Chicago, IL – The Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) have reached a settlement with Ameren to integrate grid-enhancing ...

Removing climate information from the USDA website will harm farmers suffering from extreme weather and families suffering from high food prices.

We applaud Governor Josh Shapiro’s announcement of the Lightning Plan, a forward-thinking energy strategy that strengthens Pennsylvania’s leadership in the energy sector while prioritizing a cleaner, ...

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Fishers catch sardine off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain. EDF works with fishers globally to improve management of fisheries, protecting the ocean and people’s livelihoods.

(WASHINGTON – Jan 28, 2025) "The Trump administration’s unlawful power grab will take away protections for our drinking water and clean air. It will cause immediate harm to people’s lives, threaten ...

Why science matters: It takes rigorous science to protect people and the planet. One example: Our groundbreaking studies put the powerful climate pollutant methane on the global agenda — and we ...

The problem: More than 3 billion people around the world rely on seafood as a primary source of protein, yet climate change and overfishing are straining fisheries and ocean ecosystems. This puts ...

Climate change affects wildfires by exacerbating the hot, dry conditions that help these fires catch and spread. As global temperatures rise, we expect the size, frequency and severity of wildfires to ...

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 ...

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The problem: A flood of climate misinformation is threatening to erode public support for solving the climate crisis. Often shared on social media, misleading narratives question the causes and ...