California’s Fossil Fuel Industry Had It Relatively Easy Under Jerry Brown. That’s Going to Change After November.
Jeff ChiuAP 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. In California’s primary election Tuesday, voters all but picked statewide politicians and decided who would face off in the races that might flip the House of Representatives. But the…
No Wonder Scott Pruitt Wanted a Chick-fil-A Franchise: They’re Both On Missions From God
Jebb Harris/The Orange County Register, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post on Tuesday dropped another bombshell about Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s attempts to exploit his office for personal gain. He had his staff arrange a call with the chairman of Chick-fil-A, and later its legal…
NYT: Scott Pruitt Paid Coal Billionaire Cash for Courtside Basketball Seats
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. First-class flights totaling more than $105,000, a $43,000 secure phone booth, a $50-a-night condo linked to lobbyists, $1,560 on a dozen customized fountain pens, and now a pair of $130 basketball tickets purchased in cash from a billionaire coal executive. The list of controversial purchases by Environmental…
The World’s Richest Countries Beg Trudeau to Try and Control Trump
Bernd Von Jutrczenka/DPA/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by National Observer and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With less than two weeks to go before Canada hosts the world’s seven big economies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is being urged to push the United States…
Trump Is Still Bragging About the Government’s Handling of a Hurricane That Killed More Than 4,600 Americans
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump has yet to comment on a devastating new study published by Harvard researchers this week estimating that 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria—more than 72 times what the Trump administration has officially acknowledged. The new death toll…
Trump’s Got a Crazy New Plan to Save the Dying Coal Industry
Michael Brochstein via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 4:15 p.m.: President Trump has directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry “to prepare immediate steps to stop the loss” of coal and nuclear plants and prepare recommendations, according to a statement released Friday by the White House. While the Trump administration…