Save the Babies
GOP lawmakers are howling to overturn the EPA’s mercury regulations.
Maryland’s Air Quality Raises Serious Questions
Dirty air threatens Maryland’s children.
Welcoming Overdue Mercury Standards
It’s time for the EPA to stand up for kids.
A Lesson Kids Understand, but Congress Does Not
It’s a sad commentary on the state of our country that our children are terrified by what our elected officials are failing to do: Uphold laws that protect their health.
An Unprecedented Attack from Polluters
The House has passed a devastating budget plan that would destroy bedrock safeguards that have protected our health and environment for decades.
Finally, Washington Frowns on Mountaintop Removal Mining
When the EPA revoked a permit for decapitating West Virginia’s mountains, some politicians decided the sky was falling.
Strong Federal Safeguards Needed for Coal Ash
States have an inadequate or non-existent patchwork of rules, with many treating the toxic material like household garbage.
Treaty on Pesticides
persistent organic pollutants, environment, EPA, Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam Convention, pesticides, toxic chemicals, UNEP, PCBs
One More Failed U.S. Environmental Policy
The United States is not just missing the boat on global warming. Washington’s policy on toxic chemicals is also, well, toxic.