air pollution

black and white photo of a coal-fired power plant with two tall smokestacks releasing large plumes of smoke into the sky

PDTillman/Wikimedia Commons

March 23, 2023

Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Soot from smokestack

Klaus Eppele/Adobe Stock

March 14, 2023

Industry’s Tactics to Expose You to More Soot Pollution

Anita Desikan
Senior Analyst

ethylene oxide hotspots in MN

March 1, 2023

Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

Kristie Ellickson
Kendall Fellow

Memphis at night

Luca Sartoni/Flickr

February 27, 2023

Ethylene Oxide Adds to Toxic Burden for Memphis Residents

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

Sierra Club Maryland/Flickr

February 22, 2023

Dear Maryland: It’s Time to Drive Clean Trucks and Buses

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

February 13, 2023

New York City May Soon Set the Pace for Municipal Vehicle Electrification

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Air pollution

sam jotham sutharson/Unsplash

February 3, 2023

EPA Can Save Lives with Tighter Protections on Fine Particulate Pollution

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

December 20, 2022

The EPA’s New Truck Rule Is a Modest Step When What Is Needed Is a Giant Leap

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

December 15, 2022

Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

December 1, 2022

Why UCS Supporters Are Pressing EPA to Let California Enforce Its Truck Pollution Rules

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

November 3, 2022

New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Kyger Creek Plant/PeggyDavis66/Flickr

October 28, 2022

Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Smokestack air pollution

Documerica/Unsplash

October 26, 2022

How’s EPA Doing on Air Pollution Science?

Anita Desikan
Senior Analyst

Thank You (23 Millions+) views/FLICKR

October 21, 2022

California Needs to Focus on Electrifying Big Rigs

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Row of 11 tractor trucks

TRUCKSPR/FLICKR

October 13, 2022

Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Daimler Truck North America

September 26, 2022

Fighting Climate Change and Unhealthy Air, California Wants to Electrify Trucks, Too

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

A Nikola electric truck crosses the Queensway Bay Bridge in Long Beach, California

Nikola Newsroom

August 2, 2022

Congress Considers First-Ever Purchase Incentive for Commercial EVs

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

California farmland seen under a hazy sky

Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash

July 26, 2022

Climate Change Threatens Already Poor Air Quality in California’s Central Valley

Carly Phillips
Fellow

June 1, 2022

EPA’s Proposed Truck Rule Delays Justice for Freight-Impacted Communities

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

March 21, 2022

We Can Electrify One in Three Heavy Duty Trucks by 2030: Here’s How.

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Chantal Cadorette/Unpslash

March 7, 2022

EPA Recognizes Problem of Truck Pollution, But Hesitates on Solution

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Brian Stalter/Unsplash

February 28, 2022

The Truck Industry’s Decades-long War on Stronger Pollution Controls

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Western Area Power/Flickr

December 16, 2021

Illinois Can Still Say “Knope” to Pawnee Gas Plant

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

@smwallday/unsplash

November 5, 2021

Verdict on First US Fuel Economy and Emissions Program for Trucks: Success?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst