Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.)
2019 in Review
The Best Podcasts of 2019
The year brought new daily-news shows and impeachment series, music podcasts to bring a little joy, and the continued flourishing of narrative investigations.
Daily Comment
The Right to a Stable Climate Is the Constitutional Question of the Twenty-first Century
In the absence of adequate climate-policy laws, the courts must find their right to act in the Constitution.
Comment
A Summer of Megafires and Trump’s Non-Rules on Climate Change
Against an infernal backdrop of widespread wildfires, the Administration announced its plan to roll back rules limiting greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.
Elements
Scott Pruitt’s Crusade Against “Secret Science” Could Be Disastrous for Public Health
In a push for what he calls “transparency,” the embattled E.P.A. chief is changing how the government regulates air pollution and toxic chemicals.
Daily Comment
How Did Scott Pruitt Get Himself Into This Mess?
A Reporter at Large
Scott Pruitt’s Dirty Politics
How the Environmental Protection Agency became the fossil-fuel industry’s best friend.
Elements
There’s a Dangerous Bubble in the Fossil-Fuel Economy, and the Trump Administration Is Making It Worse
By prolonging the inevitable death of the coal industry, federal officials are inviting not only environmental but also financial disaster.
The Political Scene Podcast
When Carl Icahn Tried to Control Trump
Annals of Technology
The E.P.A. Ecologist Who Became a Wanted Man
Annals of Science
A Valuable Reputation
The Political Scene
The President And the Pipeline
Comment
Burning Love
Comment
Taking It To the Streets
Annals of Innovation