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(This post was co-authored by EDF attorney Richard Yates) The Environmental Protection Agency is soon expected to update our national protections against mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants – pollution that is extremely dangerous to human health and has been linked to brain damage in children. EPA proposed strengthening the Mercury and …

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced stronger rules to limit toxic pollution from petrochemical plants. The new rules include vital measures to protect the health and safety of communities on the fenceline of this pollution.

Nearly two years ago, the U.S. secured historic investments from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and CHIPS and Science Act. This clean energy plan supports all the hard work being done to strengthen technology and pollution standards to advance environmental justice and health equity at all levels. It takes everyone, individuals, our elected leaders, industry and all levers of government protections to address these challenges meaningfully.

A new interactive map can help you identify potential chemical exposures in your neighborhood.

EDF & Arup offer a roadmap to help ports reach net zero by 2050

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment, Boston University School of Public Health and the Environmental Defense Fund finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually.

Study led by researchers at EDF and academic partners finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually.

Statement of Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities

EDF provides a guide for ports and their partners in the United States to set, plan, implement and achieve their decarbonization goals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today took important steps to strengthen safeguards intended to prevent toxic chemical disasters at thousands of industrial facilities across the country.

EDF fact sheet shows Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed pollution standards for new cars, buses and freight trucks would save more than 40,000 lives and prevent more than 25 million asthma attacks.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed pollution standards for new cars, buses and freight trucks would save more than 40,000 lives and prevent more than 25 million asthma attacks, according to a new analysis by Environmental Defense Fund.

What’s New Today, we are excited to introduce the Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) latest initiative—the Chemical Exposure Action Map. This tool is designed to spur the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to transform the assessment of risks posed by toxic chemicals in our communities. Our map focuses on multiple high-priority chemicals—making visible the urgent and long-overdue …

EDF's map offers tools to encourage EPA to do better risk assessments of chemicals. Use this tool to see where facilities are polluting toxic chemicals into our air, water and land and how it’s putting our health at risk, then encourage EPA to take action.

Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton

The peaceful retirement that Don and Jane Schreiber envisioned on their ranch in northern New Mexico has been disrupted by natural gas drilling on their land. They're now committed advocates for reducing methane emissions from oil and gas.

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced an updated, stronger national health standard for particulate matter – a potentially deadly air pollutant more commonly known as soot.

One year after the catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the EPA is considering phasing out vinyl chloride, a toxic chemical the train was carrying.

Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp

Communities near large warehouses face higher rates of air pollution associated with health problems, like asthma.

An Environmental Defense Fund expert joined dozens of others in a packed, all-day virtual hearing yesterday in support of an EPA waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule, which ensures all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state will be zero-emitting by 2035.

Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton

This blog was co-authored by José Acosta-Córdova, Senior Transportation Policy Analyst at LVEJO Transportation is a big issue in Illinois, accounting for almost one-third of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions — the sector responsible for the most GHG emissions in the state. Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, such as delivery vans, transit buses and large tractor-trailers are …

Summary of research, the result of a collaboration between EDF and Northwestern and informed by key input from community partners, demonstrating the significant positive impact that the Advanced Clean Trucks rule can have in the greater Chicagoland area.

Environmental Defense Fund and almost six dozen other health, environmental and public interest groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to protect people from dangerous air pollution caused by producing hydrogen with fossil fuels.