EDF has been fighting for a better future for over 50 years — and we’re stepping up that fight as the Trump administration moves to erode the United States’ environmental protections.
No one wants to live in a dirtier world. But that’s the direction the administration’s policies are taking us: More pollution that harms people’s health. More toxic chemicals in air and water. Escalating extreme weather, fueled by a hotter planet.
Abandoning clean energy investments will make America weaker, sending jobs to other countries, raising energy prices and burdening future generations with worse pollution, storms and wildfires.
But history isn’t preordained — it’s shaped by the actions we take together. We can’t stop working in tough times. In this pivotal moment for America, here’s how EDF is showing up for the fight.
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Approved Exempted Fishing Permits Jeopardize South Atlantic Red Snapper
May 1, 2026
NOAA approved permits to exempt Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina from fishing regulations for South Atlantic red snapper.
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EPA Issues Guidance on Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Flaring Standards
May 1, 2026
Today EPA issued guidance for oil and gas producers to achieve compliance with flaring standards.
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Food safety bills should prioritize health, not industry profits
April 29, 2026
Under the current chemical safety system, over 1,000 ingredients got into our food with zero safety review.
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Trump administration’s wasteful deal to abandon California offshore wind project undermines clean, homegrown power
April 28, 2026
"The Trump administration announced another wasteful deal to pay an energy company nearly $900 million in taxpayer funds to abandon its offshore (...)"
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Backgrounder
EPA Administrator Zeldin to Testify Before Congress
April 27, 2026
Budget hearings start today for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with Administrator Lee Zeldin scheduled to testify.
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Analysis
Wasted energy: What U.S. federal methane rollbacks are costing you
The Trump administration is allowing oil and gas companies to waste more natural gas and increase methane pollution by failing to enforce the law delaying adoption of new standards and weakening flaring standards and proposing potentially big revisions to existing standards.
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Green Groups Challenge Trump EPA’s Efforts to Delay the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
April 23, 2026
The program is the source of information about the air pollution that causes climate change, making life less healthy, more dangerous and more expensive.
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Blog post
As fossil fuels drive up energy costs, New York can’t afford indefinite climate delays
April 23, 2026 | Nora Goodman, High Meadows Fellow, State Climate Policy
As New Yorkers face rising utility bills and unmanageable prices at the pump driven by volatile fossil fuel markets, now is the moment for New York to hit the accelerator on the clean energy transition promised by the state’s landmark climate law. Despite this, Governor Hochul has proposed changes to the climate law that would ...
The post As fossil fuels drive up energy costs, New York can’t afford indefinite climate delays appeared first on Climate 411.
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Governor Shapiro’s decision to extend Pennsylvania’s two dirtiest coal plants increases costs and pollution harms
April 23, 2026
Keeping the Keystone and Conemaugh plants on life support will not make electricity more affordable for families and businesses in Pennsylvania.
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Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Ban on Clean Affordable Energy
April 21, 2026
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocked a suite of Trump administration actions that operated as an effective ban on permitting.
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Trump EPA Will Not Strengthen Limits on Hazardous Pollution from Oil and Gas Sector
April 21, 2026
This is the latest in a series of steps the administration has taken to roll back commonsense protections against oil and gas pollution.
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News Reports about Supreme Court Shadow Docket Show Failure to Recognize that Air Pollution Harms the American People
April 20, 2026
Environmental Defense Fund and leading power providers vigorously opposed the Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ stay of EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
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The University of Maryland steps up to develop a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Analysis
April 15, 2026
Taxes aren’t the only thing due today– April 15th is also the deadline for signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to submit their national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory reports, which estimate annual GHG emissions by country. The UNFCCC treaty was signed by all United Nations member states, but in February ...
The post The University of Maryland steps up to develop a U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Analysis appeared first on Energy Exchange.
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New EDF Maps Show Climate Change Is Raising Costs Nationwide, Federal Rollbacks Will Make It Worse
April 15, 2026
EDF today launched new interactive maps and real-life stories showing how climate change is already raising costs for families nationwide.
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Backgrounder
Clean Air Act under attack this week
April 15, 2026
The U.S. House is considering three bills to weaken the Clean Air Act.
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Public Interest Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Renewal of an Order to Keep Washington’s Last Coal Plant Operating
April 14, 2026
Public interest groups filed a second request for rehearing in response to DOE renewal last month of emergency order to keep TransAlta coal plant open.
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Coalition Sues Trump EPA for Failure to Implement Life-Saving National Soot Standard
April 14, 2026
EPA has estimated that the strengthened standard will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths annually.
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Benzene Pollution from Oil Refineries Decreased Nationally in Recent Years, yet Facilities in Gulf South Still Lag Far Behind Others
April 14, 2026
Benzene pollution from oil refineries has decreased since EPA began requiring fenceline air monitoring, but disparities still exist between states
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Blog post
Keeping workers safe under the Toxic Substances Control Act
April 8, 2026 | Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
The Toxic Substances Control Act keeps workers safe
The post Keeping workers safe under the Toxic Substances Control Act first appeared on EDF Health.
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Backgrounder
EPA Administrator Zeldin to Headline Climate Denial Conference Tomorrow
April 7, 2026
The scheduled keynote speech comes less than two months after Zeldin announced the repeal of the Endangerment Finding.
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Staff perspective
We’re going to fight for a better future with everything we’ve got. People want less pollution, good jobs and healthy kids, no matter who is in office.
Amanda Leland
Executive Director, EDF
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