NewsBusiness, Politics Gary Cohn: Mission Accomplished Cohn made great progress for Wall Street in his months inside the White House. Gary RivlinMarch 7, 2018
NewsEnvironment, World Mexico City Dwellers Shoulder Future of their Urban ‘Water Forest’ Mexico City’s 250,000 hectares of forest fragments and grasslands help filter and support groundwater relied on by more than 22 million people. Christine MacDonaldMarch 6, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Trump Administration Demanded Sensitive Oil Data A top government scientist resigned in protest. Adam FedermanMarch 1, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA Division That Studies the Health Risks of Toxic Chemicals Is in a Fight for Its Life — Against the EPA The Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, is the only division of the EPA that independently assesses the toxicity of chemicals. Sharon LernerThe InterceptFebruary 3, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Fails Another Senate Test At a hearing of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the EPA’s Scott Pruitt repeatedly avoided answering simple yes-or-no questions. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJanuary 30, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health Trump Administration Rolls Back EPA Plan to Restrict Dangerous Household Chemicals In response to a chemical industry lobbying campaign, the Trump administration has quietly shelved an EPA plan to ban three deadly solvents. Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 19, 2017
NewsBusiness, Justice How Wall Street Silences Women The financial services industry has been absent from the current deluge of sexual harassment allegations. Susan AntillaDecember 13, 2017
NewsJustice Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights Based on a single quote, which doesn’t say what he thinks it says. Sarah PosnerDecember 5, 2017
NewsEnvironment, Politics Trump’s EPA Chemical Safety Nominee May Be Too Toxic Even for Republicans Resistance to Michael Dourson’s nomination is coming from red states that have been directly harmed by chemicals he defended on behalf of the industry. Sharon LernerThe InterceptNovember 13, 2017