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…
White House | |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…
White House | |Trumpcare 2.0: President Launches Next Assault on Public Health
When Americans learned last month that President Trump’s plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act would result in 24 million people losing their health insurance…
Updates | |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…
White House | |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 …
White House | |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…
White House | |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…
White House | |Fight Washington’s Attack on Environmental Enforcement
On the morning of January 9, 2014, residents near Charleston, West Virginia contacted local officials with reports of an unusual sweet smell in the air, the so…
Updates | |Week 6: Trump Wants You to Be Afraid of Everything—Except Climate Change
In his sixth week in office, the president ignores the national security threat as well as the real cause of the coal industry’s downturn. Climate Change Ignor…
White House | |Week 5: A Climate Denier Is Now in Charge of the EPA
Meet Scott Pruitt, the EPA’s cheerless new leader. Polluters hail Pruitt. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Scott Pruitt’s confirmation a week…
White House | |Polluting Pruitt, After Record Opposition, Takes Over EPA
By Pete Altman Today, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, a “longtime adversary of the EPA,” as the Washington Post put it, takes over t…
Updates | |Week 4: Bribes, Lies, and Hypocrisy
President Trump and the Republican-led Congress steal from endangered species and give to oil companies. Senate Confirms Pruitt The Senate confirmed Oklahoma a…
White House | |Week 3: The Environment Strikes Back, with Lawsuits
Resistance grows as President Trump and the GOP continue to cozy up with the fossil fuel industry. Missing E-mails, Part 2 The office of Oklahoma attorney gene…
White House | |Week 2: Trump Doesn’t Play by the Rules—or Seem to Understand Them
The president continued attacking environmental laws, and Senate Republicans suspended committee rules to advance his climate-denying EPA pick. No Vote for You…
White House | |Trump’s First Week in the White House Was a Disaster
The president got off to a rip-roaring start, ripping up environmental protections and roaring falsehoods to anyone who would listen. A Mission Long Since Acco…
White House | |Pruitt unfit to protect health, environment at EPA
Big polluters want to help pick the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and that’s a big problem. This week we learned energy industry execut…
Updates | |Call Your Senators: Tell Them to Vote NO on Scott Pruitt’s EPA Nomination!
We need to put pressure on key U.S. senators to stand up to Trump and his Big Polluter allies, and oppose climate change denier Scott Pruitt’s confirmation as …
Uncategorized | |Will Trump ignore U.S. business leaders on clean energy?
To hear him tell it, the president-elect isn’t a politician – he’s a businessman and an expert negotiator. But his ideas on energy policy run counter to …
Updates | |The election is over. Our resolve isn’t.
The American people have spoken. They delivered a sweeping rejection of business as usual in Washington. They voted for change. They voted for something that, …
Updates | |Despite Trump Win, Americans Will Defend Our Environment and Health
WASHINGTON (November 8, 2016) – Businessman Donald J. Trump has been elected the 45th president of the United States. The following is a statement from Rhea Su…
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