EDF and other groups released a new analysis documenting the industrial facilities that the Trump EPA has invited to ask for ...

Environmental Defense Fund joins the largest global climate action movement to mobilize small-to-medium sized enterprises.

Watch this TED Talk by EDF’s Dr. Daniel Zavala to learn how combining technology, data and policy is the fastest way to slow ...

The problem: Methane pollution released this year will warm the planet more in the next decade than carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels. While cutting methane is the single fastest way to ...

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Why economics matters: Too often, economic forces drive decisions that harm the planet. We need to turn that around. By creating the right economic incentives, we can make market forces work for — ...

Why advocacy matters: The longest-lasting environmental solutions have the broadest support. That means the biggest environmental problems require that we all work together. How we use this powerful ...

The problem: Globally, agriculture contributes one-quarter of the pollution warming the climate. At the same time, climate impacts like droughts and heat waves are already threatening the livelihoods ...

Petrochemical lobbyists are asking the Trump EPA to provide an exemption for “all sources” es” required to meet national limits on hazardous pollution.

The problem: Climate change is making flooding from rivers, rain and the ocean more destructive. Around the world, more than 1.8 billion people are at risk from flooding, with low-income and ...

Why science matters: It takes rigorous science to protect people and the planet. One example: Our groundbreaking studies put the powerful climate pollutant methane on the global agenda — and we ...

Pollution from burning fossil fuels is heating up our planet, making extreme weather worse, costing us all and hurting our kids. That’s why EDF is fighting back against the Trump administration’s ...