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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EPA Unveils Proposal to Revoke Parts of Good Neighbor Plan
January 28, 2026
| Noha Haggag, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
If finalized, this rollback will exempt 10 states from the Good Neighbor Plan and its limits on smog-forming pollution from power plants.
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Illegal Craig Coal Plant Extension
January 28, 2026
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
Order required broken plant to stay online to address unproven emergency
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Project Emissions Accounting – a Trump EPA loophole that is adding dangerous pollution to the air we breathe
January 28, 2026
| Surbhi Sarang, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
One of the most harmful actions the Trump EPA took during its first term was undermining long-standing Clean Air Act safeguards that require industrial facilities like refineries and power plants to modernize their pollution controls when they are newly built or expanding in a way that increases overall pollution volumes. These protections are intended to ensure newly constructed facilities or refurbishing existing industrial facilities ...
The post Project Emissions Accounting – a Trump EPA loophole that is adding dangerous pollution to the air we breathe appeared first on Climate 411.
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Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
January 22, 2026
| Erin Murphy, Director & Sr. Attorney, Clean Air & Energy Markets
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
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Green Groups File Amicus Brief in Support of California Clean Car and Truck Standards
January 21, 2026
| Andy Su, Attorney, Transportation
EDF, NRDC, and Sierra Club are moving to help defend California protective clean vehicle standards in court.
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Toxics for all: The new proposal delivering on the chemical industry’s wish list
January 20, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
Americans don’t want potentially toxic chemicals fast-tracked into their lives,” said Slaney.
The post Toxics for all: The new proposal delivering on the chemical industry’s wish list first appeared on EDF Health.
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As states step up to secure emissions data in the face of potential federal rollbacks, others should follow suit
January 20, 2026
| Nora Goodman, High Meadows Fellow, State Climate Policy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed eliminating its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) — a critical source of public data that shows the sources and scale of pollution that causes climate change, including from oil and gas facilities, landfills, large industrial and manufacturing facilities, and power plants. This data is widely used by policymakers, scientists, businesses, and communities to inform how to address climate pollution. In short, the ...
The post As states step up to secure emissions data in the face of potential federal rollbacks, others should follow suit appeared first on Climate 411.
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El Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos cancela el financiamiento para proyectos comunitarios de energía solar en Puerto Rico
January 16, 2026
| Daniel Whittle, Associate Vice President, Resilient Caribbean
El Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos cancela el financiamiento para proyectos comunitarios de energía solar en Puerto Rico
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The U.S. Department of Energy Cancels Funding for Community Solar Energy Projects in Puerto Rico
January 16, 2026
| Daniel Whittle, Associate Vice President, Resilient Caribbean
The U.S. Department of Energy Cancels funding for community solar energy projects in Puerto Rico
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Draft House Bill Would Gut Toxic Substances Control Act, Despite Overwhelming Public Support for Chemical Protections
January 15, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
A new Republican proposal released today in the U.S. House of Representatives would put Americans’ health at risk.
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Dozens of Public Interest Groups Send Letter to Trump EPA to Oppose Weakening Health-Protective Vehicle Standards
January 14, 2026
EPA is expected to soon issue proposals to weaken standards for soot and smog-forming pollution from vehicles.
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Trump EPA Finalizes Weak Rule to Reduce Dangerous Air Pollution from New Gas-Burning Power Plants, Ignores Health Benefits and Lives Saved from Pollution Reduction
January 12, 2026
| Noha Haggag, Senior Attorney, Clean Power
Emissions of NOx form smog and soot, which is harmful to human health and linked to serious heart and lung diseases.
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Court Rules Trump DOE Violated the Constitution When It Cancelled Clean Energy Funding in Specific States
January 12, 2026
| Vickie Patton, General Counsel
The projects would save American families money, reduce air pollution and protect people’s health.
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Trump EPA Takes Final Steps on Rule Expected to Overturn Endangerment Finding, Clean Vehicle Standards
January 9, 2026
| Peter Zalzal, Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
The Trump EPA appears to be on the verge of revoking vital safeguards that protect people from climate change, deliver health benefits and save money.
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California Shows Climate Policy is an Affordability Solution, Needed Now More than Ever
January 8, 2026
| Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director
"Climate change threatens our health, lives and economy."
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House Passes Funding Bills with Important Guardrails on President Trump
January 8, 2026
| Joanna Slaney, Vice President for Political and Government Affairs
The House passed a package of three funding bills responsible for most of the government’s environmental protection and clean energy programs.
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Weakening Fuel Economy Standards for Cars and Trucks Would Waste Gas, Cost Money, Increase Pollution – EDF Testimony
January 8, 2026
| Andy Su, Attorney, Transportation
The Trump administration has proposed weakening the CAFE standards, which have improved gas mileage for millions of American cars, trucks and SUVs.
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Trump Administration Announces Unlawful Offshore Wind Halt
December 22, 2025
| Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy
The Trump administration announced plans to halt offshore wind leases for already-under-construction offshore wind projects
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A year of big wins for clean, affordable power in the States
December 18, 2025
While the Trump administration spent 2025 rolling back climate policies – increasing harmful pollution and driving electricity costs higher for families – states led with solutions that protect consumers, expand clean energy and advance more affordable, equitable electricity choices. These wins didn’t happen on their own. They happened where governors, regulators, consumer advocates, environmental organizations ...
The post A year of big wins for clean, affordable power in the States appeared first on Energy Exchange.
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Trump EPA Proposal Lowballs Risk of Cancer-causing Formaldehyde
December 3, 2025
| Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has proposed altering the way it assesses risk for cancer-causing formaldehyde
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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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