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New Report Exposes Cleaning Industry's Filthy Truth

When cleaning product manufacturers assure you that product safety is their highest priority, do you ever wonder if their definition of “safe” might differ from yours?

Trick or Tweak? What Congress Is Really Doing to New Rules on Coal Ash

These are the 1985 and 1978 coal ash ponds next to the retired Cape Fear coal plant near Moncure, NC.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved a 50-page bill that will gut the nation's first-ever federal standard for coal ash disposal.

Strong Arctic Leadership Can Make a Difference at the Top of the World

Secretary Kerry is the new chairman of the Arctic Council, which presents an opportunity for the United States to lead the world in advancing environmental safeguards across the Arctic.

One of California’s Dirtiest Industries Must Clean up Its Act

State agency estimates that California’s freight industrial complex is responsible for 2,000 premature deaths from fine particulate pollution each year.

Strong U.S. Leadership Can Deliver on Black Carbon Reductions in the Arctic

When the U.S. assumes the chair of the Arctic Council this Friday, it will have an extraordinary opportunity to lead on reducing emissions of black carbon and methane.

The Ripple Effect of Overfishing Our Oceans

Stacey Geis' daughter kayaking in Elkhorn Slough, located on the Monterey Bay coastline.

There is a crisis occurring in the Bay Area: Since 2013, there has been a dramatic increase in sea lion strandings due to starvation.

On Franzen's Theory and Uniting Our Climate Things

Abigail Dillen responds to author Jonathan Frazen's recent article in the New Yorker that has sparked a necessary conversation for people that care about climate change.

Coalition Seeks Ban on Flame Retardants

97% of U.S. residents are at a greater risk of harm from toxic flame retardants in their bodies.

Health, firefighter, consumer and science groups are calling on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban certain consumer products if they contain any organohalogen flame retardants—a class of chemicals that counts dioxins and the pesticide DDT among its ranks.

First 100 Days of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Senate

The Senate has been led by Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for 100 days, and it's hard to ignore the evidence that corporate interests are trumping public health and welfare when it comes to addressing climate change.