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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 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 1, 2017
Emily Atkin
Congress saved the EPA from Trump—for now.
April 28, 2017
Karen Hao
The Golden Age of the EPA
When it comes to the environment, Richard Nixon was no Donald Trump.
April 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
In 100 Days, Trump Has Done Lasting Damage to the Planet
It didn't take long for the president to create an ugly environmental legacy.
April 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
This is the dumbest town hall a Republican congressman has ever done.
April 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump Wants to Cut Science Research. Here’s How It Improves Your Everyday Life.
April 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt Chose the Wrong Coal Mine for His Big Speech About Reviving Coal
The EPA head is visiting a Pennsylvania mine owned by a company that wants to get out of the coal business altogether.
April 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Everyone at the EPA is wildly depressed.
April 6, 2017
Emily Atkin
The EPA just sent a press release praising an energy-efficiency program that Trump wants to eliminate.
April 6, 2017
Emily Atkin
Voters hate almost everything Donald Trump is doing on climate.
April 3, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA chief Scott Pruitt is starting to heed Breitbart’s demands.
March 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Black Lives Should Matter More to the Environmental Movement
Trump's attacks on EPA regulations don't just worsen climate change—they harm vulnerable communities, too.
March 27, 2017
Emily Atkin
Climate Deniers Are Winning—and Getting Greedy
With Trump in the White House, an anti-environmental conference in D.C. should have been a celebration. Instead, there was fear and loathing.
March 24, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA transition leader just blasted Ivanka and Rex Tillerson over climate policy.
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.
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