UCS is building an alliance for independent science.

Meeting agendas of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) FACA group that advises EPA administrator about children's environmental health, members, meetings, and related info.

The advisory committee charged with advancing the agency's MAHA strategy has been defunct for months.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Branch is announcing two public meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). A virtual meeting will be held t...

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.

Disappearing data. Silenced scientists. We've tracked threats to the federal scientific enterprise for decades.

The conduct of two Louisiana agencies might have harmed Black residents living in the state’s industrial corridor, according to a letter from federal environmental regulators Wednesday.The U.S. Enviro...

The agency has analyzed “disparate impacts” to ensure federal relief reaches disadvantaged communities. That concept might soon disappear.

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.

Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...

Over the last year and a half, the Trump administration has recklessly dismantled the democratic institutions that keep us safe, including the systems that rely on the best available science to inform government decision-making.

The move reshapes how future assessments of chemical dangers will be carried out, and if they’ll be ignored, delayed or understated to benefit industry.

Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement.

For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review...

A little-known EPA office whose research protects us from carcinogens and pollution is at risk of being silenced. Why?

Staffers in the Office of Research and Development will be reassigned in March.

Thank Senator Brian Schatz for introducing the Scientific Integrity Act, and help build momentum to protect science and the public good.

For the first time in seven years, the Scientific Integrity Act has been reintroduced in the Senate! Sponsored by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hi.), it’s a companion bill to the House version of the Scientifi...

We need policy not just to protect scientific research but to help protect the United States’ economy, global standing, and ability to innovate.

More than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...

More than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

President Trump has given free rein to some of the most polluting industries in the country.

Vaccines are very safe and help protect us. Why does this administration keep interfering with them?

The White House's actions tell a story of a planned and intentional attack on our federal scientific infrastructure, causing real harm to people and the planet today and endangering all of us in the l...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in recent months stopped publication of studies about the safety of COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Serv…

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is announcing the selection of new members to the Science Advisory Board (SAB).

Workshop Title Share Your Voice: Effective Public Comment Writing for EPA’s Proposal to Weaken Standards for Ethylene Oxide Emissions OverviewJoin the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Envir...

The White House's actions tell a story of a planned and intentional attack on our federal scientific infrastructure, causing real harm to people and the planet today and endangering all of us in the l...

The EPA's research office is a gold standard for science in service of public good. We must fight to save it.

A little-known EPA office whose research protects us from carcinogens and pollution is at risk of being silenced. Why?

The agency said the new program would focus on “statutorily required functions” with teams that “have different goals, strategies, etc.”

Staff expressed frustration with how the transfers are being handled and perceive them as yet another measure to traumatize the workforce.

Interactive map of EPA Risk Management Program facilities and chemical accidents. Explore publicly available hazardous chemical data across the United States.