--- description: Pooley, a former managing editor of Fortune and chief political correspondent for Time, is a Senior Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund and the author of The Climate War. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Eric Pooley ## Eric Pooley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Pooley, a former managing editor of_ Fortune _and chief political correspondent for_ Time_, is a Senior Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund and the author of_ [The Climate War](https://www.amazon.com/dp/140132326X/?tag=timecom-20)_._ ## Eric Pooley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 25, 2017 ### [The Trump Administration Just Proved (Again) It Likes Coal More Than Facts](https://time.com/4916531/donald-trump-rick-perry-coal-report/) A new report shows it will keep on pretending [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 27, 2017 ### [The 4 Worst Things Donald Trump Has Done to the Environment](https://time.com/4756797/environment-donald-trump-100-days/) And the one very good thing [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 10, 2017 ### [EPA Head Scott Pruitt Has Already Broken 5 of His Promises to Congress](https://time.com/4697551/epa-scott-pruitt-carbon-dioxide/) And has begun to risk the health of American citizens and the world [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 14, 2017 ### [Climate Change Denial Is the Original Fake News](https://time.com/4664173/climate-change-denial-fake-news/) Lessons on how to spot lies, from someone who's spent many years uncovering them [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 17, 2017 ### [Donald Trump's EPA Pick Imperils Science—And Earth](https://time.com/4635162/scott-pruitt-science-denial/) Scott Pruitt has questioned whether toxic mercury is a public health danger, shut down his environme... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 16, 2016 ### [Trump’s Transition Team Is Straight From the Swamp](https://time.com/4571896/trump-transition-team/) And his environmental adviser is a climate denier [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-pooley/","name":"Eric Pooley"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-pooley/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/eric-pooley/"},"name":"Eric Pooley","jobTitle":null,"description":"Pooley, a former managing editor of Fortune and chief political correspondent for Time, is a Senior Vice President at Environmental Defense Fund and the author of The Climate War.","url":"https://time.com/author/eric-pooley/","sameAs":["https://x.com/EricPooley"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```