Results from the U.S. midterm election are mostly in, and, when it comes to what they mean for the environment, they’re a real mixed bag.
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The Best and Worst Midterm Results for the Environment
Clean Energy Win in Colorado and New Mexico
Democrats are set to expand their reach into the U.S. oil patch after Tuesday’s election, potentially turning Western states into a testing ground for new oil and gas regulation.
Great News! Major Wins for Climate Safety.
Is the glass half full, or half empty after the 2018 midterm elections?
Oklahoma’s “Mercury Alley” Town has Lowest Life Expectancy Rate
If you want to live a long life don’t move to Stilwell, Oklahoma. This small, rural town has the lowest life expectancy rate in the U.S.
Ozone Deaths Down Following Clean Air Act Amendments
The number of air pollution-related deaths in the United States plunged by almost half in the two decades following passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
EPA Andrew Wheeler Visits Pittsburgh
EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler is working to revoke methane safeguards that protect our children from industrial pollution.
The EPA Is Fracking With Our Future
Scientists are ringing the alarm bells to warn us that time is running out to slow down global warming. There is one thing we can do immediately to make a significant contribution to bring us to climate safety: cut methane emissions.
Why Power Companies Want to Keep Mercury Standards
Last week, the White House and EPA launched a dangerous proposal that would ease restrictions on mercury pollution.
Climate Change is Coming for You and Your Children
The 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming reads like a horror flick. The findings are frightening, especially if action is not taken.
A Cry From the Heart
What would you do, if your doctor told you that you had only several more years to get your cancer under control — or watch your disease become virtually untreatable?
5 Things About Trump’s EPA Assault on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards are now fully implemented and working successfully. Here are five ways the Trump administration is trying to weaken the standards and move us backwards.
Trump’s EPA is Okay with Poisoning our Babies’ Brains
Read about the horrible decision by Trump’s EPA to try and roll back limits on toxic mercury spewed by coal burning power plants to please their donors.