As the Trump administration moves to dismantle clean air regulations, a landmark study in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that existing air quality rules do not go far enough. The nationwide investigation, published last week, finds that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and ozone, even at levels deemed safe by federal rules, […]
Ishmael Bishop
Ishmael Bishop is an editorial intern at the Prospect.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Mine Fuels Trump’s Coal Crusade, But Global Energy Markets May Have the Final Say
“You’re going back to work,” President Donald Trump promised a group of coal miners who came to EPA headquarters in Washington to witness the signing of a March executive order on energy independence and economic growth. The president’s declaration takes his promises to coal country full circle. During the 2016 election campaign, he claimed that […]
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
New Documentary Challenges the Rhetoric of the So-Called War on Coal
Exactly one week after Trump’s announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, a new film from director Michael Bonfiglio premiered at National Geographic’s Washington, D.C.’s headquarters. From the Ashes closely examines the repercussions-environmental, health, economic-of something the Trump administration has not only denied, but has gone to great […]
