Under the Clean Air Act, Congress specifically granted California the right to set its own air pollution standards with waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA has granted dozens of ...

A new study shows a growing share of greenhouse gas emissions is coming from natural, unmanaged ecosystems in response to ...

Freiburg, Germany / New York, USA — Perspectives Climate Research (PCR) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today announced ...

Emissions of NOx form smog and soot, which is harmful to human health and linked to serious heart and lung diseases.

Administration Action Violated Constitutional Guarantee to Equal Protection Under the Law ...

Statement of EDF Executive Director Amanda Leland on the Trump Administration's withdrawal from the UN Framework Convention ...

Español The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on January 9 notified that it is cancelling cooperative agreements and over $300 million in funding for solar energy installations for thousands of ...

A new Republican proposal released today in the U.S. House of Representatives would put Americans’ health at risk.

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The House passed a package of three funding bills responsible for most of the government’s environmental protection and clean ...

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