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Statement from Alice Henderson, Director and Lead Counsel for Transportation and Clean Air Policy for Environmental Defense Fund

Statement from Peter Zalzal, Associate Vice President for Clean Air Strategies at Environmental Defense Fund

The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will not review challenges to California’s core statutory authority to enforce its own vehicle pollution limits.

By Pedro Piris-Cabezas and Glenda Chen Airport activity emits a noxious cocktail of air pollutants, including ashy particulate matter, sulfur oxides, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Among them, PM emissions from aircraft turbines often fly under the radar yet have an outsized impact on regional air quality and public …

Adopting federal jet fuel regulations to set the aromatic content to as close as possible to 8% can slash particulate matter pollution in the near term, while ensuring adherence to existing flight safety certifications and fuel quality specifications.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Holds Oral Argument on the Standards Today - Statement of EDF General Counsel Vickie Patton

Proposal would protect people from air pollution linked to premature deaths and other serious health problems.

A new report from South Coast Air Quality Management District shows the District’s groundbreaking warehouse Indirect Source Rule is catalyzing hundreds of zero-emission truck acquisitions and, as result, reducing hundreds of tons of health-harming nitrogen oxide and small particulate matter pollution. The report, which charts compliance with the Indirect Source Rule from 2021 through 2023,

EPA’s strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards are achievable, affordable, legally sound, and vital for protecting public health.

Environmental Defense Fund announced the expansion of Air Tracker—its cutting-edge air quality monitoring tool—to Rio de Janeiro today.

America’s ports are hotbeds for toxic air pollution due to the diesel-powered ships and port vehicles that move our goods from sea to land. This pollution causes all kinds of health problems for nearby communities — from asthma and lung disease, to premature birth and death — which is why today’s announcement from the Environmental …

A map that showcases the 2020 mercury emissions from the most polluting coal plants.

The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards reduce mercury, soot, lead, and other toxic pollution from our nation’s coal-fired power plants.

Action Could Undermine Long-Standing Precedent about Court Jurisdiction for EPA Challenges

Justices Deny Shadow Docket Requests for Emergency Stays of Methane Pollution Standards, Strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

The Steelton-Highspire school district near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is celebrating a new fleet of electric school buses, thanks, in large part, to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

A newly introduced House bill would, in effect, carve out dangerous exemptions to existing federal law so that plastics incinerators can operate without meeting vital protections for people's health and the environment.

by Maia Draper & Phillip Martin Transportation accounts for 24% of greenhouse gas emissions in Texas. Throughout the state, areas with the greatest concentration of traffic are often found to be in nonattainment — a designation from the Environmental Protection Agency that pollution levels exceed air quality standards. Texas’ cities can engage in transportation and …

This is the seventh year of the contest, which encourages students to THINK BIG about Houston’s environmental problems and potential solutions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today finalized a rule that will provide much-needed health protections from toxic air pollution emitted by industrial facilities, including petrochemical plants.

EDF statement from Dr. Karla Sosa, Project Manager, New York State Affairs

Duke energy, one of the largest utilities in the U.S., is planning on expanding gas-powered plants in North Carolina, where residents will not only foot the bill, they'll also deal with the pollution.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today denied a request by fossil fuel companies and a group of states, led by North Dakota and West Virginia, to block protections against mercury and other toxic pollutants emitted from coal-fired power plants.

Watch this TED Talk by EDF’s Millie Chu Baird to learn more about this groundbreaking project.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously denied an attempt by Republican Attorneys General and fossil fuel industry parties to block EPA’s protections limiting climate pollution from power plants.