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February 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
Donald Trump loves that dirty water.
The Trump administration has already started rolling back clean water protections.
February 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
Bill Nye and Bernie Sanders make the anti-government case for climate action.
February 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Trump administration says it will improve air and water quality by cutting billions from the EPA.
To improve clean air and water, Trump is cutting "tens of billions" from the EPA.
February 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Scientific Community Is Facing an Existential Crisis
Dr. Rush Holt talks Donald Trump, the increasing politicization of science, and what his community needs to do next.
February 24, 2017
Emily Atkin
Inside the Scientists’ Quiet Resistance to Trump
They're sacrificing work, leisure, and sleep to defend important government data. Is it making a difference? And how long can they keep it up?
February 23, 2017
Emily Atkin
Air pollution doesn’t kill people, and other revelations from the Conservative Political Action Conference.
This climate denier panel might actually be the most insane thing that happened at CPAC.
February 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
Obama’s environmental legacy is toast.
Obama's environmental legacy is toast.
February 17, 2017
Emily Atkin
Some bombshells might drop on Scott Pruitt next week. The Senate confirmed him anyway.
Republicans
February 17, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA is already revolting against Scott Pruitt.
February 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump caps off a long day by letting coal companies dump waste into streams.
February 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
There is exactly one Republican senator who cares about saving the EPA.
February 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Deserves as Much Outrage as Betsy DeVos
The incoming EPA chief is as unqualified as Trump's new education secretary, and as morally outrageous as Jeff Sessions.
February 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Over 90 percent of the world’s population breathed unhealthy air in 2015.
February 14, 2017
MagazineColin Dickey
A View to a Kill
By focusing on high-definition thrills, nature documentaries obscure more than they reveal.
February 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The first hearing on NASA’s future will feature a climate-denying astronaut.
February 8, 2017
Rebecca Leber
Republicans Beg Their Party to Finally Do Something About Climate Change
January 25, 2017
Graham Vyse
It is now the Trump administration’s official policy to politicize science.
January 24, 2017
Clio Chang
Trump calls himself an “environmentalist,” while pledging to cut auto regulations and approving oil pipelines.
January 23, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s EPA is going to be a disaster for science and the environment.
January 18, 2017
Demi Lee
EPA nominee Scott Pruitt: I don’t “know about” the science of lead poisoning.

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