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The pioneers who built Seattle polluted and plumbed the lower Duwamish River for a century, straightening its wild curves and saturating its sediment with toxic chemicals from an asphalt plant, … Click to Continue »

Donald Trump insists he’s an environmentalist. But on the biggest issue of the day – the origins of climate change – his exact position remains a mystery. In his 31-minute … Click to Continue »

Donald Trump said the voters of Pittsburgh, unlike the citizens of Paris, didn’t want to be bound by the climate accord signed in that city. Some in Pittsburgh disagreed. “He … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Friday, June 2: President Donald Trump’s announcement Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement may prove … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune on Friday, June 2: A year and a half ago, upon its approval by nearly 200 nations, The San Diego Union-Tribune … Click to Continue »

Energy issues often create rare bipartisan alliances on Capitol Hill, but reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to withdraw from the Paris climate change accord broke swiftly along partisan … Click to Continue »

Gov. Jerry Brown, departing for China for a climate-focused trip, said China has become the great hope for the world on environmental issues during an interview on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. … Click to Continue »

It’s hard to imagine two Republican leaders with more dramatically different political styles than Bakersfield’s Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump. While McCarthy rose to his position as House Majority Leader thanks to a warm and affable public personality, Trump’s style has been anything but. Yet the two have a remarkably …

Forget the climate warriors of California. The state best positioned to spoil Donald Trump’s plan to unleash America’s fossil-fuel resources may be New York. In the past year, New York … Click to Continue »

Emboldened by the environmental rollbacks of President Donald Trump, state legislatures are following suit, taking aim at items as varied as solar incentives, chemical spill protections and even anti-pipeline protesters. … Click to Continue »

Less than a week after President Donald Trump moved to open protected coastal waters to offshore oil drilling, environmental groups are pushing back with a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed … Click to Continue »

President Donald Trump has introduced what many in Washington D.C. call his ‘skinny budget’. It’s the new president’s first public step laying out where he thinks federal spending should, and shouldn’t go. The budget is also a reflection of the administration’s policy goals and priorities, and includes big cuts to …

Fifty-year-old Teresa Gomez moved to the United States as a young woman with one goal: to support her aging mother in Mexico. For decades, Gomez has sent her mother a third of every paycheck. She organizes merchandise and attends customers at a Barrio Logan grocery store. Her mother has heart …