So Long, Scott Pruitt. We Knew You All Too Well.
What finally pushed Scott Pruitt over the edge? Was it the woman with the baby who let...
Environment & Health
Toxic Drinking Water Becomes Top Issue for Midterm Candidates Across the US
There are just over 5,000 people in Rye, New Hampshire. So when Mindi Messmer heard that four...
EPA’s “Leadership Summit” on PFOA Pollution Will Exclude Victims and Community Groups
Kristen Mello wasn't invited to the Environmental Protection Agency’s upcoming “National Leadership Summit” on PFOA, PFOS, and...
Scott Pruitt’s Policy Director at EPA Met with Hundreds of Industry Representatives, Emails Show
A cache of internal Environmental Protection Agency communications shows that the embattled agency administrator Scott Pruitt...
How Scott Pruitt Helped Arkansas Poultry Giants Pollute an Oklahoma River
Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, took the side of poultry companies and...
EPA Adviser Albert Kelly Resigned Amid Ethics Inquiries. Is Scott Pruitt Next?
Albert Kelly, a senior adviser to Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned Tuesday. Kelly, who...
As Attorney General of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt was a Big Spender in a Small State
Scott Pruitt, the embattled EPA chief whose lavish spending has come under intense scrutiny, had extravagant tastes...
EPA Violated the Law by Failing to Investigate Civil Rights Complaints, Court Rules
A court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency violated its duty to respond to civil rights...
This Birth Control Device Kept Making Women Sick. The FDA Kept It On The Market.
UPDATE, APRIL 9, 2018: The FDA restricted the sale and distribution of Essure on Monday, requiring patients...
Mexico City Dwellers Shoulder Future of their Urban ‘Water Forest’
MEXICO CITY – Strolling through the forest under a canopy of pine trees along a path lined...
EPA Division That Studies the Health Risks of Toxic Chemicals Is in a Fight for Its Life — Against the EPA
A small but vitally important program within the Environmental Protection Agency is in a fight for its...
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Fails Another Senate Test
Appearing Tuesday at a hearing of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Scott Pruitt faced a...
Trump Administration Rolls Back EPA Plan to Restrict Dangerous Household Chemicals
The Trump administration has quietly delayed action on dangerous solvents that the Environmental Protection Agency had previously...
Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Nominee May Be Too Toxic Even for Republicans
Massive conflicts of interest no longer stand in the way of confirmation to the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Senate Environment Committee Approves Toxic EPA Nominee in Party-Line Vote
Powerless Democrats watched in anger as their Republican colleagues in the Senate voted along party lines to...
Trump’s Pick for EPA Safety Chief Argued Kids Are Less Sensitive to Toxins
Michael Dourson, the toxicologist who will be the subject of a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for what...
EPA Staffers Are Being Forced to Prioritize Energy Industry’s Wish List, Says Official Who Resigned in Protest
EPA staffers are spending their days addressing an industry wish list of changes to environmental law, according...
Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Nominee Was in the “Business of Blessing” Pollution
Michael Dourson, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention,...
Donald Trump’s Pick for EPA Enforcement Office was a Lobbyist for Superfund Polluters
Residents of Hoosick Falls, New York, recently took comfort in EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s announcements that the...
Why They March: “Science and Scientists Are Now Under Attack”
The March for Science is a response to the Trump administration’s distaste for science — or at...