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Clean Power Plan
April 26, 2023
Kate Aronoff
How the EPA Could Call the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Bluff
The agency’s plan to regulate power plant emissions reportedly will lean on a carbon-trapping technology that the industry has been touting—but barely using—for years.
June 29, 2020
Miranda Green
It Will Take Years to Undo the Damage from Trump’s Environmental Rollback
Even if Democrats win back the White House and the Senate, it will be a long struggle to restore the regulations the Republican-controlled EPA has erased.
August 22, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump’s Climate Plan Could Do More Damage Than No Plan At All
His proposed rule wouldn't just weaken Obama's emissions regulations. It may encourage coal plants to remain in business longer.
August 21, 2018
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA admits the dire human impact of its own climate rule.
June 29, 2018
Emily Atkin
‘There’s No Happier Person in America Right Now Than Scott Pruitt’
How Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement could help the EPA chief on his quest to weaken clean air and water regulations.
June 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
Since Trump’s election, a coal plant has retired every 15 days.
December 20, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
The End of the Obama Era
How Republicans undid so many of his accomplishments in a single year
December 7, 2017
Emily Atkin
Scott Pruitt is doing a good thing for once.
October 10, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA Can’t Even Cook the Books Right
The agency fudged the numbers to prove Obama's signature climate regulation wasn't worth the cost and still came up short.
March 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Black Lives Should Matter More to the Environmental Movement
Trump's attacks on EPA regulations don't just worsen climate change—they harm vulnerable communities, too.
March 29, 2017
Abby Rabinowitz
Undoing the Clean Power Plan Will Be a Legal Nightmare
Donald Trump can’t erase Barack Obama's signature climate achievement with the stroke of a pen.
January 16, 2017
Abby Rabinowitz
At Scott Pruitt’s Confirmation Hearing, Science Will Be on Trial
Trump’s EPA nominee is more than just a climate change denier. Democrats must frame his appointment as a corporate-backed attack on science itself.
March 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
We’ll Always Have Paris
The historic climate agreement struck in December has yet to be signed, and already has suffered one setback after another.
January 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A huge coal company filed for bankruptcy today, and another shovel of dirt covered the industry’s casket.
August 4, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Attacking Obama's Climate Plan Won't Save America's Dying Coal Industry
August 3, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Last Defining Court Battle of Obama's Presidency
Will the business-friendly Supreme Court gut his climate legacy?
April 15, 2015
Brian Beutler
Obama Mentor Laurence Tribe Is Pitting Obamacare Supporters Against Environmentalists
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