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U.S. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke attends a 'Celebration of America' event on the south lawn of the White House June 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. CREDIT: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Interior’s Zinke touts White House line about ‘clean coal’, which doesn’t exist

The Trump official downplayed his scandals while pushing fossil fuels.
E.A. Crunden

Rick Perry gives pep talk to natural gas industry in wake of damaging climate study

Mark Hand

EPA chief Pruitt begged Big Oil lobbyists to be his personal hiring assistants

Joe Romm

California’s war on fossil fuel companies just faced a huge setback

E.A. Crunden

Trump administration plan to mine near popular Minnesota wilderness area sparks multiple lawsuits

Kyla Mandel

Key science agency drops climate change from mission priorities

E.A. Crunden

News of Scott Pruitt’s ‘quid pro quo’ condo deal raises questions about criminal law violations

Mark Hand
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Policy Conference, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, on June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.  CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

EPA responds to court order for Pruitt emails by sending one single email from 10-month period

E.A. Crunden Jun 22, 2018
The James Forrestal Building at the headquarters of the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. CREDIT: creative commons

Trump stacks key renewable energy office with former Koch officials

Mark Hand Jun 22, 2018
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to the media at the United States Capitol Hill on Tuesday June 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. CREDIT: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Pivoting away from White House immigration crisis, GOP lawmakers attack science agency

E.A. Crunden Jun 22, 2018
A former Walmart Supercenter now being used as a migrant children's shelter is pictured on  June 18, 2018 in Brownsville, Texas. (Credit: LOREN ELLIOTT/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas region with ‘tender age’ shelters face disaster declaration with torrential rains, flooding

Kyla Mandel Jun 22, 2018
EARTH’S AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE FROM 2013 TO 2017 COMPARED TO 1951 TO 1980 AVERAGE. YELLOWS, ORANGES, AND REDS SHOW REGIONS WARMER THAN BASELINE. CREDIT: NASA

‘The doomsayers were right’: James Hansen’s 30-year-old climate warning rings true today

Joe Romm Jun 22, 2018
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) is targeting U.S. environmental organizations. CREDIT: AP PHOTO/RICK BOWMER

House Republican expands attack on environmental groups’ global work

Mark Hand Jun 21, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, listens to a question during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Pruitt spent thousands on ‘tactical pants’ and ‘tactical polos’, new documents reveal

E.A. Crunden Jun 21, 2018
The setting sun sets sandstone cliffs ablaze with light along Cottonwood Road near the Kodachrome Basin in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, on Sept. 28, 2017.  (Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Mining to begin in national monument eliminated by Trump

Jenny Rowland Jun 20, 2018
A natural gas well drilled by Anadarko Petroleum is located near Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania. The well feeds gas into a nearby pipeline that transports gas to power plants. CREDIT: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Fracking boom takes toll on Pennsylvania’s communities of color and lower-income areas

Mark Hand Jun 20, 2018
Arcadia Elementary School Principal, Gregory Socha greets students as they arrive for classes on November 21, 2016 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. CREDIT: Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images

Republican gubernatorial candidate wants climate change, LGBTQ rights struck from school curriculum

E.A. Crunden Jun 20, 2018
Solar Panels and wind turbines in Palm Springs. March 2015. 	Connie J. Spinardi/Getty Images

New report examines coal’s future outlook, and it isn’t pretty

Joe Romm Jun 20, 2018
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper sits in the back of a Tesla Model X electric car before a press conference on January 24, 2018. CREDIT: Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado becomes 14th state to adopt stronger vehicle emission standards

Mark Hand Jun 19, 2018
Viral photo of two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker crying as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. CREDIT: John Moore/Getty Images

Trump’s border policies aren’t the only ones ‘cruel’ and ‘toxic ‘ to children

Joe Romm Jun 19, 2018
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is tied to a real estate deal backed by Halliburton chair. (Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Ethics questions surround Zinke’s ties to a Halliburton real estate deal in Montana

Kyla Mandel Jun 19, 2018
Coal ash pond. CREDIT: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Pruitt grants home state coal ash regulation powers, enraging environmentalists

E.A. Crunden Jun 19, 2018
A Native American protester holds up his arms as he and other protesters are threatened by private security guards and guard dogs, at a work site for the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota on September 3, 2016. CREDIT: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Activists fight to hold energy companies accountable in age of repressive state laws

Mark Hand Jun 19, 2018
Volunteers load bottled water in a truck at the the Sylvester Broome Center in Flint, Mich. CREDIT: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Michigan’s sweeping new water regulations set new standard for states plagued by lead

E.A. Crunden Jun 18, 2018
Environmental activists fear massive investments in petrochemical and energy facilities could turn part of Appalachia into a new "cancer alley" like the one in Louisiana along the Mississippi River. CREDIT: Julie Dermansky/Corbis via Getty Images

Trade war jeopardizes China’s huge investment in creation of new ‘cancer alley’ in Appalachia

Mark Hand Jun 18, 2018
A Fort Lauderdale, FL street is flooded September 30, 2015 -- not by a storm but by seasonal high tides and rising sea levels due to climate change. CREDIT: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

We just got a clear sign the trillion-dollar coastal property bubble could burst any time

Joe Romm Jun 18, 2018
Ethanol plant in Rosholt, South Dakota. CREDIT: MyLoupe/UIG via Getty Images

Enraged farmers and lawmakers confront Pruitt during Heartland tour

E.A. Crunden Jun 15, 2018
CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS THE NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF A POWER PLANT PROPOSED BY ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS. CREDIT: SCREENSHOT/WWLTV

PR firm billed New Orleans utility almost $55,000 for recruiting power plant supporters

Mark Hand Jun 15, 2018
A worker in the oil industry walks through an area where a new pipeline is being laid in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas. CREDIT: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Texas oil boom has environmental advocates choosing between 2 unwelcome scenarios

E.A. Crunden Jun 15, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Policy Conference, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, on June 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.  CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Letter reveals Oklahoma energy PR exec helped Pruitt secure Rose Bowl tickets

E.A. Crunden Jun 15, 2018
The Delaware-sized iceberg that calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017, as seen from a NASA research aircraft on October 31, 2017. CREDIT: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Scientists to America: Embrace climate action or lose your coastal cities

Joe Romm Jun 15, 2018
Vivint Solar panels. CREDIT: Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Former employee alleges discrimination, ‘White Only’ clubhouse at solar energy company

E.A. Crunden Jun 14, 2018
Kate Schapira holds climate anxiety counseling sessions. CREDIT: Lara Henderson

Experts are starting to tackle dealing with climate change anxiety

Nexus Media Jun 14, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to have lost the support of his good friend, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). CREDIT: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Even Scott Pruitt’s top Senate ally has had enough of his scandals

Mark Hand Jun 13, 2018
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, arrives at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

EPA refers journalists to Pruitt’s outside counsel after calls for criminal investigation

Kyla Mandel Jun 13, 2018
EPA EMPLOYEES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES RALLY OUTSIDE THE AGENCY'S HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON APRIL 25, 2018. CREDIT: MARK HAND/THINKPROGRESS

Employees in EPA’s Chicago office lead resistance to Pruitt’s attacks on environmental regulations

Mark Hand Jun 13, 2018
Kids look at an electric car charging in South Portland, Maine, July 2014. CREDIT: Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

It’s so cheap to drive electric even Trump’s administration can’t ignore it

Joe Romm Jun 13, 2018
US President Donald Trump. CREDIT: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images

Trump taps conservative Washington insider to lead key White House environment office

E.A. Crunden Jun 13, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (3rd L). CREDIT: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

DNC votes unanimously to no longer accept money from fossil fuel companies

E.A. Crunden Jun 12, 2018
FERC Commissioners Robert Powelson (R) testified at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on June 12, 2018. CREDIT: screenshot/Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

All 5 federal energy regulators don’t believe there’s a national security emergency on coal

Mark Hand Jun 12, 2018
World's first solar road opens on December 28, 2017 in Jinan, China. CREDIT: VCG/VCG via Getty Images.

Why electric cars will soon be superior to gasoline cars in every respect

Joe Romm Jun 12, 2018
In this photograph taken on December 8, 2016, Indian worker pushes a trolley laden with components on an assembly line of Highly Electrical Appliances India Pvt. Ltd. at a company air-conditioner compressor plant at Matoda, some 20 kms. from Ahmedabad. CREDIT: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images

Republicans push Trump to support Obama-era climate amendment

E.A. Crunden Jun 12, 2018
The Pleasants Power Station is scheduled to be shut down unless owner FirstEnergy Solutions gets a bailout from the Trump administration. CREDIT: Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Kochs invest in company set to benefit from coal and nuclear bailout

Mark Hand Jun 12, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) gives a thumbs up to the media as he is greeted by Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau during the G7 official welcome at Le Manoir Richelieu. CREDIT: Leon Neal/Getty Images

G6 leaders break with Trump, move forward on climate action

E.A. Crunden Jun 11, 2018
President Donald Trump  and EPA chief Scott Pruitt announce U.S. withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord, June 1, 2017 at the White House. CREDIT: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Conservative scholar ‘stunned by the lack of morality in Congress’ over EPA chief Pruitt

Joe Romm Jun 11, 2018
A firestorm that began in Napa Valley roars through the area on October 9, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. CREDIT: George Rose/Getty Images

Wildfire investigation puts powerful California electric utility on the hot seat

Mark Hand Jun 11, 2018
Pope Francis greets the audience during the Weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square. CREDIT: Photo by Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Pope Francis meets with oil executives, says ‘no time to lose’ on climate change

Ryan Koronowski Jun 9, 2018
Kathleen Hartnett White, of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, provided a list of candidates for EPA’s science advisory boards. CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ultra-right Texas think tank wields power over Trump’s environmental and energy policy

Mark Hand Jun 8, 2018
The Lexus LC500 at the company's press conference at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. (Credit: GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty Images)

Toyota set up Lexus test drive with Pruitt, who then announced EPA partnership with car maker

Kyla Mandel Jun 8, 2018
Virginia state and local law enforcement monitor protest sites to prevent food or water from getting to tree-sitters opposed to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. CREDIT: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mountain Valley Pipeline protesters targeted by Virginia anti-terrorism center

Mark Hand Jun 8, 2018
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for the G7 summit in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2018. CREDIT: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

Trump will miss G7 climate change meeting following spat with Macron and Trudeau

E.A. Crunden Jun 8, 2018
Scott Pruitt's EPA is proposing changes to how it measures the costs and benefits of a proposed regulation. CREDIT: Pete Marovich/Getty Images.

EPA proposes changes to how it measures costs and benefits of regulation

Mark Hand Jun 7, 2018
A truck delivers coal to a Pacificorp's coal-fired power plant on October 9, 2017. (CREDIT: George Frey/Getty Images)

Everybody hates Trump’s coal and nuclear bailout plan

Mark Hand Jun 7, 2018
Epic flooding inundates Houston after Hurricane Harvey, August 28, 2017. CREDIT: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Climate change is making hurricanes slower, and that’s terrifying

Joe Romm Jun 7, 2018
More than 100 members of Congress sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on June 6, 2018 urging him to withdraw his so-called transparency rule. CREDIT: Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images

In bipartisan push, over 100 lawmakers urge Pruitt to withdraw his so-called transparency rule

Mark Hand Jun 7, 2018
A NORTH CAROLINA COAL PLANT OWNED BY DUKE ENERGY. (CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES / Diana Ofosu)

After years of unsafe practices, North Carolina seeks environmental redemption

Natasha Geiling Jun 7, 2018
Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution on in Beijing, China. CREDIT: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

House Republicans investigate NRDC’s work on Chinese clean energy issues

Mark Hand Jun 6, 2018
US President Donald Trump, left, is greeted by United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, right. CREDIT: Ron Sach-Pool/Getty Images

Trump says EPA is doing ‘really, really well’ as scandals continue to mount around Scott Pruitt

E.A. Crunden Jun 6, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing more than a dozen federal investigations. (Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans stop Democrats from helping EPA investigate Scott Pruitt’s ever-growing scandals

Kyla Mandel Jun 6, 2018
Aerial view of an oil production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. CREDIT: Julie Dermansky/Corbis via Getty Images

Bipartisan effort emerges countering Trump on offshore drilling

E.A. Crunden Jun 6, 2018
A rig drills for natural gas, near the cliffs of the Roan Plateau in Colorado. CREDIT: Steven D Starr/Corbis via Getty Images

Processing drilling permits takes priority over protecting taxpayers from liability, GAO report says

Mark Hand Jun 6, 2018
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