Removing lead from gasoline in the United States was a huge win for public health. Learn how EDF’s persistent advocacy helped ...

Water managers in California’s Central Valley in the U.S. take part in the Water Leadership Institute, a free, bilingual program hosted by EDF and the Rural Community Assistance Corporation. Why ...

Environmental Defense Fund welcomes the declaration on the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets launched at the Belém Climate Summit ahead of COP30.

A new global survey from EDF of 156 ag finance institutions in 17 countries found that the majority are taking action to manage weather-related risks.

This global pledge marks a milestone in building wildfire resilience across tropical regions and embedding prevention-first approaches.

The problem: 2024 was the Earth’s hottest year on record. The evidence of climate change is everywhere. But if we act now, we can limit the worst impacts of global warming, from extreme weather to ...

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 — ...

We’ve been fighting for strong environmental and public health protections in courts across the U.S. since 1967. Today, EDF remains a powerful force in the defense of the country’s bedrock ...

Home to our North Carolina regional work, our Raleigh, North Carolina, location is also home to several ecosystem and ocean experts.

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 helped ...

We began in 1967, as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer on Long Island, New York, fighting to save osprey from the toxic pesticide DDT. Using scientific evidence, our founders got DDT banned ...

EDF and Moms Clean Air Force are working with partners (federal and state agencies, universities and private contractors) to pilot new methods of finding orphan and abandoned wells in Pennsylvania.