Explainers

Air pollution from coal-fired power plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems, acid rain, global warming, and other severe environmental and public health impacts.

Coal is a main contributor to global warming, and has major negative effects on human health and the environment.

Ten ways climate change affects our planet.

Lakes, rivers, streams, and drinking water supplies are all heavily impacted by coal mines and power plants.

Why do we have the fuel economy standards that we have today? Where are they going? Learn more here.

The Climate Change and Your Health initiative is an effort by the Union of Concerned Scientists to highlight the health risks associated with global warming.

The highest tolerable wet-bulb temperature could be exceeded for the first time in human history in future climate scenarios.

Not everyone understands the relationship between electricity and water. This page makes it easy.

Also known as "geoengineering," it is the intentional large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system to counter climate change.

The EPA’s Tier 3 fuel and vehicle standards drastically reduced air pollution and improved public health.

Improving the energy efficiency of our homes, businesses, and industries can yield quick, significant, and sustained energy savings—and save consumers and businesses billions of dollars in the process.

Energy and water use are closely intertwined. Conventional power plants generate power by boiling water to produce steam that spins huge electricity-generating turbines.