Brady Dennis

This group thinks Trump hasn’t done enough to unravel environmental rules

January 5, 2018 at 9:08 a.m.

The activists gathered behind closed doors in a Houston hotel meeting room last week had long existed on the political fringe. They'd dismissed the science behind climate change, preached the...

Administration report finds “no convincing alternative explanation” for climate change

November 3, 2017 at 10:06 p.m.

The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday calling human activity the dominant driver of global warming, a conclusion at odds with White House decisions to withdraw from a...

Toxic froth from industrial pollution ...

Pollution kills 9 million people each year, new study finds

October 19, 2017 at 11:10 p.m.

Pollution around the globe now contributes to an estimated 9 million deaths annually - or roughly one in six - according to an in-depth new study published Thursday in the...

Trump taps climate skeptic for top White House environmental post

October 13, 2017 at 10:49 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday tapped Kathleen Hartnett-White, a former chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, to head a key White House office that coordinates environmental and energy...

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt makes ...

EPA’s Pruitt took charter, military flights that cost taxpayers more than $58,000

September 27, 2017 at 8:16 p.m.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has taken at least four noncommercial and military flights since mid-February, costing taxpayers more than $58,000 to fly him to various parts of the...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks ...

EPA spending almost $25,000 to install a secure phone booth for Scott Pruitt

September 27, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.

The Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25,000 to construct a secure, soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to government contracting records.

Florida governor has ignored climate change risks, critics say

September 9, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has been ubiquitous in recent days as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Sunshine State, warning of deadly winds and storm surges and imploring residents...

An Environmental Protection Agency exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Building.

At EPA museum, history might be in for a change

August 1, 2017 at 12:12 a.m.

Now the museum, which opened just days before President Barack Obama left office, is being reworked to reflect the priorities of the Trump administration, an effort that probably will mean...

Climate change in the U.S. could help the rich and hurt the poor

June 29, 2017 at 3:37 p.m.

Researchers have long warned that unmitigated climate change could cause severe financial hardship to the United States in coming decades. But a new study published Thursday in the journal Science...

EPA chief vows to speed the nation’s Superfund cleanups; communities wonder how

June 18, 2017 at 9:24 p.m.

Dawn Chapman had listened with surprise and skepticism as the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency vowed to clean up West Lake, the nuclear waste dump that has filled...

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