Hot, Tick Summer
by Paige Knappenberger, Director, Environment & Health Program A tick fell on my husband’s face last weekend as we watched our sons play on our back patio in Northwest Washington, DC. I grew up in Arizona, so ticks were never something I worried about as a kid....
Don’t let EPA weaken coal ash safeguards
After decades of advocacy, we won strong, health-protective coal ash standards in 2015 and 2024. Now, EPA wants to roll them back. Earlier this year, we asked you to submit comments in defense of federal protections when they proposed a delay of enforcement. EPA’s...
For Public Health and to Save Money, New York Needs Renewable Energy
We need clean, renewable energy to protect our health and to drive down energy costs. As organizations representing public and environmental health as well as frontline healthcare professionals, including the American Lung Association, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy...
Tell Congress: Polluters aren’t above the law!
As if polluters haven’t received enough big breaks over the last year, just in time for Earth Day, Congress wants to give them a gift they’ve always wanted: complete immunity. Republican lawmakers have now introduced legislation in both chambers of Congress that would...
Health, Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Flawed, Unlawful Decision to Repeal the Endangerment Finding
Petition identifies multiple, serious problems with new information and analysis in final rule (Washington, D.C. – April 16, 2026) Sixteen health and environmental groups filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlining severe flaws in its rule...
Beyond Nuclear featured guest on NEIS monthly meeting, Night With The Experts Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter presented ideas stemming from her new ...
Ellsberg legacy documentary is free to screen with aim to reach and re-awaken as many audiences as possible to the perpetual danger of ...
http://nuclearactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CCNSUpdate061226mc.mp3 On Monday, May 8th, 2026, at a press conference in front of La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member ...
By Lorri Epstein, Science & Education Director If you are an elementary student in the Columbia Gorge, odds are you can identify this ...