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June 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules as He Fully Destroys States’ Rights
This isn’t just an attack on the environment. It’s an attack on every state.
June 12, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The Symbolic Power of Burning Waymo Robotaxis
It’s no accident that the vehicles that got torched during the Los Angeles protests were driverless cars.
June 10, 2025
Liza Featherstone
Science Badly Needs Defending Right Now. It Doesn’t Need Your Belief.
Smug assertions of “believing in science” have only contributed to the problem. We’ve got to make a better pitch.
June 5, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Trump’s Attacks on Climate Policy Are Even Hitting Exxon
The Trump administration is cutting funding for a controversial green technology that won the support of fossil fuel executives and congressional Republicans.
June 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s FEMA Overhaul Is Creating Chaos Right Before Hurricane Season
Hurricane season is about to start, and FEMA is in shambles.
June 4, 2025
Aaron Regunberg
Big Oil Gets Slapped With Its First Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Leon v. ExxonMobil is the boldest step yet in the efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the damage it’s done to the planet.
June 3, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Meteorologist Warns Trump Cuts Will Have Dire Consequences on Live TV
John Morales, who has been a meteorologist for 40 years, warned that weather forecasts are about to get bad this hurricane season.
June 3, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Trump Is Going to Raise Your Insurance Premiums
To model risk, insurance companies rely on climate data gathered by the federal government. The Trump administration is decimating the agencies collecting it. Guess who will pay?
June 2, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Lindsey Graham Under Fire After Sick Post About Greta Thunberg
The Republican senator is attacking Greta after she joined a flotilla to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.
May 29, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The Republican Plot to Let People Die of Heatstroke
As we approach a summer that may be among the hottest on record, Republicans are trying to cut programs that help the poor and the elderly stay cool—and stay alive.
May 23, 2025
Liza Featherstone
Trump Isn’t the Godsend That Fishermen Had Hoped For
Many in the fishing industry were eager to put Trump back in the White House. But the president and Elon Musk’s DOGE have unleashed havoc and confusion.
May 22, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Are Rewriting Congressional Rules So Cars Can Pollute More
The GOP engineered a complicated maneuver to stop letting California set its own vehicle emissions standards. The consequences could reach far beyond air quality.
May 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s EPA Head Melts Down When Democrat Catches Him in a Lie
Lee Zeldin lost it when Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked about climate change grants.
May 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tornadoes Just Wrecked Multiple States. Where Are Trump and FEMA?
Local leaders are warning that the federal emergency response is nowhere to be found.
May 19, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States
Nearly three-quarters of investments spurred on by the IRA have flowed to states that voted for Trump. We’ll soon see how committed Republicans are to snatching from their own constituents.
May 14, 2025
Kate Aronoff
The New Acting Administrator of FEMA Wrote a Novel. It’s Not Good.
David Richardson’s book is loosely based on his experiences fighting in Iraq. It suggests we have a pompous, self-aggrandizing womanizer heading emergency management.
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Is Now Holding States’ Disaster Relief Hostage
Donald Trump is increasing pressure on states that refuse to join his war on immigrants.
May 9, 2025
Kate Aronoff
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other artificial-intelligence executives are vague about what AI can do for the government. They’re very specific about what the government can do for them.
May 8, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Sacks FEMA Chief One Day After He Tried to Save the Agency
Donald Trump fired the acting FEMA administrator—right before hurricane season begins.
May 7, 2025
Kate Aronoff
Trump Is Destroying the Data that Keeps the Country Running
DOGE’s attacks on the administrative state threaten to undermine essential data gathering across a vast array of fields, from economics to the environment.
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