Energy and Environment: Global warming has changed the Great Barrier Reef ‘forever,’ scientists say

The staggering environmental footprint of all the food that we just throw in the trash; Pruitt upgraded to a larger, customized SUV with bullet-resistant seat covers

With Chris Mooney

Global warming has changed the Great Barrier Reef 'forever,' scientists say "Unprecedented." "Radical." "Catastrophic." The damage to the Great Barrier Reef is even worse than experts thought. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » The staggering environmental footprint of all the food that we just throw in the trash Americans waste about a quarter of the food they buy, and the environmental consequences are enormous. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Pruitt upgraded to a larger, customized SUV with bullet-resistant seat covers The EPA administrator upgraded his official car last year to a costlier, larger vehicle with bullet-resistant covers over bucket seats. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Labor and civil rights organizations call for EPA chief Scott Pruitt's ouster The NAACP wants the EPA administrator to resign or be fired. By Dino Grandoni  •  Read more »   Head of Senate committee now seeks answers on Scott Pruitt's email practices at EPA Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) is now scrutinizing whether the EPA administrator is fully complying with public records requests. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Scott Pruitt's $43,000 soundproof phone booth violated spending laws, federal watchdog finds A GAO investigation found the installation violated a law that prohibits paying more than $5,000 to redecorate or furnish a presidential appointee's office without approval. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Ryan Zinke's travel was proper — with one exception, Interior Department investigators say Zinke's trips aboard military jets checked out. But a $12,375 flight from Las Vegas to Montana, billed to taxpayers, drew significant scrutiny. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   GOP oversight chairman seeks more documents, interviews with Pruitt aides at EPA Rep. Trey Gowdy requested travel receipts, memos and interviews with five aides to EPA head Scott Pruitt. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   The Trump administration has officially clipped the wings of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act A 100-year-old law to protect birds can no longer be used to hold companies accountable for most bird deaths. By Darryl Fears and Dino Grandoni  •  Read more »   The shipping industry is finally going to cut its climate change emissions. That's a big deal. The move to cut emissions in half by 2050 brought another key sector into efforts against climate change. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump's trade moves hurt farmers. Here's how he's trying to make it up to them. While the president was announcing a plan to sustain farmers, his EPA was defending one that had farm groups fuming. By Steven Mufson and Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Public outrage forces Interior to scrap massive increase in park entry fees Americans widely condemned the first proposal to raise entry fees to $70 at some parks. The new $5 increase proposal tracks closer to inflation. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Former Pruitt aide alleges wasteful spending, extravagant travel by EPA chief Kevin Chmielewski, a former Trump campaign aide, said Pruitt routinely pushed for unjustified expenditures on his travel, lodging and office upgrades. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Scott Pruitt has four different EPA email addresses. Lawmakers want to know why. The EPA administrator's accounts prompted concerns that the agency has not disclosed all the documents it would normally release to the public under federal records requests. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get The Energy 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. Sign Up  »

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