Tag Archive for "EPA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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February 29, 2024

A New EPA Plan Offers a Roadmap on Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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February 21, 2024

Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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February 13, 2024

Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really a Solution to Reducing Emissions?

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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February 9, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Gas Power Plants Disproportionately Harm Marginalized Communities

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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January 30, 2024

EPA’s New Scientific Integrity Policy: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

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January 22, 2024

An Opportunity to Reduce Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses

Stacy Woods
Research Director

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December 21, 2023

Hydrogen Combustion Is a Dead-End Technology for Heavy-Duty Trucks

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

President Biden vetoes S.J. Res. 11 in June, 2023.

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November 28, 2023

Biden Administration Faces Stark Choice on Its Biggest Climate Policy

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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November 28, 2023

Federal Grants: Duct Tape or Catalyst for Environmental and Climate Justice?

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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November 9, 2023

Automakers Opt Out of Cleaning Up Their Vehicles…But at What Cost?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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October 12, 2023

In a Blow to Public Health, EPA Delays Strengthening Ozone Standards

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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October 4, 2023

Stronger Fuel Economy Standards Are Needed to Clean Up Combustion Vehicles

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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September 21, 2023

Nuclear Frontline Communities Understand Cumulative Burdens—Let’s Get Policymakers On The Same Page

Chanese A. Forté
Scientist

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September 21, 2023

Can the Inflation Reduction Act Advance Climate Justice?

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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August 22, 2023

EPA’s New PFAS Definition Will Make it Harder to Protect the Public

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy

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August 10, 2023

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

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

Against a bright blue sky, a power plant emits clouds of white smoke

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July 31, 2023

Danger Season Underscores Need for Strong EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

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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.

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July 19, 2023

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

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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June 27, 2023

EPA Must Protect Communities from Sterilizer Plants’ Carcinogenic Emissions

Guest Commentary

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June 14, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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June 6, 2023

Bridge to Troubled Waters: US Supreme Court Guts Wetlands Protections

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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May 19, 2023

EPA Must Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Ethylene Oxide

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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May 17, 2023

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

Anita Desikan
Former Senior Analyst, Center for Science and Democracy