November 16, 2017 4 Ways to Discuss Congressional Budget Riders at the Dinner Table this Thanksgiving Charise Johnson Former Contributor
November 8, 2017 Would Chemical Safety Measures Under Dourson Protect Military Families? Probably Not. Charise Johnson Former Contributor
Looking ahead to the 2017 APHA conference. Photo: Courtesy of APHA November 2, 2017 On Climate Change, a Major Public Health Conference Stands in Stark Contrast to the Trump Administration Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
Photo: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA (Flickr) October 30, 2017 Pruitt Rejects Advice from Independent Scientists Based on False Premises Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
October 30, 2017 The EPA Science Advisory Board Is Being Compromised. Here’s Why That Matters. Michael Halpern Former Contributor
Yvette Arellano/TEJAS October 27, 2017 Spectrum of Harm: Ripple Effects of Trump's Macabre Environmental Policies Derrick Z. Jackson Fellow
October 26, 2017 I Am a 30-Year Veteran Scientist from US EPA; I Can’t Afford to Be Discouraged UCS Science Network
Union of Concerned Scientists October 24, 2017 Memo to EPA Chief Pruitt: End Subsidies for Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables Elliott Negin Former Contributor
October 24, 2017 Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal: The Case of the EPA, John Konkus, and Climate Change Jacob Carter Former Contributor
Photo: Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos/USDA (Flickr) October 11, 2017 The EPA’s Crucial and Unsung Role in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
Photo: justice.gov October 9, 2017 Scott Pruitt's Cynical Move to Rescind the Clean Power Plan Ken Kimmell Former President
Photo: justice.gov September 29, 2017 Pruitt Plans to Gut The Clean Power Plan: How Weak Will The New EPA Proposal Be? Rachel Cleetus Policy Director
North Carolina National Guard/CC BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr) September 12, 2017 What Scott Pruitt Still Gets Wrong About Chemical Safety Post-Hurricane Harvey Yogin Kothari Former Contributor
Gas Station in Houston Before Harvey September 7, 2017 Hurricane Season's Impact at the Pump and Why Fuel Efficiency Matters Don Anair Deputy Director & Research Director, Clean Transportation
September 5, 2017 3 Reasons Why You Should Care About Vehicle Efficiency and Emissions Standards Josh Goldman Former Contributor
Abengoa’s plant in Hugoton Kansas will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels and 21 MW of electricity per year – enough to power the plant and sell some back to the local Stevens County community. Photo credit Abengoa. August 30, 2017 Pruitt’s EPA Undermines Cellulosic Biofuels and Transparency in Government Jeremy Martin Director of Fuels Policy
August 4, 2017 Got Climate Science Questions, Administrator Pruitt? Ask the US National Academy of Sciences Peter Frumhoff Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist
July 6, 2017 Congress Is Trying to Give the Trump Administration a Short Cut to Ignore Public Input and Science: It Shouldn’t Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
Scott Hamlin/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (Flickr) June 29, 2017 It’s the Fourth of July! What Could be More Patriotic Than Serving on a Science Advisory Board? Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor
Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA June 13, 2017 The EPA Budget Cuts Are A Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health Brenda Ekwurzel Director of Scientific Excellence
Scott Pruitt testifies this week before the Senate for the first time as EPA administrator. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr June 12, 2017 Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week's EPA Budget Hearing Kathleen Rest Former Executive Director
June 9, 2017 Drowning in a Sea of Sufficient Ozone Research: An Open Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Gretchen Goldman President and CEO of UCS
USDA June 9, 2017 Federal Science Advisory Boards Under Threat: Why Scientists Should Get Involved Andrew Rosenberg Former Contributor