Tag: Regulation
Both conservatives and liberals want a green energy future, but for...
Deidra Miniard, Indiana University; Joe Kantenbacher, Indiana University, and Shahzeen Attari, Indiana University
Political divisions are a growing fixture in the United States today, whether...
BP paid a steep price for the Gulf oil spill but...
David M. Uhlmann, University of Michigan
The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. A massive explosion...
Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail
Christopher Sergeant, The University of Montana and Julian D. Olden, University of Washington
Scars from large mining operations are permanently etched across the landscapes of...
EPA’s proposed ‘secret science’ rule directly threatens children’s health
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
The Trump administration is working to weaken U.S. environmental regulations in many areas, from water and air pollution to energy development and...
Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard...
Hana Habib, Carnegie Mellon University and Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University
You’ve probably encountered a pair of shoes that won’t stop following you around the...
The EPA disbanded our clean air science panel. We met anyway...
H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University
Since 1980, emissions of six common air pollutants have decreased by 67%, thanks largely to government regulation. At...
How to address America’s lead crisis and provide safe drinking water...
Qi Bing, University of California, Irvine and Maura C. Allaire, University of California, Irvine
Since the Flint drinking water crisis erupted five years ago, Americans...
Shouldn’t there be a law against reckless opioid sales? Turns out,...
Nicolas Paul Terry, IUPUI
The massive scale of prescription opioid shipments as the ongoing overdose epidemic unfolded has started to come into focus.
Drug companies shipped...