GOP Takes First Steps To Shut Down Climate Groups
Democrats are helping give Trump the power to wipe out enemy nonprofits — and there’s already a road map on how to defund clean energy groups.
Climate Change
What Trump’s Energy Secretary Pick Says Behind Closed Doors
At a major fossil fuel summit, Chris Wright, Trump’s choice to run the Energy Department, declared, “There Is No Climate Crisis.”
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Automatic Refunds Take Flight
Automatic airfare refunds finally take off, the Feds slap a big fine on Apple Card, Lyft must stop lying, and tribes tackle orphaned wells.
After The Storms, The Toxic Secrets Left Behind
Regulatory holes and lobbying pressure are obscuring the industrial toxins left behind by disasters like Hurricane Helene — and a Trump victory could make matters worse.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Clicking Cancel On Deceptive Businesses
Canceling your subscriptions just got easier, a carbon emission rule gets approved for takeoff, Biden wants to make birth control free, and pipeline plans get punctured.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Not So Fast, Fashion
The Feds make pills easier to swallow, Oregon clamps down on natural gas, rural hospitals are popping up, and fast fashion is told to slow down.
The Coming Financial Hurricane
How Hurricane Milton and other climate chaos could trigger the next economic crisis.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: EPA’s Pipe Dream Comes True
Regulators get the lead out, the Golden State sheds light on dark money, mercury and methane get the boot, and Google has a very bad week.
Amid Hurricane Milton, Florida Republicans Aim To Block Climate Emergency Declaration
As the storm bears down on their districts, fossil fuel-backed Reps. Greg Steube and Byron Donalds are pushing legislation claiming the climate crisis is a “false emergency.”
The Corporate Corruption Behind Hurricane Helene
In the South, residents are suffering from the fallout of two disasters — recent Lever reporting shows how corporate meddling and regulatory failures made both of them worse.