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From voting to cutting food waste, here are five BIG things you can do to help fight climate change.

Join us in honoring the legacy of tenacious scientist Charles Wurster, with this interview about what led to the U.S. ban on DDT, how it grew into what became Environmental Defense Fund and how it shaped his life.

Oregon’s 2023 legislative session concluded with a wide-ranging drought package passing through the House and the Senate, enabling key investments necessary to building a water-secure future for Oregon’s communities and ecosystems.   The investments come at a critical moment as climate change is impacting water resources throughout Oregon. The vast majority of the state remains …

Oregon’s 2023 legislative session concluded with a wide-ranging drought package passing through the House and the Senate, enabling key investments necessary to building a water-secure future for Oregon’s communities and ecosystems.

From bison returning to Indigenous lands to a humpback whale boon, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate fight. These are this week's good climate news stories.

With so much still to do to slow warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s important to fortify ourselves by celebrating wins along the way. Here are this week's good climate news stories.

Statement from Fred Krupp, President and Marie Cabbia Hubatova, Director, Global Shipping at Environmental Defense Fund

The proposal is the first in a series of vital actions EPA will take to implement the Methane Emission Reduction Program

Reports Released with EDF Comments on Proposed EPA Light and Medium-Duty Emissions Standards

Study co-authored by EDF scientists distills 8 lessons from emerging climate-informed US fisheries management efforts.

An expedition of Cuban scientists departs July 10 to study Cuban coral reefs in one of the largest scientific efforts in Cuban waters to date.

Environmental Defense Fund has named Jolon Clark as Colorado State Director, bringing additional capacity and expertise to its political engagement and advocacy efforts in the Mountain West.

Industrial processes, packaging and certain additives all contribute toxic chemicals to our foods. EDF works with regulators and companies to tackle the issue. Here’s what you can do too. 

If you've recently decluttered your home, here are some environmentally friendly ways to keep your junk out of the landfill. 

Five things you can do to help limit your climate impact of online shopping. 

Literature review co-authored by EDF scientists addresses the climate mitigation potential of organic soil amendments, including biostimulants and biopesticides.

By Michelle Allen, Manager, Community Engagement Recent high-profile chemical disasters in East Palestine, Ohio, and Deer Park, Texas, have highlighted the risks facing communities where the petrochemical industry operates, but not every spill or toxic pollution release makes headlines. By some counts, there is a chemical fire, explosion or release every other day in this …

EDF has conducted an updated analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions projections for each U.S. state and territory that has committed to reduce their emissions consistent with the U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution submitted under Article 4 of the Paris Climate Agreement.

This report from Dunsky and EDF evaluates the most cost-effective reduction pathway available for the Canadian upstream oil and gas industry to achieve the federal methane emissions reduction target of 75% by 2030 relative to 2012 levels.

Results of EDF analysis to compare the Total Cost of Ownership for currently available EVs to similar gasoline vehicles.

From a new baby orca to Joshua Tree protections, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate fight. These are this week's good climate news stories.

PFAS is a group of synthetic chemicals used in industrial processes and consumer products, including water-repellent clothing, such as outdoor wear, and food packaging. Once these “forever chemicals” are produced and used, they often make their way into the environment and our bodies. Many pose serious threats due to their toxic effects (often at trace …

By Tom Neltner, Senior Director, Safer Chemicals Initiative, Environmental Defense Fund and Charlotte Brody, National Director, Healthy Babies Bright Futures Key Message The scientific consensus is that there is no known safe level of lead exposure, and that no environment or home is truly free of lead. With a few exceptions, we think it is …

Report prepared for EDF by Marine Taxonomic Services, Ltd. (MTS) seeks to understand the extent to which telecom and power cables running through rivers, streams, and lakes that serve as drinking water sources may have been constructed using lead pipe and which may now pose a public health risk.

Today, Assembly Member Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) will be sworn in as the next Speaker of the California Assembly.