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Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than...

Lucas Henneman, George Mason University Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than...

Fines for breaking US pollution laws can vary widely among states...

Jerry Anderson, Drake University It’s expensive to pollute the water in Colorado. The state’s median fine for companies caught...

What are PFAS, and why is the EPA warning about them...

Kathryn Crawford, Middlebury “PFAS? What’s PFAS?” You may be hearing that term in the news as...

A century of tragedy: How the car and gas industry knew...

Bill Kovarik, Radford University On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General...

Nail salon workers suffer chemical exposures that can be like working...

Lupita D. Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder and Aaron Lamplugh, University of Colorado Boulder Anyone who has walked past a nail salon is familiar with...

Why the EPA’s ‘secret science’ proposal alarms public health experts

Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh Later this month, the EPA could finalize a controversial rule to limit what scientific research the agency can use in...

The pull of energy markets – and legal challenges – will...

Hari Osofsky, Pennsylvania State University and Hannah Wiseman, Florida State University On Oct. 10, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt formally announced a repeal of the Clean...

Why Trump’s withdrawal from Paris doesn’t matter as much as you...

Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University Many reacted to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord with understandable dismay, fearful that...

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