This Might Be Scott Pruitt’s Most Destructive Move Yet
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Adopting a strategy successfully employed by the tobacco industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a sweeping new regulation that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use in developing its regulations. The EPA administrator, who has come under fire from both…
Puerto Rico, Still Reeling from Hurricane Maria, Is Hit by an Island-Wide Blackout
Ricardo Arduengo via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Puerto Rico’s power grid collapsed again on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. The grid has been unstable since Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September. In the town where the storm made landfall, just 35 percent of residents had power…
The Senate Just Confirmed the Coal Lobbyist Who Could Replace Scott Pruitt
Andrew WheelerAlex Edelman/CNP, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The fossil fuel industry now has yet another ally at the Environmental Protection Agency—one who would almost certainly take over as head of the agency if Scott Pruitt is forced to resign. In a 53-45 vote on Thursday, the Senate confirmed…
Leaked Proposal Shows Trump Administration Planning to Kill Crucial Protections for Threatened Animals
The wolverine is a species currently proposed for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. CREATISTA/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Trump’s Department of the Interior is seeking to “revise” key, 40-year-old regulations which currently protect more than 300 threatened plant and animal species listed under the 1973 Endangered…
The Trump Administration Is Pushing to Sell Offshore Drilling Leases, and It’s Tanking Profits for Taxpayers
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement/Flickr Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in US history, which included all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico, garnered only tepid interest from oil and gas companies on Wednesday. Industry and government representatives called the results encouraging and consistent. Critics…
The Koch Brothers Tried to Spread Fake News in Black Churches. It Did Not Go Well.
Amelia Bates/Grist Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Rev. Paul Wilson fastens enough buttons on his jacket to stay warm on a chilly fall afternoon but still keep his clergy collar visible. He’s whipping up a crowd of…