Brian Palmer
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Brian:
Why Did Harvey Weinstein Reportedly Hire a “Prison Consultant”?
Going to prison is like heading off to college. Sort of. → Read More
Did evangelical Christianity create Scott Pruitt?
Pruitt isn’t an anomaly. He’s carrying forth a tradition. → Read More
Evangelicals Value People Over the Planet. Is That Why They’re Standing by Scott Pruitt?
And could this explain his approach? → Read More
Why Trump’s Decision to Allow Drilling on Our Coasts Is So Shocking
It ignores both the permanent legal limitations set by past administrations and the lessons of history. → Read More
We Should Treat Everyone Like We Treat HIV-Positive Patients. Seriously!
Comprehensive care is the answer to chronic disease. But America is terrible at it. → Read More
Donald Trump Shouldn’t Appoint a Science Adviser. He Doesn’t Deserve One, and It Won’t Help.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has been headless since Donald Trump moved into the White House. The vacancy is a problem: Trum ... → Read More
Is Water a Fundamental Human Right?
On a search to find our right to clean drinking water in U.S. and international law. → Read More
Why Is It So Easy for Officials to Cover Up Drinking Water Scandals?
Vague regulations let government officials hide drinking water contamination from the public. → Read More
The Future of Environmental Justice
"Environmental justice" isn't only about what is put in whose backyard—it's the future of the environmental movement. → Read More
Why is it so easy for officials to cover up drinking water scandals?
Vague regulations let government officials hide drinking water contamination from the public. → Read More
Is safe, clean drinking water a human right?
I went on a search to find our right to clean drinking water in U.S. and international law. → Read More
“Environmental justice” isn’t only about what’s put in whose backyard—it’s environmentalism’s future
“Environmental justice” isn’t only about what is put in whose backyard—it’s the future of the environmental movement. → Read More
Bjorn Lomborg is the smiley-est science denier you’ll ever see
Meet Bjorn Lomborg, Copenhagen’s Koch-funded climate science denier. → Read More
How might road salt have contributed to the Flint water crisis?
Did road salt help cause the Flint water crisis? → Read More
Existing Carbon-Cutting Rules Won't Get Us to Our Climate Goal
Where else can we cut? → Read More
India's Next Decade Could Decide the Future of Our Climate
How India builds its energy grid could decide the fate of humanity. Maybe we should help the country out. → Read More
Existing carbon-cutting rules won’t get us to our climate goal. Where else can we trim?
Current regulations will achieve 80 percent of the country’s climate goal. Where will the rest come from? → Read More
Led astray: When looking for lead contamination, Flint failed to test homes with lead pipes
Flint made many mistakes, but its haphazard lead monitoring system was the worst of them. → Read More
India’s next decade could decide the future of our climate (perhaps we should give it a hand)
How India builds its energy grid could decide the fate of humanity. Maybe we should help the country out. → Read More
2015 set a new heat record. It’s not a surprise, but it’s still news, dammit!
Heat records are no longer newsworthy. Uh-oh. → Read More