Albert Kelly’s bank made generous loans to Pruitt. Then the EPA hired him.
Environment & Health
Giving Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands
Trump’s BLM is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to drilling.
Sudan Sanctions Enriched the Powerful
Private hospitals scored contracts that benefited the nation’s elite.
The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness
A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior.
Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Strategic Plan
Leaked five-year plan reveals the priority of “energy dominance.”
NYCHA Denies Transfers to Crime Victims
Crime victims and witnesses are trapped living near assailants.
EPA Welcomed Industry Feedback Before Reversing Pesticide Ban
But did the agency consider chlorypyrifos’ damaging effects on children’s brains?
The New War on Birth Control
How the Christian Right has co-opted women’s rights to fight contraceptives in Africa.
Exxon Mobil’s Civil Rights Problem
Exxon Mobil is pumping toxins into a black community in Texas — 17 years after a civil rights complaint.
Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth
Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior.
Her Own Devices
Is Essure making women sick?
Sons and Daughters
The village in the Dominican Republic where girls turn into boys.
The Battle Over Essure
Some people see a breakthrough in female contraception. Others see a dangerous medical device.
Monsanto’s Tainted Fields of Gold
Monsanto continues to use contractors facing allegations of labor abuses.
A Bushel of Labor Complaints
Lawsuits against seed-corn companies shed light on rising use of labor contractors.
The War on Coal States
President Trump may be a friend to producers of coal — but his administration is already working to shortchange the communities that produce it.
We Need to Talk About Frankie
Desperate to help her disruptive toddler, one mother had no idea that the treatment they offered was the thing she needed to fear.
Endangering the World’s Rarest Dolphins
A study of the New Zealand fishing industry finds that vessels illegally discard a third of their catch.
Protect Our Children’s Brains
President Trump should follow the EPA’s lead and get the pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our food.
Poison Fruit
Dow Chemical wants farmers to keep using a pesticide linked to autism and ADHD.