Defending environmental safeguards in the U.S.
We’ve been fighting for strong environmental and public health protections in courts across the U.S. since 1967.
Today, EDF remains a powerful force in the defense of the country’s bedrock environmental laws, and we are also focused on the next generation of lifesaving protections.
Our legal team is dedicated to protecting human health, climate safety and a sustainable environment.
Our work championing environmental protections
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Too many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listen
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Defending clean vehicle standards to protect people and the planet
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Cleanup begins for thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells
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Modernizing the electric grid to advance clean energy
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How EDF’s founders helped save the U.S. national bird from DDT
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He's right to look skeptical. EDF to FDA: It's time to act on toxic chemicals in food
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on legal action.
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EDF, Allies Join Effort to Defend EPA’s Clean Car Standards in Court
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EPA’s Clean Car Standards are Legally Sound and Will Save Lives
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EDF to Vigorously Oppose New Effort to Block Oil and Gas Methane Protections in Court
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EPA Takes Important Action to Cut Petrochemical Pollution and Protect Public Health
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How a U.S. Supreme Court case about fishing boats could reshape environmental protections
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Health, Environmental, Community Groups Move to Defend EPA Oil and Gas Methane Standards in Court
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Our experts
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Vickie Patton
General Counsel
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Noha Haggag
Senior Attorney, Clean Power
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Adam Peltz
Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Transition
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Jolette Westbrook
Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Markets & Regulation
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Rosalie Winn
Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air Policy
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Peter Zalzal
Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
Media contact
Sharyn Stein
(202) 572-3396 (office)
(202) 905-5718 (mobile)