EDF has been fighting for a better future for over 50 years — and we’re stepping up that fight as the Trump administration moves to erode the United States’ environmental protections.
No one wants to live in a dirtier world. But that’s the direction the administration’s policies are taking us: More pollution that harms people’s health. More toxic chemicals in air and water. Escalating extreme weather, fueled by a hotter planet.
Plans to abandon clean energy investments will make America weaker, sending jobs to other countries, raising energy prices and burdening future generations with worse pollution, storms and wildfires.
But history isn’t preordained — it’s shaped by the actions we take together. We can’t stop working in tough times. In this pivotal moment for America, here’s how EDF is showing up for the fight.
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Press release
Coalition Sues Trump EPA for Failure to Implement Life-Saving National Soot Standard
April 14, 2026
| Richard Yates, Clean Power Attorney
EPA has estimated that the strengthened standard will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths annually.
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Press release
Benzene Pollution from Oil Refineries Decreased Nationally in Recent Years, yet Facilities in Gulf South Still Lag Far Behind Others
April 14, 2026
| Dan Peters, Data Scientist, Science and Innovation
Benzene pollution from oil refineries has decreased since EPA began requiring fenceline air monitoring, but disparities still exist between states
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Blog post
Keeping workers safe under the Toxic Substances Control Act
April 8, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
The Toxic Substances Control Act keeps workers safe
The post Keeping workers safe under the Toxic Substances Control Act first appeared on EDF Health.
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Backgrounder
EPA Administrator Zeldin to Headline Climate Denial Conference Tomorrow
April 7, 2026
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The scheduled keynote speech comes less than two months after Zeldin announced the repeal of the Endangerment Finding.
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Press release
Trump Administration EPA Moves to Weaken Federal Methane Standards
April 6, 2026
| Jon Goldstein, Associate Vice President, Energy Transition
EDF opposes the EPA weakening existing federal methane standards, and argues that it doing so is a wasteful step in the wrong direction.
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Blog post
Climate Policy News You Can Use: Join us for DC Climate Week!
April 1, 2026
Join EDF and Pure Strategies at DC Climate Week for a panel roundtables uniting Sustainability and Government Affairs on AI, energy, and biodiversity.
The post Climate Policy News You Can Use: Join us for DC Climate Week! appeared first on EDF+Business.
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Press release
Trump Administration Once Again Mandates Continued Operation of Costly, Unreliable and Highly-Polluting Colorado Coal Plant
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration issued a second illegal emergency order mandating Unit 1 of the Craig coal plant.
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Press release
Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
March 30, 2026
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution.
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EDF, Allies Call on EPA to “Abandon Illegal Proposal” to Roll back Good Neighbor Protections
March 24, 2026
| Noha Haggag, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
Groups file comments opposing rollback of plan that protects people in downwind states from smog-forming pollution that blows across state lines.
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Trump Administration Announces $1B Deal to Stop Offshore Wind, Threatening Affordable Power at Critical Moment
March 23, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
The Trump administration will pay an energy developer almost $1 billion in taxpayer funds to cancel the federal leases for two offshore wind projects.
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Groups Take Trump Administration to Court Over Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension
March 18, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Earthjustice, on behalf of Vote Solar, with Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund, challenged DOE's emergency order to keep Colorado coal plant open.
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Energy Bills Relief Act Would Get Cheap Energy onto the Grid
March 18, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
The Energy Bills Relief Act would provide support to help reduce consumer electricity bills
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Proposed $1B to Stop Offshore Wind Threatens Affordable Power at Critical Moment
March 17, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Recent reporting indicates that the Trump administration is considering offering offshore wind developers a payment of as much as $1 billion.
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U.S. Saw Record New Clean Power Capacity Last Year in Spite of Delays, Cancellations
March 17, 2026
| Grace Hauser, Technical Analyst, Clean Power
"At a time when energy demands and people’s power bills are both skyrocketing, we need all the clean, affordable energy we can get.”
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Trump Administration Forces Washington’s Last Coal Plant to Stay Open Longer, Data Proves It’s Not Even Running
March 17, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Data from the Energy Information Administration shows that the coal plant produced no electric power in the previous ‘emergency’ period.
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Press release
Records of Trump Administration’s Illegal “Climate Working Group” Available Online
March 16, 2026
| Erin Murphy, Director & Sr. Attorney, Clean Air & Energy Markets
EDF and UCS have posted the documents received under the court order on this webpage, along with instructions for searching through them.
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Records of the Trump administration’s Climate Working Group, formed to repeal the Endangerment Finding
March 16, 2026
These records released under a federal court order reveal that many of the Trump administration’s unlawful climate actions stem from a secretly formed “Climate Working Group” that targeted the Endangerment Finding, the bedrock U.S. protection against planet-warming pollution. This finding recognizes that greenhouse gases — released when we burn fossil fuels — threaten our health, our communities and our future.
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Blog post
The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to keep potentially dangerous new chemicals off the market and out of our lives
March 13, 2026
| Maria Doa, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy
Thanks to the 2016 improvements to the Toxic Substances Control Act, many harmful chemicals –have been kept out of our communities, homes and everyday products
The post The Toxic Substances Control Act is working to keep potentially dangerous new chemicals off the market and out of our lives first appeared on EDF Health.
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Press release
Trump Administration’s Reckless Attack on California Clean Vehicle Safeguards Would Mean More Pollution, Death and Disease, Higher Costs
March 12, 2026
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California today attacking state clean air safeguards that protect people from pollution and save money.
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Blog post
8 things about the Trump administration’s rollback of mercury pollution protections
March 6, 2026
| Richard Yates, Clean Power Attorney
(This post was co-authored by EDF technical analyst Grace Hauser) The Trump administration just finalized its repeal of the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards – a suite of lifesaving protections against highly dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. That action cancels stronger safeguards against pollution from lignite-fired coal plants, which are among the highest emitters of mercury pollution in the U.S. It also ...
The post 8 things about the Trump administration’s rollback of mercury pollution protections appeared first on Climate 411.
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Staff perspective
We’re going to fight for a better future with everything we’ve got. People want less pollution, good jobs and healthy kids, no matter who is in office.
Amanda Leland
Executive Director, EDF
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