Learn how automakers and lawmakers are fighting back against Scott Pruitt’s attempt to roll back car emissions standards and make our air dirtier while helping his corporate donors.
Articles by Marcia G. Yerman
Fracking Colorado is a Health Justice Issue
Read about a proposed fracking site in Colorado that is adjacent to a school in a predominantly non-white area, and the push back from moms that has followed.
Fossil Fuels + Fewer Rules = Bad Health
Learn how the Trump administration is filled with people who deny climate science and put our health and future at risk with unsound, unethical positions and actions.
Does Your State Have a Climate Adaptation Plan?
Learn how Superfund and other toxic chemical sites are made more hazardous by climate change and extreme weather, and how states need to be prepared to deal with emergencies.
We Need the Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
Read about proposed cuts to the budget of the National Weather Service that would make it more difficult for communities to prepare for sever weather.
“Babies Are Being Born Pre-Polluted” Says Pediatrician
Learn about a stunning new paper that links infant mortality and low birth weight to pollution and what the authors say are “pre-polluted babies”.
Winning Climate Change with Women
Learn about women and climate change becoming a winning combination to tackle climate change deniers and heal our world. We also have info on a fascinating article suggesting a link between climate change denial and sexism.
Pay Attention to Pruitt
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is problematic for clean air and climate change issues. Read our coverage of his appearance before the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cross-State Air Pollution: The Proof is in the Cradle
A new study shows a decrease in low birth weight and preterm births in New Jersey after the closure of a cross-state air pollution producing power plant.
Healing Words in Troubled Times from Dr. Martin Luther King
As we prepare to commemorate another of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthdays, we look to his words about the environment and world that we live in.
New York Holds a People’s Hearing on Clean Power Plan Reversal
Read about New York’s initiative in creating its own Clean Power Plan hearings when the EPA would not hold local hearings.
Federal Lands Get Fracked
Learn about the Trump administration’s end-of-year regulations to allow fracking on federal lands and what this means for public land and native land.