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Environmental Protection Agency scientists sort samples for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the EPA Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
From the Experts February 19, 2026

They Got U.S. Cleaner Air and Water. Now This Administration Is Driving Them Away.

Closing EPA labs means dirtier air, unsafe water, and sicker communities.

A refinery is seen at sunset on June 18, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
From the Experts December 17, 2025

Breathing the Consequences: EPA’s Refusal to Implement Strengthened Soot Standard Endangers Public Health

A February 2026 deadline calls for EPA to address air pollution from soot, but it appears the agency has taken few steps, if any, to do so.

The Washington County courthouse in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
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From the Experts December 15, 2025

The Laws Still Exist, the Consequences Don’t: America’s Vanishing Environmental Enforcement

With environmental enforcement at a historic low, it’s open season for polluters.

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts October 24, 2025

Los Esfuerzos de la Administración Trump para Destruir Una Ciencia Sólida

Según informes de prensa, EPA planea eliminar su división de investigación científica. Esta medida beneficiará a los contaminadores a expensas de todos los habitantes de este país.

From the Experts August 25, 2025

The Gridlock Scare Was Just Hot Air

Yet again, polluters’ sky-is-falling predictions — this time, of permitting gridlock — prove false.

A spreader applies sewage sludge to a farm field in Wellston, Okla. (Joshua A. Bickel / AP)
From the Experts August 15, 2025

Federal Action on PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge Is Long Overdue

It is past time to address the crisis of PFAS-contaminated farmland. EPA must promptly finalize its risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge, publish appropriate regulations, and begin evaluating risks associated with other PFAS chemicals in sludge.

The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)
From the Experts: Victory May 27, 2025

In Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, a Deserved Reprieve for St. John Residents After Years of Environmental Injustice

Denka halts toxic neoprene production after years of community pressure.

Smog clogs the air around the 405 freeway in Los Angeles. (Andi Patz / Getty Images)
From the Experts May 22, 2025

Where We Go from Here on States’ Zero-Emissions Cars and Trucks Progress

Republican Senators won a temporary delay in our shift to zero-emissions using an unlawful maneuver, but states should be emboldened to quickly shape new tools to clean their air

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. (Matt Rourke / AP)
From the Experts May 19, 2025

Zeldin’s EPA Spin Is Full of Myths — Here’s the Reality

As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin prepares to appear before Congress, his public claims unravel under the weight of the facts.

Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant. (Appalachian Voices)
From the Experts May 2, 2025

Polluters can now email their way out of clean air laws, courtesy of Trump

Trump is handing out pollution waivers, leaving millions breathing more toxic air

From the Experts April 3, 2025

Medicaid, Pollution, and Policy Failures — An Overlooked Cycle

Lawmakers are gutting both Medicaid and environmental protections, endangering vulnerable communities.

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts March 26, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Latest Effort to Destroy Sound Science

News reports say the EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm. This move will benefit polluters at the expense of every person in this country.

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From the Experts March 19, 2025

Congress Wants to Keep a Carcinogen Ravaging our Communities in Use — We Can’t Let That Happen

Lawmakers want to over turn a life-saving ban that phases out the potent carcinogen trichloroethylene (TCE)

The U.S. EPA’s flag flies outside the Federal Triangle complex in Washington, D.C. (Aidan Wakely Mulroney / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
From the Experts November 26, 2024

Just More of the Same in Trump’s Tired Anti-Environmental Agenda

Republicans take power with an agenda that will benefit polluters big time at the expense of communities and weakened protections for air and water.

Power plants are the biggest sources of water pollution in the country. Power plant water discharges are filled with toxic pollution such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium.
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From the Experts: Victory April 25, 2024

EPA Finalized New Wastewater Treatment Standards for Coal-fired Power Plants

A 15-year legal fight to curb toxic wastewater to protect drinking water.

From the Experts August 24, 2023

EPA announces that cleaning up coal ash will be a top priority for enforcement

EPA acknowledges widespread noncompliance from coal-fired power plant owners.

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From the Experts July 19, 2023

House Republicans Released Their Interior-EPA Appropriations Bill. It’s Even Worse than We Expected

Congress must reject these poison pill riders and non-negotiable provisions that will harm communities and the environment.

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are more similar to massive industrial factories than they are to actual farms. (Shutterstock)
From the Experts December 22, 2022

It’s Time to Put an End to Industrial Agriculture’s Relentless Pursuit of Secrecy

Big agriculture is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and yet several bills have been introduced to hide the industry’s pollution.