Legal action
Defending environmental safeguards in the U.S.
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 environmental laws, and we are also focused on the next generation of lifesaving protections.
Our legal team is dedicated to protecting human health, climate safety and a sustainable environment.
Our work championing environmental protections
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ArticleToo many blackouts: How underserved communities are making utilities listen
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Legal resourcesDefending clean vehicle standards to protect people and the planet
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ArticleCleanup begins for thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells
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InitiativeModernizing the electric grid to advance clean energy
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Blog postHow EDF’s founders helped save the U.S. national bird from DDT
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ArticleHe's right to look skeptical. EDF to FDA: It's time to act on toxic chemicals in food
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on legal action.
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider Constitutional Challenges to California Clean Vehicle
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Supreme Court Will Not Consider Challenges to California Core Authority to Establish Clean Vehicle Standards Brought by Oil and Gas Interests
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EPA Limits on Climate Pollution from Power Plants Are “Vital Safeguards,” Have “Firm Legal Grounding”
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Court rules against Youngkin Administration’s unlawful RGGI withdraw
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EDF, Allies Urge D.C. Circuit to Uphold Strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
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Supreme Court Will Consider Decisions about Interstate Air Pollution Protections from Coal-Fired Power Plants
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Our experts
We bring wide-ranging perspectives and skills to our legal, policy and advocacy work. Meet some of the people who make it happen.
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Vickie Patton
General Counsel
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Noha Haggag
Senior Attorney, Clean Power
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Adam Peltz
Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Transition
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Jolette Westbrook
Dir. & Sr. Attorney, Equitable Regulatory Solutions
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Rosalie Winn
Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air Policy
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Peter Zalzal
Distinguished Counsel & Associate Vice President, Clean Air Strategies
Media contact
Sharyn Stein
(202) 572-3396 (office)
(202) 905-5718 (mobile)
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