Oppose” Separation of Immigrant Families - EDF

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced a new “find and fix” virtual reality (VR) experience that will debut at the World Gas Conference in Washington, D.C. next week.

Governor Announces Plan to Move Ahead with State Clean Air Protections

EDF, NRDC Plan to Sue EPA Over Pollution from Landfills

Ontario’s Premier-designate Doug Ford announced the province would end its cap-and-trade program and withdraw from the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). By adopting cap and trade, the province chose a proven, cost-effective approach to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, and the revenue it generates is reinvested into the province. Ontario linked its market with Quebec’s and California’s when it joined the WCI last year, and both of the auctions of greenhouse gas allowances held since then sold out, demonstrating market stability and driving significant revenue to Ontario.

Equinor is looking to the future by embracing innovation and technology to detect and reduce methane emissions.

Here are this year’s must-reads as you vacation, hit the beach, or spend a sunny afternoon in the park.

Confused by Scott Pruitt’s scandals and what they mean for our health, air and water? We break it down.

U.S. District Court Rules EPA Must Act on Maryland Request for Protection from Cross-State Air Pollution

The Senate farm bill, scheduled for markup this week, will modernize the measurement of conservation practices and their contribution to farm productivity. It demonstrates strong bipartisan commitment to conservation programs.

Pennsylvania joins growing lists of states reducing methane emissions from oil and gas facilities.

Divided Court of Appeals Panel Declines to Block Stay of BLM Waste Prevention Rule

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill which seeks to roll back critical oil and gas protections to where they stood in 1984.

Precise and data-driven agriculture is a rapidly growing tech market, right in heartland America.

Governor Jerry Brown has appointed Quentin Foster, Director for California Climate at Environmental Defense Fund, to the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee serving the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA).

Site for EDF's legal entity in Europe

Clean car standards have been a bigger success than anyone expected, so why roll them back?

Environmental organizations and Duke Energy Carolinas agree on grid modernization plan

EPA today revealed its severely flawed approach to reviewing the risks to health and the environment posed by the first 10 chemicals being evaluated under the newly reformed chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Trump’s Coal Bailout Directive is a Multi-Billion Dollar Attack on American Families, Markets and the Law

New technology has led to sustainable farming solutions for a new generation of tech-savvy farmers. The approach is called precision agriculture.

Golf course managers across North America have begun planting milkweed and wildflower habitat to attract butterflies, bees and … golfers.

EDF statement from Larissa Koehler, Senior Attorney, California Clean Energy