Articles by Brad Johnson
Brad Johnson is the political director of Climate Hawks Vote.
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Mississippi flood causes billions in damage, while local representatives deny climate threat
They’ve literally opened the floodgates.Photo: Gulf Restoration NetworkCross-posted from the Wonk Room. “Flooding along the Mississippi River has set a new water level record,” according to the National Weather Service. “The […]
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Richard Burr introduces bill to abolish the EPA
It’s just a harmless cost-cutting measure!Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. Senate Republicans have introduced legislation to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, established 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon to […]
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Top climate scientist on monster tornadoes: ‘It’d be irresponsible not to mention climate change’
“Climate change is present in every single meteorological event,” says scientist Michael Mann.Photo: Tom VanNortwickCross-posted from the Wonk Room. Throughout human history, the climate system has been a source of […]
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Barton denies any ‘medical negative’ from mercury, smog, or soot pollution
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. At a congressional hearing on Friday designed to lay the groundwork for an effort to delay critical EPA toxic pollution standards, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) claimed […]
