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Sharon Lerner

The Intercept

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Trump’s EPA plans to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters

Trump’s EPA plans to stop collecting greenhouse gas emissions data from most polluters

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move, likening it to turning off a patient's life support monitor

11.04.2025 7

Salon

Sharon Lerner

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

10.04.2025 2

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

Industry-Backed Bills Would Bar EPA From Carrying Out Its Mission, Experts Say

“They’re trying to undermine the foundations for doing any kind of regulation,” said an environmental law expert.

07.03.2025 2

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections

by Sharon Lerner For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental...

06.03.2025 100

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

Distraught EPA Employees Fear for Their Futures Under Trump

“I’m going to stand up to them,” one scientist said. “I may lose the battle, but principally I will have won the war.”

08.02.2025 5

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Trump’s Pick for Key EPA Role Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

As an EPA lawyer during Trump’s first term, David Fotouhi helped roll back climate regulations and water protections.

24.01.2025 7

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

22.01.2025 3

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.

by Ziva Branstetter and Cassandra Jaramillo ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest...

17.01.2025 80

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

04.01.2025 70

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

U.S. Senator Urges EPA to Release “Science-Based” Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

18.12.2024 8

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant, but little is done to stop it

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one...

09.12.2024 4

Salon

Sharon Lerner

Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Air Pollutant. Can We Stop It?

This story was originally published by ProPublica. In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than...

08.12.2024 4

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting, or Gender Identity? The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.

Former President DONALD TRUMP speaks at a campaign rally inside the Mosack Group manufacturing warehouse in Mint Hill, North Carolina on September...

03.10.2024 3

Mother Jones

Sharon Lerner

EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause Cancer

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

30.09.2024 30

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner

EPA Scientists Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals During Trump Admin

This story was originally published by ProPublica . ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story...

20.09.2024 3

Truthout

Sharon Lerner

EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.

by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

18.09.2024 3

ProPublica

Sharon Lerner