Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order that threatens the sustainability of American fisheries and fishing ...

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

Across the United States, an estimated 9.2 million homes and buildings still get their water from a lead pipe. Everyone needs their lead pipes replaced, regardless of who they are or whether they can ...

Vickie serves as Environmental Defense Fund’s General Counsel and leads its U.S. Legal and Regulatory Program. For over thirty years, she has worked with partners to secure landmark national and state ...

North American winters are still delivering devastating snowstorms, with hurricane-force winds that leave thousands without power. So it may surprise you that winters are the fastest-warming season ...

Staff invests in training and development together in India. Staff supports community needs together in the U.S. Staff adventures together on the Great Wall of China.

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 ...

Scientists are detecting a stronger link between the planet’s warming and its changing weather patterns. And the trajectory is clear — hotter heat waves, drier droughts and stronger storms. A warming ...

The problem: Healthy forests, soils and oceans have a natural ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere, as well as the potential to help stabilize our climate. But activities like deforestation, ...

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: Air pollution is a global public health crisis and the fourth leading cause of death globally. Nine out of 10 people around the world breathe unhealthy air, and burning fossil fuels is ...