The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) is a nonprofit environmental law firm dedicated to protecting California’s Central Coast through education, advocacy, and legal action. Serving Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties, EDC empowers community-based organizations to safeguard natural resources and public health. Their work spans climate and energy, clean water, open space and wildlife, and the Santa Barbara Channel, providing free and low-cost legal services to nearly 140 groups since 1977. EDC’s efforts have led to the retirement of 40 offshore oil leases, preservation of over 100,000 acres of open space, and strengthened protections for endangered species and marine ecosystems.
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906 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101
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