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Ashley Braun

Ashley Braun leads DeSmog’s U.S. coverage, focusing on the oil and gas industry, disinformation, and climate crisis denial. She is an award-winning freelance science and environmental journalist and fact-checker. Her work has been published in outlets including Smithsonian, Audubon, and The Atlantic. Ashley is based in Seattle. Follow her on Bluesky at @ashleybraun.bsky.social and Twitter at @ashleybraun.

Articles by Ashley Braun

us/With Paris Agreement Now Official, a Look Back at Climate Deniers Who Said It Couldnโ€™t Happen
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Withย recent ratifications by the European Union, India, and Canada, the Paris climate agreement is set to take effect November 4, just days before the start of COP22, theย United Nations climate con...
us/As EU Prepares to Ratify Paris Climate Deal, U.S. Sees Bipartisan Push for Climate Action
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Just one month after the United States and China, two major greenhouse gas emitters, committed to the Paris climate agreement, the European Union has promised to follow suit and ratify the agreemen...
us/As Nations Embrace Paris Agreement, Worldโ€™s Existing Fossil Fuels Set to Exceed its Goals
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On September 21, 31 countries, including Brazil and Mexico, ratified the Paris climate agreement at a United Nations event in New York City. They joined the U.S., China, and 27 other nations which ...
us/To Fight Clean Power Plan, Fossil Fuel Companies Paid for Private Meetings with Republican State Prosecutors
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Just one week before Republican state attorneys general asked federal courts to reject the EPAโ€™s Clean Power Plan, which requires states to regulate emissions from electricity generation, they met ...
us/Chart: The Deadliest Energy Sources in the World
ByAshley Braun
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How deadly is your energy source? The very real and lethal effects of our global energy choices become clear in this interactive data visualization, showing the death rate, as measured by the numbe...
us/Industry Already Protesting EPA's First-Ever Limits on Mercury Pollution
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After more than 20 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally set federal limits on how much mercury pollution power plants can release into the atmosphere. The fact that the...
us/Bill to Block EPA Climate Regulations Moves Forward in Congress
ByAshley Braun
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On Tuesday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives moved one step closer to passing a bill to permanently prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating global warming ...
us/Coal Power Plants Are Number One ... Source of Toxic Air Pollutants in U.S.
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King Coal once again takes the crown for title of dirtiest polluter in the land โ€“ or in this case, the air. Coal-burning power plants cough up more hazardous air pollutants than any other source ...
us/Are U.S. House Republicans confusing "Americans" with the "American Petroleum Institute" by cutting pollution protections?
ByAshley Braun
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Recent polls confirm that Americans across the country and political spectrum actually do agree on at least one thing: that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should keep doing its job ...