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# Eric Pooley

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## Eric Pooley


_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


* ![Beset With Unemployment And Poverty, West Virginians Look To Trump For Help](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd2b0cbd2f147fa5/6988db3d196cf47179041a42/donald-trump-rick-perry-clean-coal-natural-gas-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba6b1a0b14119885/6988cac8cf40a8369ac476d3/scott-pruitt.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Donald Trump Delivers Address To Joint Session Of Congress](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a8e579480f399a0/6988bdf9196cf45ed603f33b/scott-pruitt-epa-carbon-dioxide-co2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Senate Environment Committee Considers Scott Pruitt To Be EPA Administrator](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d13a6e6832f941e/6988ba59656a3f21b8bcec8c/climate-change-donald-trump-administration-scott-pruitt-denial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)
* ![Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt meets with Senator Capito](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29a57b327735bf43/6988b597fb4eac4e3b89067d/scott-pruitt-donald-trump-epa-climate-change-denial-mercury-pollution.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)  
* ![President-Elect Trump And Vice President-Elect Pence Meet With House Speaker Paul Ryan On Capitol Hill](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc45f4043bf46fe10/6988ae93428a9eabb2cd503b/donald-trump-white-house1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
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/)

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