Circle of Blue
JUNE 14, 2022
Researchers find that federal data does not capture local variations in Ohio ’s air pollution. A Wisconsin judge delays enforcing an April decision that would limit the state’s power to clean up pollution. A controversial mine in Minnesota challenges the possibility of a “just transition” to clean energy.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 14, 2022
Meanwhile, in the background, a coalition of conservative states, in concert with the fossil fuel industry, recently presented oral arguments to the Supreme Court asking the justices to choke the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate global warming gases. Have you heard anyone accusing the World Bank of extremism?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 10, 2023
The power sector is the second highest source of climate pollution in the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a proposed rule which would limit carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning power plants, a move which is critically important, statutorily required, and long overdue.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 2, 2024
Air pollution from ports comes from many sources: ships, trains, tugboats, cargo equipment, and – quite importantly – the trucks that move cargo containers to and from ports. Because drayage trucks tend to be among the oldest tractor trucks on the road, they tend to pollute at greater rates than other tractors.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 22, 2024
Earth Day began under the Nixon Administration in 1970 as a day to support environmental protection and has grown to include nations and communities around the world in appreciation of Mother Earth. Leading up to Earth Day this year, I’ve been reflecting on the meaning and purpose of the annual celebration. It is made up of $4.75
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
Now comes the court’s crippling of the most important federal weapon available to avoid catastrophic climate change and its associated killing of tens of thousands of Americans every year with fossil fuel air pollution. When it comes to environmental hazards, air pollution is by far the most common, with 90 percent of the world’s 2.2
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2024
So of course the American Lung Association ’s yearly report, State of the Air (SOTA), published every year since 2000, is of professional and personal interest. The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. We cannot change the topography.
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