EDF Voices: Politics

Rather than jockey for partisan advantage, lawmakers found a way to work together the old-fashioned way to protect Americans from dangerous or untested chemicals.

In a bi-partisan act of sanity, Congress just fixed the biggest problems with America's badly broken chemical safety system.

The Clean Energy Commitment represents millions of Americans who want to remove barriers to clean, affordable energy.

As Congress gets ready to pass a historic chemical safety bill, EDF Executive Director Diane Regas reflects on the birth of her first grandchild, and on raising three boys while trying to rid the United States of dangerous toxins.

An important, under-appreciated shift may be improving our chances for future bi-partisan climate policy. It's all about jobs.

Even people who reject climate science are receptive to investments in clean energy.

Passing an energy bill without considering climate change is like passing a budget bill without considering the deficit.

In his final State of the Union address, Obama discussed policies to accelerate America’s transition to a clean energy economy.

The votes to “overturn” pollution reductions for America's power plants were all about political theater.

The supposed divide on clean power may be more about politics than about economics or opportunities on the ground.