NewsEnvironment, Health EPA’s “Leadership Summit” on PFOA Pollution Will Exclude Victims and Community Groups The EPA doesn’t want to hear from people who have PFOA and other PFAS chemicals in their drinking water. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMay 18, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics Scott Pruitt’s Policy Director at EPA Met with Hundreds of Industry Representatives, Emails Show The emails of former EPA senior counsel Samantha Dravis show more than 90 meetings with industry. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMay 16, 2018
InvestigationJustice Empty Cribs in Prison Nurseries Despite record rates of incarcerated mothers, prison nursery programs are rejecting applicants and not for reasons of space. Victoria LawJezebelMay 13, 2018
InvestigationPolitics A VA Law is “Getting the Guppies Instead of the Trout” An investigation reveals that food-service workers, housekeepers, and claims processors — many veterans themselves — have lost their jobs under a new accountability law. Jasper CravenThe NationMay 10, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Treated Like Trash A death. A cover-up. An immigrant meets a terrible end in the Bronx. Kiera FeldmanMay 4, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics How Scott Pruitt Helped Arkansas Poultry Giants Pollute an Oklahoma River The EPA’s actions further undermine Oklahoma’s longstanding effort to clean up the Illinois River. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMay 4, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics EPA Adviser Albert Kelly Resigned Amid Ethics Inquiries. Is Scott Pruitt Next? Albert Kelly was overseeing the Superfund program. Last year he was banned for life by the FDIC. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMay 1, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’t The federal government may ignore the environment, but we can’t afford to. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesApril 21, 2018
ProjectEnvironment, Politics Winners and Losers at Trump’s EPA Regulatory rollback at the Environmental Protection Agency has favored industry interest, while leaving communities at risk. Sharon LernerApril 21, 2018
NewsBusiness, Politics Republicans Have Found a Nuclear Option to Kill Regulations A new interpretation of the Congressional Review Act could endanger thousands of regulations. Gary RivlinApril 20, 2018