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Dec 9, 20189 min read
Will Koch Pull the Plug on Electric Cars?
When multibillionaire industrialist Charles Koch perceives a potential threat to his fossil fuel empire, he doesn’t mess around. To...
Elliott Negin
Jun 27, 20185 min read
Judge Should Not Have Deferred to Congress, Executive Branch in Fossil-Fuel Climate Case
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by San Francisco and Oakland against the five biggest privately owned oil companies for...
Elliott Negin
May 3, 20186 min read
EPA Chief Pruitt Even Violates His Own Principles
With Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s job now hanging in the balance, it is a good time to recall that, just...
Elliott Negin
Jan 19, 20183 min read
From National Parks to the EPA, Trump Administration Stiff-Arms Science Advisers
The Trump administration’s testy relationship with science reminds me of that old saying: Advice is least heeded when most needed....
Elliott Negin
Dec 21, 20175 min read
Trump Vows To Kill 50 Years Of Federal Health And Safety Protections
President Trump wants to set the regulatory clock back to 1960, and last week he acted it out for the cameras. Wielding a pair of golden...
Elliot Negin
Nov 30, 20176 min read
Hyping U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities Could Have Grave Consequences
In response to North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test, which flew higher and farther than any of its previous launches, President...
Elliott Negin
Oct 12, 20175 min read
Coal is Going Down, Even Without The Clean Power Plan
Last Monday, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will repeal the Obama administration’s regulation to...
Elliott Negin
Sep 16, 20174 min read
Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave The Way For More Climate-Related Lawsuits?
What can you do when the president of the United States says climate change is a hoax and Congress is gridlocked by fossil fuel...
Elliott Negin
Aug 18, 20176 min read
Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference
Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was one of 30 U.S.-based scientists scheduled to speak at the quadrennial...
Elliott Negin
Jul 12, 20178 min read
Trump Should Build A Wall, But Not On The Mexican Border
After President Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, a reporter asked him if...
Elliott Negin
May 19, 20175 min read
Can Trump’s Koch-Funded Appointees Stall Clean Energy Momentum?
When The Washington Post reported earlier this month that President Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to run the Office of Energy Efficiency...
Elliott Negin
Mar 8, 20179 min read
Gutting EPA’s Budget And Staff Would Endanger The Health Of Millions Of Americans
During his nationally televised speech before Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump vowed to “promote clean air and clean water.” Is...
Elliott Negin
Jan 3, 20174 min read
EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Would Trash Air And Water Safeguards
Nominating Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to run the Environmental Protection Agency gives lie to Donald Trump’s claim that he is...