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4 guiding principles to foster environmental innovation in companies

January 19, 2021
By Daniel Hill
On EDF+Business : Environmental Defense Fund
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Trump Administration Repeal and Replacement of the Clean Power Plan

January 19, 2021
Press Release
EPA’s new service line inventory: The good, the bad, and the absurd

January 19, 2021
By Tom Neltner
On EDF Health : Chemical Concerns
Scientists call for global policymakers to treat “fish as food” to help solve world hunger

January 19, 2021
Press Release
Ocean-based actions can help curb climate change impacts, new international guidance shows

January 19, 2021
Press Release
Degrees Episode 09: Peggy Shepard

January 18, 2021
By Yesh Pavlik Slenk
On EDF+Business : Environmental Defense Fund
Health, Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Air Toxics Loophole

January 15, 2021
Press Release
Important climate rulemaking kicks off in Oregon: What we’re watching

January 15, 2021
By Erica Morehouse
On Climate 411 : Blogging the science and policy of global warming
Groups File Brief with D.C. Circuit Opposing Trump Administration’s “Indefensible” Clean Cars Rollback

January 15, 2021
Press Release
EDF statement: Trump EPA’s withdrawal of proposed bans on dangerous uses of three chemicals is shameful

January 14, 2021
By Richard Denison
On EDF Health : Chemical Concerns
Trump EPA’s withdrawal of proposed bans on dangerous uses of three chemicals is shameful

January 14, 2021
Press Release
EDF: American Petroleum Institute Methane Reversal Lacks Credibility

January 13, 2021
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EDF: American Petroleum Institute Methane Reversal Lacks Credibility

January 13, 2021
Press Release
State Habitat Restoration Project Breaks Ground at Southern End of Salton Sea

January 13, 2021
Press Release
We Call for the Immediate Resignation of President Trump – EDF

January 13, 2021
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