Tag Archive for "EPA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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August 22, 2025

I Testified at the EPA Hearing on the Repeal of the Endangerment Finding

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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August 13, 2025

9 Ways to Counter Disinformation Now that the Trump Administration Has Made It US Climate Policy

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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August 13, 2025

Trump Admin Uses Fossil Fuel Industry Deception Tactics to Undermine Climate Science

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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August 11, 2025

Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate Crisis

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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August 8, 2025

EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US. This false colour image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 3 August 2025, shows the smoke cloud from the wildfires engulfing skies over Canada and the US.

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August 7, 2025

What We’re Watching: Wildfire Smoke and Trump Administration Mirrors

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

John Quentere Jr. looks at the window sticker of a new 2005 Chevy Blazer at Bredemann Chevrolet in Park Ridge, Illinois.

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August 5, 2025

Trump’s Latest Move to Deny Climate Science and What it Means for Vehicle Standards

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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July 16, 2025

EPA Moves to Ignore Power Plant Carbon Emissions, Deny Climate Science

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

World culture earth day and global diversity and international cultures as a concept of diverse races and crowd cooperation symbol as hands holding together the planet earth in a 3D illustration style.

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July 14, 2025

An Important Lesson for These Times from Environmental Justice’s Earliest Days

Guest Commentary

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May 28, 2025

The Crumbling of Bedrock Environmental Policy: We Need to Protect NEPA

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin at his congressional confirmation hearing

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May 14, 2025

Seven Questions for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin as He Testifies Before Congress

Chitra Kumar
Managing Director, Climate and Energy Program

A person walks down a flooded and storm-damaged street in Asheville, North Carolina, post Hurricane Helene.

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May 13, 2025

Trump Administration Attempts Burying Climate Change Evidence to Further Fossil Fuel Agenda

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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May 1, 2025

“Unfinished Business”: Experts Speak Out After Trump Administration Dismantles NEJAC

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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April 16, 2025

Everyone Loses When Environmental Justice Programs Are Cut

Elise Tolbert
Senior Energy Campaign Manager

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April 9, 2025

Zeldin Wants to “Reconsider” the EPA’s GHG Endangerment Finding. He Can’t Bury the Facts on Climate Science.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks at the Republican National Convention in 2024.

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March 26, 2025

Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Darya Minovi
Senior Analyst

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March 26, 2025

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

A demonstrator holds a sign that says EPA within a hand-drawn heart, in a federal building in Washington, DC this February.

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March 25, 2025

The EPA’s Research Office Launched My Career. Now It’s in Danger.

Gretchen Goldman
President of UCS

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contractor works to remove hazardous waste from a home destroyed in the Eaton Fire on February 11, 2025 in Altadena, California.

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March 24, 2025

EPA Staff Stand Firm As Administration Lobs Cuts, Baseless Accusations, and Cruelty

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

President Trump signs an executive order at the White House.

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March 6, 2025

President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

a cleanup crew monitors a field near the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site.

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March 3, 2025

The East Palestine Chemical Disaster Shows the Need for a Cumulative Impacts Approach

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

black and white photo of four smokestacks viewed from far below; smoke billows up into the sky from each one

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February 27, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Deletion of Environmental Justice Data Does Real Harm

Stacy Woods
Research Director

a cloud of smoke seen from a neighborhood in East Palestine, Ohio after a train derailment.

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February 20, 2025

How Scientific Integrity Could Have Prevented the East Palestine Train Disaster

Lisa Van Theemsche
Washington Representative II

Environmental justice activists hold a protest in East Chicago, Indiana

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February 19, 2025

The Trump Administration Is Waging an Attack on Environmental Health and Fair Representation

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist