Chicago, IL – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) have reached a settlement with Ameren to integrate grid-enhancing ...

We applaud Governor Josh Shapiro’s announcement of the Lightning Plan, a forward-thinking energy strategy that strengthens Pennsylvania’s leadership in the energy sector while prioritizing a cleaner, ...

Removing climate information from the USDA website will harm farmers suffering from extreme weather and families suffering from high food prices.

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Fishers catch sardine off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain. EDF works with fishers globally to improve management of fisheries, protecting the ocean and people’s livelihoods.

(WASHINGTON – Jan 28, 2025) "The Trump administration’s unlawful power grab will take away protections for our drinking water and clean air. It will cause immediate harm to people’s lives, threaten ...

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 ...

The problem: More than 3 billion people around the world rely on seafood as a primary source of protein, yet climate change and overfishing are straining fisheries and ocean ecosystems. This puts ...

Guided by science and economics, and committed to climate justice, we work in the places, on the projects and with the people that can make the biggest difference.

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: A flood of climate misinformation is threatening to erode public support for solving the climate crisis. Often shared on social media, misleading narratives question the causes and ...

The problem: Some amount of climate change is already baked into our future from greenhouse gas pollution that caused global warming in our past. Worsening drought, flood and fire conditions — and ...