Environmental Defense Fund

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a non-profit environmental advocacy group. Recent news focuses on lawsuits filed by EDF and other similar organizations against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particularly during the Trump administration. These lawsuits challenge the EPA's rollbacks of environmental regulations, including those related to formaldehyde exposure, air pollution from coal plants (specifically mercury emissions), and the endangerment finding, which underpins climate change regulations. The endangerment finding, established during the Obama administration, allowed the government to regulate planet-heating gases. The lawsuits argue that the EPA's actions weaken protections for public health and the environment. These legal challenges highlight the ongoing tension between environmental advocacy groups and government policies regarding environmental protection and climate change, and the role of the courts in mediating these disputes.