pollution

An active oil refinery located next to a single family home in Wilmington, California on September 21, 2022.

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October 16, 2024

Introducing the Community Guide to Cumulative Impacts

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Kyger Creek Power Plant viewed from a parking lot off of Ohio State Route 7.

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September 30, 2024

Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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September 26, 2024

Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Senior Vehicles Engineer

hands holding a globe

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April 19, 2024

Earth Day Is a Day to Celebrate the Environmental Progress We’ve Made in Recent Years

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

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March 12, 2024

Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to Its Portfolio

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Man wearing black cap with eyes closed under cloudy sky.

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November 30, 2023

If the US Meets Its Climate Goals, We Can Save Money and Lives

Maria Chavez
Energy Analyst

August 10, 2023

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

Brady Watson
Senior Campaign Coordinator

a highway filled with lots of traffic under a bridge

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June 6, 2023

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

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

The Phoenix skyline at sunset, with a beautiful orange sky contrasting with dark clouds overhead

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April 24, 2023

Dos plantas emisoras de óxido de etileno en Arizona impactan la salud de las comunidades

Sophia Marjanovic
Former Contributor

kids with smokestack

National Archives

February 13, 2023

When It Comes to the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution, the Science Is in

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

polluting refinery

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November 22, 2022

Cumulative Impacts: Why Environmental Protections Need to Take Them into Account

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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February 19, 2020

La contaminación del aire causada por los vehículos en Illinois es injusta, y no tiene porqué serlo

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

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April 30, 2019

EPA’s Plan to Ignore Co-Benefits will Cost American Lives

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

September 13, 2018

The EPA Can’t Stop Polluters When the Trump Administration Cuts Enforcement Staff

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

Photo: Steve Tatum/Flickr

August 21, 2018

A Power Plan No More: Trump Team Slaps Down Progress, Clears Way for Dirty Air

Julie McNamara
Senior Energy Analyst

X-ray of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Photo: WIkimeda.

February 12, 2018

Science Alert to EPA Chief Pruitt: Pollution Kills People

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

October 19, 2017

New UCS Report Finds High Health Risks in Delaware Communities from Toxic Pollution

UCS Science Network

October 9, 2015

Indonesia on Track to Have the Worst Fire Season Since 1997

UCS Science Network

October 7, 2015

4 Reasons to Pay Attention to the Deadly Haze in Southeast Asia this Year

Lael Goodman
Former contributor

February 11, 2015

Why Electric Vehicles Matter in Georgia (and your state too!)

Josh Goldman
Former Contributor

December 9, 2014

Preventing Asthma: Searching "Upstream" for the Evidence

UCS Science Network

November 25, 2013

Do We Need GMOs?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

March 8, 2013

We Know How to Fix Farming

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor

December 18, 2012

President’s Council Report on Agriculture – What About Ecology?

Doug Gurian-Sherman
Former contributor