air pollution

August 22, 2023

Extreme Heat Makes Electricity More Expensive, More Polluting, and Less Reliable

John Rogers
Energy Campaign Analytic Lead

August 10, 2023

How Will EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Carbon Rule Impact Public Health?

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

Trinity Nguyen/Unsplash

July 24, 2023

Despite Potential to Electrify 90 Percent of Routes, USPS Still Plans to Deliver Pollution with the Mail

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

A white electric van drives towards San Francisco on the Oakland Bay Bridge in California.

July 19, 2023

Three Reasons the Market is Primed for Stronger, National Electric Truck Standards

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

chemical plant behind a fence

Gretchen Goldman/UCS

June 27, 2023

EPA Must Protect Communities from Sterilizer Plants’ Carcinogenic Emissions

Guest Commentary

a highway filled with lots of traffic under a bridge

Sebastian Enrique/Unsplash

June 6, 2023

Replacing California’s Oldest and Dirtiest Cars Will Save Money and Lives

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

LA smog

Andreas Strandman/Unsplash

May 17, 2023

Will EPA Follow the Science and Protect Us from Ozone Pollution?

Anita Desikan
Senior Analyst

Trucks on California freeway

Jonathan Schmer/Pexels

May 4, 2023

Clean Fleets Rule Slated to Deliver Healthier Air for Californians

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Fossil fuel industry lobbyist deploying disinformation about natural gas

ImagineDesign/Shutterstock

April 27, 2023

Disinformation Alert: Fossil Fuel Interests Preparing to Deploy False Claims about New EPA Rules

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

April 19, 2023

California Ready to Take Giant Leap Toward Zero-Emission Trucks

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Josiah Farrow/Unsplash

April 13, 2023

EVs Critical Solution For Climate Crisis, But Biden Administration Stopping Short on Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Cholla powerplant in Arizona.

Alan Stark/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