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War on Science

Consequences of Trump's 'Egregious' War on Science Mount as People and Planet Suffer

'Crime Against Humanity' and 'International Embarrassment': Trump Refuses to 'Believe' Climate Report

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

His administration just released a major report detailing far-reaching impacts of the climate crisis. His response? "I don't believe it."

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'Absolute Disgrace': When No One Looking, White House Plans to Dump Major Climate Report on Black Friday

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A sign is posted on the Paradise Skilled Nursing center as it is consumed by flames from the Camp Fire on November 8, 2018 in Paradise, California.

The administration just announced Wednesday that the National Climate...

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New Report Details Trump's Devastating War on Science—And How New Congress Can Fight Back

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Congress has the power to halt and repair damage from federal agencies'...

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Demonstrators march during the March for Science in Washington D.C. on April 22, 2017.

Deleted? Under Trump, EPA Website's Climate Section Is "Page Not Found"

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'Astounding': Email Shows Ex-EPA Chief Pruitt Locked Out His Own Agency's Top Experts While Hatching War on Science

Making 'Fringe' Scientist Who Argues Exposure Good for People a Key Witness, Trump's EPA Moves to Roll Back Radiation Safety Rules

'We Are Climbing Rapidly Out of Humankind's Safe Zone': Report Warns Dire Climate Warnings Not Dire Enough

New Survey of 63,000 Scientists Across 16 US Agencies Details How Trump Is 'Sidelining Science'

Demonstrators with the March for in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2017. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

'This Is Censorship': Trump's War on Facts Continues With Muzzling of USGS Scientists

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Citing 'Common Good,' Nearly 1,500 Scientists Demand Congress Shield Endangered Species Act From GOP Attacks

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As CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold, Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program

Environmental Proection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt

Pruitt Unveils Another Brazen Attack on Science With Polluter-Friendly Rule Change

'Among Stupidest Policies Yet Proposed': EPA to Lower Car Emissions Standards

Gladys Francisco

Despite Unprecedented Year of Extreme Weather, FEMA Ditches Every Single Mention of 'Climate' From Four-Year Strategic Plan

Stephen Hawking, Who Brought Cosmology to the Masses and Championed Progressive Causes, Dies at 76

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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

New UCS Report Tallies Attacks on Science in Trump Era Harming Public Health

Friends of the Earth

Senate Agriculture Committee Must Reject Scott Hutchins as USDA Chief Scientist

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

New Survey Offers First Look into Science in the Trump Era

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Pruitt’s Proposed Science Changes Are a Betrayal of His Responsibilities, Would Put Americans at Risk

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Trump’s Proposed Budget Eviscerates Federal Science, Rural and Environmental Programs

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Science Group to Survey Thousands Of Federal Scientists

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Andy Rowell

“Tell Me Donald. Exactly How Much Is a Human Life Being Sold For?”

Derrick Z. Jackson

Trump Swamp Threatens Waters of the US

Andy Rowell

“Green New Deal” in US “Must Be Mirrored by a Global Green Deal”

Kristine Mattis

An Economy That Does Not Consider Ecology Is Not Sustainable

Beatrice Tulagan

Coal in, Activists Kept Out at Katowice Climate Talks

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Politicians Who Deny Reality Aren’t Fit to Lead

Greta Thunberg

I'm Striking From School to Protest Inaction on Climate Change – You Should Too

Andy Rowell

Australian Kids Plan “Big School Walkout for Climate Action”

Jim Naureckas

USA Today Says Climate Apocalypse Promises a Balmy Winter

Jim Naureckas

Climate Change Made Florence a Monster—But Media Failed to Tell That Story

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