politics

A 17 Million Car Pile-Up

The Trump administration’s plan to freeze tailpipe regulations could wreck the auto industry

By Heather Smith August 2, 2018

In this story: federal policy, transportation, air, politics, EPA

Pollution Makes the Personal Political

How an asthma epidemic turned one town against Big Oil

By Ada Statler August 8, 2018

In this story: clean energy, dirty energy, environmental justice, oil, politics

ICYMI: Tetchy About Hetchy, Monster Croc, Fracking Makes You Fat, & More

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Paul Rauber July 13, 2018

In this story: politics, federal policy, animals, climate change

Why Did Trump Pardon Two Arsonist Ranchers?

The strange saga of Dwight and Steven Hammond

By Heather Smith July 12, 2018

In this story: public lands, politics, agriculture

Scott Pruitt Wasted Too Much of Our Time—And the Planet’s as Well

Pruitt couldn’t even do dastardly right, but inaction and incompetence are their own threats

By Jason Mark July 6, 2018

In this story: federal policy, politics, climate change, activism, democracy

ICYMI: Scott Pruitt Resigns, Spiders Go Electric, & More

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Heather Smith July 5, 2018

In this story: climate change, politics, federal policy, animals, science

Toxic Tents

Some proposed immigrant detention centers are Superfund sites

By Heather Smith June 25, 2018

In this story: environmental justice, politics, children, democracy

Donald Trump's School for Scandal

Why did Scott Pruitt's huge security detail have to accompany him to Disneyland?

By Paul Rauber June 28, 2018

In this story: politics

The Lake Powell Pipeline Is a Hot, Expensive Mess

Conservation and development collide with politics in Utah water war

By Sam Schipani June 19, 2018

In this story: politics, pipelines

Climate Deniers Are More Likely to Be Racist. Why?

A new study has a theory

By Heather Smith June 18, 2018

In this story: federal policy, politics, science, democracy, environmental justice

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