pollution

Environmental justice activists hold a protest in East Chicago, Indiana

Scott Olson / Getty Images

February 19, 2025

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

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Attendees at a protest for transit justice.

Jeff Swensen / Getty Images

January 16, 2025

Will Environmental Justice Grants Disappear in the Next Administration?

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

a graphic displaying multiple forms of pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

December 18, 2024

EPA Released a Cumulative Impacts Framework. Where Do We Go From Here?

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

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.

FunksBrother/Wikimedia Commons

September 30, 2024

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

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Allison Dinner/Getty Images

September 26, 2024

Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

hands holding a globe

RapidEye/Getty Images

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.

Kelvin Valerio/Pexels

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

Sebastian Enrique/Unsplash

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

Nader Abushhab/Unsplash

April 24, 2023

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

Sophia Marjanovic
Former Staff

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

Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

November 22, 2022

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

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

Benjamin Cruz/Pexels

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

Photo: Tavo Romann/Wikimedia Commons

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
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

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