Denial & Misinformation

EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge

The agency replaced civil servants with Trump loyalists and has failed to correct scientific integrity violations and a flawed cancer risk assessment of a popular pesticide during Trump’s first term, watchdog groups say.

By Liza Gross

Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well Online

By Bob Berwyn

Unpacking Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Comments About Climate Change to the UN

By Jenni Doering and Aynsley O’Neill

Disinformation on Steroids: Climate Science Takes It on the Chin

ICN Sunday Morning

An Energy Department Climate Change Report ‘Completely Ignored’ Adaptation, Rutgers Professor Says

By Anna Mattson

Top US Energy Official Lobbies for Fossil Fuels in Europe

By Bob Berwyn

Maryland Advocates Call for Penalties on Washington Gas After Ruling on False Environmental Claims

By Aman Azhar

World’s Researchers Say They Will Resist Attacks on Science and Support Beleaguered U.S. Colleagues

By Bob Berwyn

Faith Leaders Push Back After EPA Head Disparages Climate Action as ‘Religion’

By James Bruggers

Climate Change Is the Backdrop to Our Lives, But It’s Missing in Movies

By Kiley Price

Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance

By Dan Gearino

Watchdog Groups Anticipate ‘an All-Out War on Science and Scientists’ by the Trump Administration

By Bob Berwyn

Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn

By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski

Social Media Is a Growing Vehicle for Climate Misinformation

By Kiley Price

Climate Change Makes Vaccines More Important—While Also Undercutting Them

By Kiley Price

Disinformation Threatens Climate Action, UN Warns

By Bob Berwyn

Grassroots Hurricane Relief Efforts Fight Disinformation, Slow Bureaucracies and More Frequent Catastrophes

By Keerti Gopal

Climate Disasters Only Slightly Shift the Political Needle

By Bob Berwyn

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping

By Miranda Green, Floodlight; Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica; Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism