Dan Vergano
The First NASA Plan Under Trump Will Kill The International Space Station
NASA’s latest Mars plan may be showy enough for Trump, but kills any dreams of landing more astronauts on the moon.
Dan Vergano
This Famous Climate Scientist Just Endured A Washington Inquisition
On Capitol Hill, climate scientist Michael Mann faced a panel of hostile lawmakers and witnesses at a wacky hearing devoted to questioning global warming.
Dan Vergano
Coal Just Won The War On Coal. But Coal Miners Are Still Screwed.
“It won’t add any coal jobs, but it will set back the country as a leader on the environment,” said one expert.
Dan Vergano
This Was A Record Low Winter For Arctic Sea Ice
"It is a good canary in the coal mine for warning us about the warming that is happening everywhere," said one scientist.
Dan Vergano
Trump Just Named A Bush Administration Doctor To Head The FDA
The White House has named Scott Gottlieb to head the US agency charged with monitoring food and drug safety nationwide.
Dan Vergano
EPA's Science Panel Might Soon Be Stacked With Polluters
A Congressional committee passed two EPA bills that would eject its academic science advisers and replace them with industry ones, while limiting what environmental studies the agency can review.
Dan Vergano
Elon Musk Says He Wants To Send Two People Around The Moon By 2018
The space entrepreneur says his SpaceX firm's Falcon Heavy rocket will zip two paying customers around the moon by next year.
Dan Vergano
NASA Is Studying A Manned Trip Around The Moon On A $23 Billion Rocket
NASA first zipped three Apollo 8 Mission astronauts around the moon in 1968. Now the agency is talking about a repeat mission.
Dan Vergano
Republicans Want The EPA To Investigate Employees Using Encryption
"Reportedly, this group of career officials at the EPA are aiming to spread their goals covertly," says the investigation request.
Dan Vergano
Trump Announces End To Climate And Pollution Rules As A First Act
President Donald Trump announced he would end the Obama administration's climate plan and water pollution rules in one of the first acts of his presidency.
Dan Vergano
If Taxpayers Invent A Drug, Should The Government Just Give It Away?
When National Institutes of Health gave away a taxpayer-funded Hepatitis C drug, officials brushed aside requests to limit the price charged to consumers.
Dan Vergano
Here's The Strange Story Of The Lonely Serial Killer
He confessed to his therapist that he was a serial killer who raped and murdered women. Then the hunt began for his next victim.
Dan Vergano
North Pole Hits Melting Point With Temperatures 40 Degrees Above Normal
Arctic sea ice is still at a historic low extent this winter, and a blast of balmy weather north of Iceland isn't helping anything.
Dan Vergano
The US And Canada Ban Oil Drilling In Vast Swaths Of Arctic And Atlantic Oceans
President Obama and Canada's Justin Trudeau banned offshore oil leases across large parts of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. The US added a long stretch of Atlantic coastline as off-limits as well.
Dan Vergano
Trump Transition Lawyer Has Spent Years Suing For Climate Emails
David Schnare left the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 after starting a nonprofit that sues universities for climate scientists’ emails. “For some of us, it's in the blood. We commit ourselves to public service and we never stop,“ he said.
Dan Vergano
Trump Names Prominent Climate Denier To His EPA Team
Christopher Horner of the coal-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, has been named to the presidential transition team overseeing the EPA. "He is a horrifying choice," said one environmental lawyer.
Dan Vergano
The First US Astronaut To Circle The Globe, John Glenn, Has Died
He was a space-age hero turned US senator.
Dan Vergano
Drug Makers Get The Brakes Taken Off FDA Drug Approvals
The 21st Century Cures Act sailed through the Senate, 94–5, and is headed for presidential signature. Critics call the bill's promise of faster drug approvals dangerous for patients.
Dan Vergano
Progressives' Push To Kill A Medical Research Bill Will Likely Fail
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been putting pressure on their Democratic colleagues to vote against a bill they argue is full of giveaways to the pharmaceutical industry. But most Democrats say the bill does more good than bad.
Tarini Parti
EPA Names Asbestos To New List Of Dangerous Chemicals That May Be Banned
The agency named 10 chemicals as hazardous, kicking off a new law aimed at increasing warnings about workplace and environmental dangers.
Dan Vergano
