Tag Archive for "EPA" - Union of Concerned Scientists

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February 6, 2019

Kids and Mercury Don’t Mix. You Now Have 2 Days Left to Tell the Trump Administration.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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February 1, 2019

EPA’s Administrator Must Be Serious About Protecting Us From PFAS. Wheeler Is Not.

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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February 1, 2019

Independent Science Takes Another Hit at the EPA: New Science Advisory Board Members Announced

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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January 14, 2019

Trump Swamp Threatens Waters of the US

Derrick Z. Jackson
Fellow

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January 8, 2019

Mercury Is Toxic. Andrew Wheeler’s Proposed Rollback Is Even Worse.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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November 27, 2018

EPA Chemical Office Nominee Alexandra Dunn Must Prioritize Science and Public Health

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

November 13, 2018

Automakers propose loopholes, not rollbacks of cleaner car standards—both are terrible

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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November 13, 2018

The Voters have Spoken: Time for Checks and Balances to Make a Comeback

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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October 19, 2018

Fighting for Facts and Family: What Will We Tell Our Kids?

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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October 19, 2018

EPA’s Proposal to Restrict Science Will Be Delayed: Score One for Science.

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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October 12, 2018

Why Andrew Wheeler’s Social Media Actions Matter

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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October 4, 2018

Kids Deserve to Have Healthy Lives: The Uncertain Fate of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

October 3, 2018

Top EPA Science Office Sidelined as Political Appointees Hatched Controversial Science Proposal

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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October 2, 2018

The EPA Disbanded Its Office of Science Advisor. Here’s Why That Matters.

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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September 13, 2018

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

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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August 21, 2018

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

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 14, 2018

Trump Administration Takes Aim at Public Health Protections

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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August 2, 2018

8 Ridiculous Things in the Trump Rollback of Clean Car Standards (And 1 Thing They Get Right)

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

July 27, 2018

Auto Standards Rollback: Oil companies Win, Everyone Else Loses

Don Anair
Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation

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July 27, 2018

A Rare Victory: EPA Reverses Course and Closes Zombie Truck Loophole (For Now)

Jonna Hamilton
Former Contributor

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July 25, 2018

Unwinding the Perverse Arithmetic of Scott Pruitt’s Small Refinery Exemptions to the RFS

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

July 24, 2018

Trump’s EPA Puts Our Health at Risk

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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July 20, 2018

New EPA Administrator, Same Bad Idea—Car Standard Rollbacks Would be Awful

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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July 18, 2018

Watching Wheeler: 9 Critical Actions the New EPA Chief Should Take

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director