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March 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
The media has essentially stopped covering climate change.
March 21, 2017
Cally Carswell
How Reagan’s EPA Chief Paved the Way for Trump’s Assault on the Agency
Anne Gorsuch Burford—the mother of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch—cut its budget by a quarter and its workforce by 20 percent.
March 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
The media missed Stephen Hawking’s most important remark about Donald Trump—again.
March 17, 2017
Emily Atkin
A coal lobbyist may become Scott Pruitt’s right-hand man at the EPA.
March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA Cuts “Literally Will Make People Sick”
Forget climate change. The agency won't even be able to adequately protect public health, officials say.
March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
California officials are lurking at EPA headquarters, trying to poach its depressed employees.
March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s budget is a middle finger to science.
March 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
A record number of House Republicans just vowed to fight climate change.
March 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
Air Pollution Denial Is the New Climate Denial
The latest right-wing lie is even crazier than the supposed global warming "hoax." But it's gaining influence in the Trump administration.
March 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt is doing an excellent job—at luring scientists into politics.
March 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s climate change battle with a bunch of kids is heating up.
March 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
Republicans’ War on Science Just Got Frighteningly Real
Two terrible bills that Obama would have vetoed are back in play, and they stand a very good chance of becoming law under Trump.
March 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA chief Scott Pruitt just went full climate denier.
March 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
Another U.S. oil company wants Trump to stay in the Paris climate agreement.
March 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA’s Science Office Removed “Science” From Its Mission Statement
March 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
Steve Bannon Used to Believe in Science. Now He’s America’s Top Climate Villain.
From Biosphere 2 to Breitbart: the mysterious conversion of Donald Trump's chief strategist.
March 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s press office apparently plagiarized an Exxon Mobil press release.
March 2, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt wasted no time in granting his first favor to the oil and gas industry.
March 2, 2017
Emily Atkin
A bunch of Democrats just voted to confirm Rick Perry as Energy Secretary.
March 2, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt would like you to relax about the EPA cuts.
Scott Pruitt is trying to calm our nerves about the massive cuts coming to EPA. At

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