Earlier this month, American energy company Phillips 66 announced it would close its Southern California refinery complex. For over a century, Phillips 66 has pumped out millions of barrels of ...

In a new letter released today, organizations representing victims of radiation exposure from nuclear testing fallout and production are calling on Utah’s congressional delegation to support the ...

WASHINGTON—The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its annual emissions gap report today. According to this latest analysis, global heat-trapping emissions have yet to peak, and the ...

WASHINGTON—Experts from the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will be attending this year’s annual United Nations climate change talks (also referred to as COP29), which are being held in ...

Now is the time to fight for policies that support a transportation system that truly centers the communities it’s meant to ...

The United States’ car-focused transportation system is inequitable, expensive, and bad for the environment and public health. It is time for a new model—one that is more affordable, reduces ...

WASHINGTON—Large technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon have recently announced their interest in using nuclear energy to meet their growing energy demands, fueled largely by ...

Across the United States, health and environmental policies do too little to protect people and communities from harmful chemicals and pollution in the real world. One key reason is that the nation's ...

US health and environmental policies currently regulate one pollutant and one source of pollution at a time. But in the real world, no one is exposed to one pollutant from one source at a time. Rather ...

Gas-fired power plants are the largest source of carbon emissions in the US electricity sector and a major source of pollution. By investing in renewable energy, we can directly ramp down gas—and ...

As California transitions to a transportation system powered by clean electricity, it must phase out the existing supply chain for petroleum fuels in an orderly process—one that protects communities, ...