Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Save Our Future Act today, which would assess a fee on carbon dioxide and criteria air pollutants, cutting harmful pollution ...
EDF joined nine other public interest organizations this week to support EPA’s efforts to undo a Trump-era rule that left millions of Americans at greater risk from dangerous air pollution ...
(June 11, 2021) EDF filed comments in two matters related to clean vehicles today, as the momentum for increased deployment of zero-emission cars, trucks and buses in America continues to ...
Statement of EDF Senior Attorney Rachel Fullmer – June 10, 2021 “EPA’s announcement today that it will reconsider strengthening our protections against particle pollution is a vital step towards fulfilling the ...
(LONDON- May 18, 2021) Dirty air is already known to increase hospital treatment for severe asthma attacks and other respiratory problems. But the new research is the first using clinical ...
(Washington, D.C. – May 13, 2021) EPA is eliminating a harmful Trump-era rule that would have made it harder to protect Americans from air pollution by distorting the agency’s economic ...
Lack of access to clean air can have negative effects on human health. Despite this, not everyone breathes in the same quality of air. Research has shown that communities of ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Health is an important part of Building a Better Bay Area. There are disturbing numbers out tonight that indicate traffic pollution is hurting some neighborhoods more than ...
(Washington, D.C. – March 31, 2021) New research published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives from Environmental Defense Fund and George Washington University shows air pollution takes an enormous toll ...
Everybody deserves the right to breathe clean air. Yet air pollution is choking cities and communities around the world – a staggering 9 in 10 people breathe unhealthy air. City ...