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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Senate's Fix Our Forest Act proposal will expedite forest restoration and management in the most threatened landscapes.

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: 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, ...

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 ...