Why the people who grow your food are worried about Scott Pruitt
Pruitt’s approach to the EPA is likely to threaten farmworkers, who are highly exposed to the effects of climate change, including heat stress and increased pesticide use.
Policing in America’s plutocracy
The White House wants to see local cops cracking down on poor people who break federal laws on immigration. Why not a crackdown on the rich who scoff at tax laws?
Thousands of emails from Oklahoma office of Trump EPA administrator Scott Pruitt published
The emails shed new light on the relationship between Pruitt and the sphere of advocacy outfits and legal groups funded by Koch Industries' billionaires Charles and David Koch.
By hunting down the law-abiding undocumented, Trump harms us all
More of those arriving are from Central America rather than Mexico, and they fleeing dangerous situations in their home countries.
Trump v. Islam
Trump the businessman is at war with Trump the ideologue over the question of Islam.
Fracking caused 6,648 spills in four states alone, Duke study finds
Most spills occurred in the the first three years of a well's life.
The student-built website that keeps government climate data safe
Since Trump’s election, scientists have been scrambling to save climate change data sets. And one Michigan graduate student thought the more copies, the better.
Wind power sets new record: Briefly provides majority of electricity for 14-state grid
In 2016, wind power was the largest U.S. source of renewable electric capacity and is now the country’s fourth-largest energy source.
Welcome to the police state of America for immigrants
The bottom line of his orders is to give permission to ICE and local cops around the country to use their own judgment in enforcing this vague law.
A message to Trump from a Swede: My real concern is rise of militant...
“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound.”