Alaska’s warming, but can’t quit Big Oil
Oil drilling has brought great prosperity to Nuiqsut, but the town's very foundations are imperiled by oil's fundamental role in the global economy. In a nation coming to recognize the...
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Judge blocks Trump’s drilling plans across the U.S. because they ignored climate change impact
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that the Interior Department violated federal law by failing to take into account the climate impact of its oil and gas leasing out west....
For Pruitt, gaining Trump’s favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance
In the run-up to the decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last May, President Donald Trump wanted the opinion of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. But...
EPA whistleblower details Scott Pruitt’s spending and travel excesses
Two years ago, Kevin Chmielewski was a Donald Trump campaign aide who was working tirelessly to ensure that the New York businessman became America's 45th president. He even convinced Trump...
Trump administration reverses ban on importing trophies from elephant hunts in two African nations
The Trump administration announced late Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban...
White House pushing for new concessions in bipartisan health bill
The White House signaled to Senate Republican negotiators Friday that they want to include retroactive relief this year for both individuals and employers subject to the Affordable Care Act's insurance...
Trump administration to decline to renew dozens of scientists for key EPA advisory board
The Environmental Protection Agency has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency, continuing a scientific shakeup that has...
Trump taps Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department, an agency he vowed to abolish
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Rick Perry to head the Energy Department, said two people familiar with the decision, seeking to put the former Texas governor in control of an...
In push for gender equality, Obamas host United State of Women Summit Tuesday
More than two dozen companies - including Airbnb, Amazon, American Airlines, Dow Chemical and Pepsico - have agreed to undertake a yearly company-wide gender pay analysis as part of Tuesday's...
Obama moves to agitate big business
President Barack Obama has negotiated with business leaders periodically during his presidency and, at times, joined with them to push issues such as expanded international trade or comprehensive immigration reform....