Here, now, the agency with its mission to protect human health and the environment is attempting to shovel tens of thousands of pollution-caused deaths off the main page and into the margins to make regulatory inaction pencil out. Read more >
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With New Manipulation of Benefit-Cost Analysis, the Trump EPA Attempts to Hide Bodies in the Fine Print
Julie McNamara, Senior Energy analyst
June 4, 2020 4:51 PM EDT
10 Things That the Scholarly Community Can Do to Stand in Solidarity
June 3, 2020 9:40 PM EDT
Acknowledge the history. Revise your work. Refuse to be complicit. Read more >
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BP, Chevron, and ExxonMobil Have a Lot to Answer for on Climate at their Annual Meetings
Kathy Mulvey, climate accountability campaign director
May 26, 2020 11:10 AM EDT
We’ve decided to put out our questions for the leaders of fossil fuel companies ahead of their virtual annual shareholder meetings—so that journalists, advocates, and activists can amplify and follow up. Read more >
NASA
Temporada peligrosa de huracanes comienza en medio de pandemia COVID-19
Astrid Caldas, climate scientist
May 21, 2020 12:32 PM EDT
COVID-19 nos tomó por asalto, pero probablemente no será la única amenaza que veremos este año. Read more >
The First COVID-19 Era Hurricane Season Is Here. Are We Ready?
Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director and Lead Economist, Climate & Energy
May 21, 2020 11:51 AM EDT
Today NOAA announced its 2020 Atlantic hurricane season forecast and projected an above average year, with a likely range of 6-10 hurricanes and 3-6 major hurricanes expected. This year, we also face hurricane season amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and a worsening economic downturn—yet another example of compound risks that are part of our new normal. Our nation’s ability to keep people safe is going to be severely tested, and in large part depends on how well the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and state and local authorities work together under these unprecedented circumstances.
