Stay informed

Today, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) will participate in the Biden administration’s summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities.

Degrees guest Rebecca Weston says that all of the feelings you have about climate change can be mobilized into action on personal and community levels.

Statement from EDF attorney Noha Haggag

By Maria Doa, PhD, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy, Samantha Liskow, Senior Counsel, and Colin Parts, Legal Fellow NOTE: This is the first of a series about EPA’s regulation of new chemicals. What Happened? EPA recently proposed regulations to govern how it reviews companies’ pre-manufacture notifications for new chemicals before those chemicals can go on the …

Statement from EDF attorney Noha Haggag

Leading Environmental Group Files Amicus Brief in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Over the past decade, Climate Corps China has recruited over 200 fellows, worked with over 40 esteemed multinational and domestic companies, including Apple, McDonald’s, IKEA, and Walmart, and established a robust alumni network that will support fellows throughout their careers.

From the environmental benefits to work from home to the world's northern-most solar array, here are the wins to help fortify you in the climate fight. These are this week's good climate news stories.

Having a newborn is stressful enough — here are tips to give your baby a healthy start.

By John Rutecki As we wrap up a summer of sweltering heat waves and dangerous air quality, new poll results show strong majorities of Pennsylvanians want action to address the climate crisis. The poll from EDF Action, Earthworks Action Fund, Sierra Club and Clean Air Task Force Action found that the majority of Pennsylvanians support …

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has finalized new rules to help improve management of 17,000 non-productive oil and gas wells by encouraging their proper closure —an action that will create jobs, raise property values across the state and facilitate new clean energy projects.   Louisiana has a long history of oil and gas development,

The launch of a national climate corps is a monumental moment in the country's efforts to address climate change and empower generations of Americans.

Statement from Stephanie Jones, Senior Attorney at EDF

Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are disappearing at the rate of a football field every 100 minutes. The state has a plan to get them back. 

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and 16 partner organizations and experts have filed comments to the Office of Management and Budget supporting its proposed guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-cost Analysis.

The New York Public Service Commission recently approved a certified natural gas pilot program proposed by Con Edison, the gas and electric utility for much of New York City. Under the pilot, Con Edison may pay a premium for limited amounts of natural gas that is purportedly certified as having lower methane emissions than the …

In the face of mounting evidence about the dangers posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), one thing is clear: EPA needs to take urgent action to turn off the tap of these “forever chemicals” that have long-term consequences for our health and the environment. As we discussed in a previous blog, it is imperative …

This piece is now available on Mongabay. During New York Climate Week, climate leaders will gather together to make essential decisions to mitigate the effects of climate change. It is critical that our oceans are a priority. The ocean is profoundly underfunded, and yet it is absolutely vital to billions of lives around the world …

To limit the worst impacts of climate change, businesses must act now to bridge the gap between ambition and action.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today unveiled the Net Zero Action Accelerator (NZAA), a new climate action hub to help businesses fast track and scale climate progress, reach their sustainability goals and galvanize net zero leadership across supply chains.  

Environmental Defense Fund and a group of 13 health, environmental, and community groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to protect people from dangerous pollution from fossil fuel-based hydrogen production facilities.

The voluntary carbon market has been in a flurry in the past year to define integrity and quality for carbon credits. Between the recently released Core Carbon Principles from the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, to the Claims Code of Practice from the Voluntary Carbon Market Initiative, we now have more guidance and …

Last legislative session, Oregon’s lawmakers had the opportunity to update Oregon’s statutory climate targets. This would have been the first time that Oregon updated its outdated climate targets in 15 years and would have brought Oregon’s climate goals in line with the level of ambition of President Biden’s national climate targets and from other climate …

EDF Statement from Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director

What’s New? Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) embarked on a critical Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) supplemental risk evaluation of 1,4-dioxane [PDF, 8.7MB]– a highly carcinogenic chemical that contaminates drinking water supplies across the country and is present in products, such as cleaning supplies and personal care products. This draft supplemental risk evaluation represents …