Big Coal: Children’s Health Is Too Expensive: Some utilities and coal companies are complaining that EPA’s new pollution rules cost too much while they sit on more than enough money to comply, write Daniel J. Weiss and Matthew Kasper.

Senators Support Cancer from the Skies While Raking in Big Campaign Cash: Sen. Susan Collins and 20 other senators return the favor to their polluting campaign contributors with a bill that imposes a moratorium on industry regulations, write Daniel J. Weiss and Matthew Kasper.

Mercury Falling: Many power plants can reduce their mercury and other toxics emissions without significant hardship, write Daniel J. Weiss, Valeri Vasquez, and Stewart Boss.

School’s Out, Bad Air’s In: Summer smog puts our children at risk, write Jorge Madrid and Susan Lyon. Support EPA’s proposed rules to limit pollution and fight this problem.

Join the Campaign to Fight Asthma in Communities of Color: The Center for American Progress Action Fund is leading a campaign to curb asthma and other harmful health effects from coal-fired power plants. Here’s how you can help.

Fighting Asthma and Cleaning Up Our Air: Susan Lyon and Jorge Madrid discuss the growing costs of asthma in the United States and how a new EPA rule would help lessen the pollution that aggravates the disease.

The Year of Living Dangerously: 2010's extreme weather could be a preview of a not-too-distant future should we fail to reduce carbon dioxide pollution, write Daniel J. Weiss, Valeri Vasquez, and Ben Kaldunski.

Interactive Map: Extreme Weather Across the Nation: Explore how extreme weather affected the United States in 2010.

Celebrating Earth Day with a Commitment to Environmental Justice: A focus on Earth Day should be moving toward policies that help protect communities of color from environmental harm, write Alejandro Garcia and Jorge Madrid.

Fossil Fuels: A Legacy of Disaster: Fossil fuel workers pay a high price for our reliance on these energy sources, write Daniel J. Weiss and Valeri Vasquez. Renewable fuels are safer for workers, human health, and the environment.

CR Compromise Protects Air Pollution Safeguards: Important air pollution safeguards and investments in clean energy were preserved in the budget deal hashed out last week but Big Oil tax loopholes remain, write Daniel J. Weiss and Valeri Vasquez.

Why the EPA Is Important for Latino Families: The Environmental Protection Agency is a “green line of defense” for Latino families, write Jorge Madrid and Valeri Vasquez. Latinos should reject conservative attacks against it.

A Forecast for Disaster: All Americans stand to lose economically if House Republicans succeed in cutting funding for new environmental satellites, writes Michael Conathan.

Beyond Recovery for Gulf Coast Communities of Color: Folayemi Agbede explores the recommendations that would most effectively boost employment and prosperity among the region’s Black, Asian, Latino, and Native American families.

Beyond Recovery : Recommendations for a regional ecosystem restoration plan to help coastal communities recover their past strength and provide the building blocks for a new, more diversified economic growth strategy.

Forecast: Storm Warnings: A new report from CAP's environment experts argues that the country must prepare for more severe hurricanes due to global warming.