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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

A woman in a mask administers a blood lead level test to a child

Lead Poisoning Isn’t a Mystery. It’s a Policy Failure

Communications strategist Olga González examines why childhood lead poisoning remains one of the United States’ most preventable public health crises. Drawing on data from the CDC, insights from environmental justice leaders, and real-world enforcement failures from New York to Flint, González reveals how infrastructure neglect, regulatory gaps and political indifference continue to place hundreds of thousands of children at risk each year, despite decades of clear evidence and viable solutions.
By Olga González
A factory worker walks past a blue car.

Can the Auto Industry Make the EV Battery Math Work?

The scale of China’s dominance in EV batteries is particularly arresting.
By Andrew Eil
The buried research investigated the wide-ranging effects of rising carbon dioxide, increasing temperatures and volatile weather.

Trump Administration Buries Studies Proving Effects of Climate Change

As far as climate change goes, the ethos of the Trump White House has been: out of sight, out of mind.
By Harmon Leon
In 2018, political theater came with an especially hefty price tag. Here's what the graftiest, shadiest public officials in the national swamp have been up to with you hard-earned tax dollars.

All the Crazy Things America’s Corrupt Public Officials Bought with Your Money This Year

By David Leffler

Scott Pruitt Likens Trump’s Rule to ‘God’s Providence’ in Bizarre Resignation Letter

By Davis Richardson

Scott Pruitt Adds ‘Ratf**king’ to Laundry List of Expenditures

By Davis Richardson

Just $50M From NJ’s Exxon Settlement Will Go to the Dept. of Environmental Protection

By Christian Hetrick

How Scott Pruitt Is Dismantling the EPA From the Inside

By Andrew Eil

NJ Politics Digest: Why the DEP Is Killing Popular Beach-Dwelling Foxes

By Steve Cronin
New York may be inching closer to implementing a statewide plastic bag ban. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Here’s How a Proposed Plastic Bag Ban Would Affect New York City Residents

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, announces a goal to divest from fossil fuel reserve owners within five years at a press conference in Lower Manhattan on Jan. 10, 2018.

De Blasio Joins 200-Plus ‘Climate Mayors’ in Opposing Repeal of Climate Plan

By Madina Toure
President Donald Trump.

In the Trump Era, Gridlock Is the Best Possible Outcome

By Bradley Tusk
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks after President Donald Trump.

EPA Head Calls Trump an ‘Empty Vessel’ in Unearthed Interview

By Davis Richardson
President Donald Trump.

Trump Dismantled Environmental Institutions During Record Hot Year

By Davis Richardson
Unsplash/Mike Dorner

Bummed About Climate Change? Change Your Diet

By Francesca Friday
Phil Murphy.

NJ Politics Digest: Murphy to Hold Inaugural Ball at MetLife Stadium

By Christian Hetrick and Steve Cronin
Catherine McCabe and Phil Murphy

Murphy to Nominate Catherine McCabe for DEP Commissioner

By Christian Hetrick
Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Keystone Pipeline Leak Underscores Danger of Fossil Fuels

By Andrew Eil
President Donald Trump.

Next Generation Will Curse the Trump Era

By Andrew Eil
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

EPA Clashes With Scientists Over Proposed Advisory Board Rule

By Michael Sainato
People fill containers with water funneled with pipes from a mountain stream nearly one month after Hurricane Maria struck on October 19, 2017 in Utuado, Puerto Rico.

EPA Looks the Other Way as Puerto Rico Marinates in Toxic Waste

By Francesca Friday
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, left, at a press conference.

New York Plans to Sue EPA Over Smog From Upwind States

By Madina Toure
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Scott Pruitt Rebrands EPA’s Website In Attempt to Delete Climate Change

By Francesca Friday
President Donald Trump leads a tribal, State, and local energy roundtable in the Roosevelt Room along with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

EPA Announces Repeal of Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Regulations

By Davis Richardson
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