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

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The agency is ignoring scientific evidence by instead claiming a little radiation is good for you. This is clearly an attempt to save industry money at the expense of women and children's health."

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

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon humanity must...

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"When you can't research threats and share accurate information with the public...

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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

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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

200+ Scientists Want Trump-Backer and Climate Denial Funder Rebekah Mercer Kicked Off Natural History Museum Board

'Making America Stupid Again': Outrage Over 7 Forbidden Words at Trump's CDC

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Climate Threat Erased, Big Oil Bonanza Embraced in Leaked Draft of Interior Dept. 5-Year Plan

Healers as Fighters: Union Convention Celebrates Power of Organized Nurses In Trump Era

EPA Forces Staff to Attend Anti-Leak Classes as Attack on Environment Continues

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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

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

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Science Group to Survey Thousands Of Federal Scientists

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Trump Administration Undermines Independent Science Advice

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Doctors and Scientists Challenge Removal of EPA Science Advisers

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Jim Naureckas

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

Juan Cole

Storm Death Toll in Puerto Rico Rivals 9/11: But Where Is War on Climate Change?

Elizabeth Madin

I’m an Expat US Scientist – and I’m Returning to Trump’s America to Stand Up for Science

Arshad Khan

Of Animals and Bees and Flowers Wild as Earth Day Nears

Gretchen Goldman

Scott Pruitt Will Restrict EPA's Use of Legitimate Science

Elizabeth Hadly

Making America Great Again Requires Acting on Scientific Knowledge

Rachel Licker

Pruitt Squirming Away From The Weight of Climate Evidence

Robert Weissman

The Trumpy Awards, Round Four: Worst Corporate Giveaway

Michael Halpern

The Trump Administration Word Ban Extends to Other Federal Agencies. Its Ongoing Assault on Science Is Much Worse.

Andy Rowell

Climate-Denying Koch Brothers Help Buy Time Magazine

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