The race is on: Unless it kicks the can down the road another few weeks, Congress must agree on a spending package in order to avert a government shutdown by December 22. It’s crunch time for the budget, and EPA funding is poised for severe...

Back when we started Moms Clean Air Force, I did my first interview with Dr. Robert Bullard, who has been described as the Father of Environmental Justice. He gave me a primer on why low-income and minority communities are at an increased risk of illness from airborne pollution....

Late last night, the nomination of Michael Dourson, toxicologist for hire, to lead EPA’s chemical safety office was withdrawn. This is a major victory in our fight to keep toxic chemicals out of our stuff. Dourson had a track record that made it clear he never...

Beyond the many moments of disbelief and anger I have felt watching essential climate protections be rolled back this year — as even more climate-fueled wildfires rage on in my homestate of California — I come back again to hope in people like you. You,...

Oh, the irony. I write this post after two unshowered and under-coffeed days, after an unexpected wind storm knocked out power to most of the Northeast. School was cancelled here in Central Vermont for a few days. In parts of New England, it’s not unheard...