President Biden visits Prince William park to talk solar, youth involvement on Earth Day
Virginia set to receive $156 million from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program
By Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury - April 23, 2024Environment
The Trump administration is stacking the EPA’s Science Advisory Board with anti-science conspiracy theorists and industry insiders.
By Caroline Orr - February 05, 2019Fox News spent the past two days showcasing its commitment to denying science in the name of profit.
By Caroline Orr - February 01, 2019The administration is refusing to protect Americans from cancer-causing chemicals in the nation’s water supply.
By Caroline Orr - January 30, 2019Sarah Huckabee Sanders probably didn’t count on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez knowing her Bible verses quite so well.
By Lisa Needham - January 24, 2019‘This cruelty cannot stand,’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 18, 2019Looking back at the year in science denialism, pseudoscience, and evidence suppression.
By Caroline Orr - December 26, 2018Trump’s EPA chief, a former coal lobbyist, just wants a climate change report that makes coal look better. Is that too much to ask?
By Dan Desai Martin - November 28, 2018In a stunning display of ignorance, Trump rejected the findings of scientists from 13 federal agencies on the devastating impacts of climate change.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 26, 2018Like most of Trump’s weird ideas, his latest claim about Finland using rakes to fight fires is a garbled version of something he saw on TV.
By Emily Crockett - November 19, 2018His response to the tragedy was almost too inhuman to be believed.
By Emily Crockett - November 12, 2018Even after the devastation of Hurricane Michael, Marco Rubio says sea levels will rise no matter what we do. He’s lying.
By Tommy Christopher - October 14, 2018Even Trump’s favorite Fox hosts seemed surprised he had nothing better to do during Hurricane Michael.
By Tommy Christopher - October 11, 2018Trump cares more about performing for his worshipful fans than about protecting Americans.
By Tommy Christopher - October 10, 2018He likes maps.
By Caroline Orr - October 10, 2018Team Trump doesn’t want you to hear about why children are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
By Eric Boehlert - October 04, 2018The Trump administration admits that temperatures are rising to a catastrophic level thanks to climate change — but refuses to do anything to help stop it.
By Oliver Willis - October 01, 2018Republicans in Congress thoroughly investigated Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but they’ve done almost nothing about Hurricane Maria.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 17, 2018Trump’s FEMA administrator, Brock Long, shows he’s more of a political hack than a public servant.
By Tommy Christopher - September 16, 2018Trump is refusing to acknowledge the thousands of Americans who died as he praises himself yet again.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 13, 2018Trump claims his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was a ‘success,’ but the numbers tell a very different story.
By Caroline Orr - September 12, 2018Trump tries to gaslight Americans about his failures during Hurricane Maria.
By Eric Boehlert - September 12, 2018‘If he thinks the death of 3,000 people [is] a success God help us all.’
By Caroline Orr - September 11, 2018Trump once again downplayed the tragedy of his administration’s failure in Puerto Rico, where 2,975 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 11, 2018More than 1,500 EPA employees left the agency during the first 18 months of Trump’s presidency.
By Caroline Orr - September 11, 2018Rep. Dana Rohrabacher once called climate change research ‘junk science.’ Next year, he wants to chair the House Science Committee.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 31, 2018Hurricane Maria had a higher death toll than Hurricane Katrina — but Trump claimed his administration’s botched response to Maria was ‘fantastic.’
By Oliver Willis - August 29, 2018‘The administration killed the Puerto Ricans with neglect.’
By Tommy Christopher - August 29, 2018Nearly 5,000 Americans have died from major hurricanes under the last two Republican presidents.
By Eric Boehlert - August 28, 2018Fifth-generation coal miner Nick Mullins created a video op-ed slamming Trump for lying and making extravagant promises to coal miners while at the same time working to make their lives less safe and more polluted.
By Oliver Willis - August 24, 2018Coal jobs are still going away despite Trump’s promises. But he is making it easier for polluters to have their way and threaten more people’s lives.
By Oliver Willis - August 21, 2018