Brett Kavanaugh Would Be a Disaster on Climate

| Jul 17, 2018 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t just a likely vote against Roe, or an enabler of brash executive authority. He’s also a vocal supporter of a conservative legal “philosophy” that’s designed to block action...

Corruption Is Bad, But Sabotage Is Worse

| Jun 13, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyDid you hear that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, is so corrupt that he spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens? Or that he spent another $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth in violation of government spending laws? Pruitt’s...

If There’s a War on Coal, Coal Already Lost

| Oct 25, 2017 | Environment / Health“The war on coal is over,” according to Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt spoke these words in a speech to coal miners in Hazard, Kentucky, where he announced the formal repeal of Obama’s Clean Power Plan. What he failed to...

Regulations Can Favor Some Businesses — And That’s Fine

| Feb 22, 2017 | Environment / HealthAs the Trump regime’s anti-environment onslaught begins, there are several terms used by men (and in the case of Trump’s cabinet, it’s nearly all men) attempting to turn us against protecting the air we breathe and water we drink. Polluting...

American Hellscape

| Feb 15, 2017 | Environment / HealthIn case you were wondering what Republicans have planned for the environment, it’s now clear. Some of the ideas aren’t new — like mining and logging our national forests. Or giving the green light to controversial oil pipelines like the Dakota Access...