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EDF and allies file a lawsuit against EPA's Scott Pruitt over his failure to implement the smog standards

EDF experts testify at an EPA public hearing on whether to repeal clean air standards for glider trucks

Joint statement from EDF, OEC and ELPC

In 2016 Smithfield announced a groundbreaking goal to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protections announces intent to finalize new permits that limit methane and other harmful pollution from new natural gas sites.

As we approach the end of President Trump’s first year in office, we’re taking stock of what’s changed and ramping up our efforts.

EDF's Ben Levitan testifies for the Clean Power Plan at the only planned public hearing, in West Virgina

At the first UN climate talks (COP 23) since Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, countries made incremental but meaningful progress.

Beyond his inexperience, Honeycutt's faulty logic could have a direct effect on science at the EPA.

Colorado oil and gas industry joins with environmentalists, state regulators to improve methane standards

NC EDF Leader Commends Senators Burr, Tillis for Opposing Controversial Chemical Safety Nominee

Some of these concrete and often-easy projects pay for themselves in just a few years.

EDF and other groups working to address Louisiana’s land loss crisis released a report outlining 17 priority projects for restoring the Mississippi River Delta.

New Smart Meter Data Shows Potential of Real-Time Pricing to Lower Electric Bills

National and local conservation organizations committed to coastal Louisiana restoration issued the following statement in support of GOMESA funding.

Small scale fisheries are critically important for the provision of food security, livelihoods, and economic development for billions of people. Most of these fisheries appear to be under-performing with respect to conservation, food production, revenue, and the quality of the livelihoods they can support. Many factors related to successful small-scale fisheries management have been articulated …

A report based on recent scientific breakthroughs in methane quantification finds that emissions of methane are drastically higher than state reports.

A year after Donald Trump won the presidency, the electoral backlash has arrived – and it’s good news for the environment.

EDF scientific analysis offers insights into New Mexico's methane waste problem

EPA proposes to reopen a loophole to the Clean Trucks Standards that will allow more old, dirty, polluting trucks on our roads

Senate confirms Industry Lawyer William Wehrum to Lead EPA Office of Air and Radiation

D.C. Circuit Rejects Trump Administration Request to Indefinitely Delay Clean Power Plan Litigation

Statement of Eric Holst, Associate Vice President of Working Lands, Environmental Defense Fund

The latest assault on the environment comes as the agency seeks to facilitate energy development in ecologically sensitive areas on public and private land.

A group of more than 150 chefs, restaurant owners and seafood dealers from across the United States sent a joint letter to Congress today voicing concerns about legislation that would thre