Joe Fassler is a writer and journalist whose work on climate and technology appears in outlets like The Guardian, The New York Times, and Wired. His novel, The Sky Was Ours, was published by Penguin Books. He teaches journalism and creative writing in the MA in Science Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University, where he serves as Program Director.
The stateโs reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Coloradoโs entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called โillegalโ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.
As Trump pushes to slash the EPAโs budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.
Utilities started reversing coal powerโs โirreversibleโ decline. Will it last?
New study shows top producersโ combined impact surpasses Saudi Arabiaโs domestic emissions.
These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.
State may be โrubber stampingโ some air pollution permits, according to new report on the boom.
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
The billionaire rescued the right-wing plan to dismantle the government while at its most toxic moment. Enacting its vision at DOGE, Musk was Trumpโs enabler and fall guy.
The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.
