The IRA also created the Methane Emissions Reduction Program, which cuts methane from oil and gas operations through a charge on wasteful emissions and funding to help reduce pollution. MERP ...

Environmental Defense Fund announced today that Senior Climate Scientist Ilissa Ocko has accepted an appointment with the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, where she will be focusing on non ...

Congress is making good progress on a bipartisan farm bill agreement that gives farmers, ranchers and foresters the stability and assurance they rely on to produce the world’s food and fiber, but ...

Environmental Defense Fund and thirteen other health, environmental, and public interest groups are moving to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s clean car standards against a legal challenge ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the filing of a food additive petition that asks FDA to remove its approval of the use of fluorinated polyethylene as an indirect food additive.

(Washington, D.C. – April 25, 2024) The Biden administration today finalized rules that will expand and strengthen the U.S. electric grid while reducing pollution. The U.S. Department of Energy just ...

“EPA strengthened the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the successful clean air program limiting dangerous smokestack pollutants in our air. Coal-fired power plants emit mercury, which is linked to ...

The House of Representatives passed the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act (AWRRDA) 333 to 75. The bipartisan bill now moves to the Senate, where it is expected to also receive ...

The new rule comes seven years after the death of Kevin Hartley, who was exposed to methylene chloride while refinishing a bathtub at work. EDF supported his mother, Wendy, as she pursued this long ...

(Washington, D.C. – April 30, 2024) The Biden administration today finalized action to restore and strengthen the foundation of U.S. environmental law, reduce barriers to clean energy projects around ...

Nearly $1 Billion in New EPA Funding will Help Accelerate the Electrification of America’s Hardest Working Trucks and Buses Statement by Lindsay Shigetomi, Manager, Fleet Electrification ...