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EPA Reportedly Helped Paris Agreement Opponents Place Op-Eds in Newspapers

EPA Reportedly Helped Paris Agreement Opponents Place Op-Eds in Newspapers

By Kevin Kalhoefer & Lisa Hymas President Donald Trump has decided to exit the Paris climate agreement, according to Axios. The news site also reported that the Scott Pruitt-led U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been “quietly working” with opponents of the agreement to help them place op-eds in newspapers. Media Matters identified a number […]

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    EPA Reportedly Helped Paris Agreement Opponents Place Op-Eds in Newspapers

    EPA Reportedly Helped Paris Agreement Opponents Place Op-Eds in Newspapers

    By Kevin Kalhoefer & Lisa Hymas President Donald Trump has decided to exit the Paris climate agreement, according to Axios. The news site also reported that the Scott Pruitt-led U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been “quietly working” with opponents of the agreement to help them place op-eds in newspapers. Media Matters identified a number […]

    The Beginning of the End for Coal

    The Beginning of the End for Coal

    The global coal boom took a nosedive in 2016 as construction starts on coal-fired power plants fell to nearly two-thirds of 2015 levels, according to a report, from Coalswarm, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. “Markets are demanding clean energy, and no amount of rhetoric from Donald Trump will be able to stop the fall of coal […]