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Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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PFAS “Action” Plan Is a Toxic Valentine for Water Drinkers

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
The “action plan” to address PFAS chemicals—released by the Agency today in an effort to stem the rising tide of scrutiny and criticism (and oversight)—offers little if any concrete commitments to take action.

Protecting the Safety Net for New Chemicals Under TSCA

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
NRDC has withdrawn its lawsuit challenging EPA's illegal "Framework" for reviewing new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) after the Agency declared that it had never actually used the Framework to review the safety of new chemicals, and…

Pruitt: Thousands of Toxic Spills? No Problem.

Expert BlogErik D. Olson, Daniel Rosenberg
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt continues to shirk his obligations to protect public health and the environment. This week, he blew off the Agency's commitment (in a court settlement no less) to address spills of hazardous chemicals that are polluting our…

More News on Toxic Chemicals in Food That’s Hard to Swallow

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg, Erik D. Olson
A new study released today provides further evidence that we are being exposed to a class of toxic chemicals that harm male reproduction in our food—with higher levels of exposure from eating at restaurants.

Needless Deaths: Toxic Solvents in Paint Strippers

Expert BlogUnited StatesDaniel Rosenberg, Erik D. Olson

The decision by the Trump administration to shelve a ban on the toxic solvent methylene chloride is already responsible for verifiable and actual deaths, with more almost certain to occur.

Trump EPA: Creating Tomorrow’s Toxic Problems Today

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
The EPA is taking dangerous, unlawful, and alarming steps to dismantle the long-standing TSCA program for reviewing the safety of new chemicals before they are allowed on the market.

Wither TSCA Reform?

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
Those who seek and support meaningful restrictions on toxic chemicals to protect people from cancer, learning and developmental disabilities, and reproductive harm cannot afford to just let the revised TSCA fade away.

Chemical Industry Takeover of EPA Toxics Office: NYT Report

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
EPA oversight and regulation of toxic chemicals has slackened since Nancy Beck, a recent chemical industry executive, took charge, and the New York Times has amassed alarming evidence of this in a story by Eric Lipton.

CPSC Poised to Ban Toxic Phthalates in Toys, Kid’s Products

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
When the CPSC votes to finalize the proposed ban on a handful of phthalates from toys and child care articles, it will be an important advance in efforts to protect children from toxic chemicals in their homes, as well as…

To Pruitt EPA: See You and Your Illegal TSCA Rules in Court

Expert BlogUnited StatesDaniel Rosenberg

NRDC, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and Cape Fear River Watch are suing EPA to make sure it assesses chemicals as required by the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). If EPA doesn’t conduct a complete evaluation, it…

Dow Purchases Naming Rights for EPA’s Toxics Office

Expert BlogDaniel Rosenberg
In March, EPA Administrator Pruitt ignored the findings of Agency scientists that there is no safe level of exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos, and walked away from a proposed ban on its use outdoors. Dow is the main manufacturer of…