Week 28: Trump’s Wall Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Break Laws (Environmental or Otherwise)
The president won’t subject his offensive border project to environmental review, but his administration will subject the EPA museum to censorship. Wall of Sha…
Week 25: EPA Chief Wants to Host His Own Un-Reality Show on Climate
The military’s battle against climate change is victorious in the House, and Pebble Mine is back (and just as terrible). Not Ready for Prime Time Climate…
Week 24: More Judges for Trump to Hate?
A court rejects the EPA’s methane maneuver, and Scott Pruitt is costing you a lot of money. Laying Down the Law The week got off to a good start on Monday: The…
Week 23: Trump’s EPA Chief Doesn’t Understand Where River Water Comes From
The EPA plans to rescind the Clean Water Rule, and the Senate gives Scott Pruitt a tongue-lashing. As Clear as a Prairie Pothole When reporters ask Donald Trum…
Week 22: Trump Gives Even More Top EPA Scientists the Boot
. . . and Rick Perry blames climate change on the ocean. Shoot the Messenger Joe Kernen of CNBC asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry the following question this w…
Week 21: The Corporate Takeover of Our National Parks
Welcome to Best Buy’s Yosemite Hiking Center? Glacier National Park, brought to you by Aquafina, and Shenandoah-Verizon, can you hear it now? All Ears U.S. Dep…
Week 20: Humpty Trumpty’s Wall Goes Solar?
Plus: Dems in Congress get gagged, while oil drillers get ready to make a noisy mess of the Atlantic. Not Quite Seeing the Light President Trump pitched a new …
Week 19: The United States Is Now One of Just Three Nations to Neg the Paris Climate Accord
(The other two are Nicaragua and Syria.) A Laughingstock President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would begin the process to withdraw from …
Week 18: The Pope Gives Trump Some Science Homework
And the Senate prepares to give Trump’s budget proposal its last rites. First, Some Perspective The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal rec…
Week 17: A Would-Be-Banned Pesticide Is Blamed for Sickening Farmers—Thanks, Trump!
And the president nominates two more saboteurs to top positions at the Interior and Transportation Departments. At Least They Have Regulatory Certainty . . . D…
Week 16: The Senate Negs Trump’s Love for Methane Leaks
Now the bad news: The administration continues to stifle innovation and science. A Win! A Win! In a week of big surprises and dramatic twists in Washington, D.…
Week 15: Trump Brainstorms Ways to Weasel Out of Paris Climate Treaty
And hires a fossil fuel lover to run the DOE’s renewable energy office. We’ll Always Have Paris . . .Won’t We? The smoke signals emanating from the White House…
Week 14: 100 Days Later, Trump Not Yet Bored of Attacking the Environment
The president ponders whether to undo protections for America’s national monuments. Monumental Error President Trump asked Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wed…
Week 13: Pruitt Doesn’t Trust His EPA Staff to Work Hard Against Clean Water Protections
Because why would they? Let’s not make a deal. Last week, the G7 meeting in Rome ended in discord, as some of the world’s leading economies failed to agree on …
Week 12: The EPA Turns into the PPA—the Pruitt Protection Agency
Now hiring: 24-hour bodyguards for the EPA administrator, as he seeks to fire thousands and risk the bodies of all Americans. Hey Italy, Rick Perry Wants to Se…
Week 11: Trump Throws Chump Change at the National Parks He’s Defunding
. . . And lets car companies like Volkswagen police themselves on emissions testing. Trust Falls with Trump We all knew President Trump’s proposal to cut the U…
Week 10: Trump’s Climate Denial Hits the Fan
Trump orders the EPA to roll back the Clean Power Plan, but he’s got a long fight ahead of him. Climate Change Denial’s Day in Court President Trump on Tuesday…
Week 9: KXL Gets Approved, and the Climate Debate in the White House Gets Heated
As Trump mulls over whether to combat climate change (or continue to deny that it’s happening), his team fights with itself. Another Twist in the Pipeline The …
Week 8: Trump Jeopardizes the Auto Industry—and Federal Government Jobs
As dirtier cars hit the streets, the president’s fuel efficiency rollbacks and budget proposal will have thousands pounding the pavement. The Budget Drops Afte…
Week 7: If We Stop Collecting Data, Will Climate Change Just Go Away?
In his seventh week in office, President Trump decides we should stop measuring things. Henhouse, meet foxes. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt renewed his scienc…