ProjectEnvironment, Politics Winners and Losers at Trump’s EPA Regulatory rollback at the Environmental Protection Agency has favored industry interest, while leaving communities at risk. A view of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Investigations InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’t The federal government may ignore the environment, but we can’t afford to. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesApril 21, 2018 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Superfund Nominee Spent Years Fighting for Polluters Peter Wright has worked for companies responsible for Superfund sites of their own. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMarch 29, 2018 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Banned Banker, Scott Pruitt Friend Finds New Home at EPA Before Albert Kelly was banned from banking, his bank made generous loans to Pruitt. In need of a new job, he found one at the EPA. Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 28, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics EPA Welcomed Industry Feedback Before Reversing Pesticide Ban Internal documents offer no evidence that the agency considered chlorypyrifos’ damaging effects on children’s brains. Sharon LernerThe InterceptAugust 18, 2017 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Protect Our Children’s Brains President Trump should follow the EPA’s lead and get the pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our food. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesFebruary 3, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment Poison Fruit Dow Chemical wants farmers to keep using a pesticide linked to autism and ADHD. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJanuary 16, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics States Are Doing What Scott Pruitt Won’t The federal government may ignore the environment, but we can’t afford to. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesApril 21, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Superfund Nominee Spent Years Fighting for Polluters Peter Wright has worked for companies responsible for Superfund sites of their own. Sharon LernerThe InterceptMarch 29, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Banned Banker, Scott Pruitt Friend Finds New Home at EPA Before Albert Kelly was banned from banking, his bank made generous loans to Pruitt. In need of a new job, he found one at the EPA. Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 28, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics EPA Welcomed Industry Feedback Before Reversing Pesticide Ban Internal documents offer no evidence that the agency considered chlorypyrifos’ damaging effects on children’s brains. Sharon LernerThe InterceptAugust 18, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Protect Our Children’s Brains President Trump should follow the EPA’s lead and get the pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our food. Sharon LernerThe New York TimesFebruary 3, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment Poison Fruit Dow Chemical wants farmers to keep using a pesticide linked to autism and ADHD. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJanuary 16, 2017