
Legal action
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
- Background
How we’re fighting the Trump administration’s dangerous agenda
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Do you live near a facility with a free pass to pollute more?
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A high-tech hunt for abandoned, leaky oil and gas wells
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Too many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listen
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Read more: Updates on our court cases and other advocacy work
- Background
Our story: How the fight to ban DDT led to the birth of EDF
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on legal action.
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Trump EPA Political Appointees Scrambled to Offer Free Pass to Pollute
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Court Rules Secret Group That Wrote “Climate Science Report” is Not Exempt from Federal Law
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Federal Court Hears Arguments about Secret Report that Trump Administration Used in Attack on Climate Protections
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Groups Ask Court to Block Trump EPA Rule That Delays Protections Against Oil and Gas Methane Pollution
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EDF, UCS File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Secret Convening of Climate Skeptics, Use of Their Hidden “Science” Report in Attempt to Overturn Endangerment Finding
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EPA Administrator Zeldin Delays Commonsense Methane Pollution Protections
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Media contact
Sharyn Stein
(202) 905-5718 (office)