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Environment
June 1, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s eight-part battle plan for screwing the environment is nearly complete.
May 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Leaving the Paris Agreement Won’t Doom the Planet
Trump reportedly is on the brink of withdrawing from the deal, prompting widespread hysteria. But it's not the most damaging thing he can do to Obama's climate legacy.
May 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Leaving the Paris agreement would be Trump’s biggest middle finger to the world yet.
May 30, 2017
Emily Atkin
What Is Scott Pruitt Hiding?
The EPA administrator's media aversion, unavailable public schedule, and a history of industry favors are raising red flags.
May 24, 2017
Emily Atkin
Why Are Environmental Agencies Celebrating Trump’s Devastating Cuts?
In curiously similar language, they claim his proposed budget would return them to their "core mission" and allow them to work more "efficiently."
May 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s budget would devastate the EPA more than any other federal agency.
May 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA Is Set to Break a Major Promise
A proposed 25 percent cut to the Superfund budget would bring the cleanup program to a halt, but it's Scott Pruitt's close relationship with polluters that has experts even more worried.
May 22, 2017
Emily Atkin
Is Scott Pruitt courting polluters to build a political career?
May 19, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s quest to undo Obama’s environmental protections has been surprisingly productive.
May 19, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Is the Hypocritical Liar That Trump Deserves
The EPA administrator made a career of trying to break the agency. Now he claims that Obama's EPA didn't accomplish enough.
May 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scientists feared federal data might disappear under Trump. They were right.
May 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA Science Adviser Quits in Protest Over Firings: “I Hope Others Will Resign”
A Q&A with Peter Meyer, a PhD economist at the University of Louisville.
May 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, just reiterated the “need for global action” on climate change.
May 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Media Is Failing Miserably to Challenge Trump on Climate Change
The press is covering the president's attacks on climate science and policy, but when the time comes to press him in person, reporters go silent.
May 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Did John McCain just rescue a big part of Obama’s climate legacy to punish Trump for firing Comey?
May 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA Fired a Bunch of Scientists. It’s Just Political Theater—For Now.
"It’s meant to unsettle people, and it’s doing a pretty good job."
May 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
Ivanka and Jared Will Not Save Us From Trump
They have the president's ear, but they're not moderating him. Here's why they hold so little sway over Trump.
May 3, 2017
Emily Atkin
The New York Times
’ public editor ignores the central problem with Bret Stephens’s climate column.
May 2, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Rise of “Kinder, Gentler” Climate-Change Deniers
Bret Stephens might seem reasonable compared to conspiracy theorists, but his stealth denial is far more damaging.
May 1, 2017
Emily Atkin
Congress saved the EPA from Trump—for now.
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