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Scott Pruitt
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."
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 18, 2017
Moira Donegan
How Trump’s Tax Returns Became a Liberal Fantasy
There is a desperate belief that we’re just one more disclosure away from bringing down the president.
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 3, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA chief Scott Pruitt is starting to heed Breitbart’s demands.
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 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 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 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt is doing an excellent job—at luring scientists into politics.
March 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
EPA chief Scott Pruitt just went full climate denier.
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 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
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
March 2, 2017
Emily Atkin
Donald Trump is trying to ruin the EPA, just like he promised.
March 1, 2017
Emily Atkin
Is the March for Science Bad for Scientists?
The Earth Day event has created a rift between those who want to defend their field and those who worry it will hurt their cause.
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.
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