Politics

When I think about architects, I often imagine a smart, creative professional wearing round, black glasses quietly working at a drafting table. This stereotypical — and often inaccurate — image of architects as low-key figures in our society does not take into account the enormous...

Just as the tobacco companies worked to brand cigarettes as harmless, the coal industry has pushed to convince the public that their product is safe for the environment. The phrase “clean coal” entered public consciousness during the 2008 election cycle. Big coal invested millions of...

This was written by Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force’s National Oil and Gas Program Coordinator: My sons go to school half a mile from a natural gas well pad. In their school district, they have five other well pads along with pipelines that feed into...

When Michael Dourson, Trump’s nominee to head EPA’s chemical safety office, was grilled by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee earlier this month, I sat in the hearing room thinking about what, exactly, was at stake. Next to me were families who had traveled...

Some things don’t change. Government handouts to fossil fuel companies have been with us for over a century. Now, with an administration that is riddled with shills for those industries, the American public is at even greater risk. Oil Change International has come out with...