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I'm a TNY staff writer & author of "Under a White Sky," "The Sixth Extinction," and forthcoming “Life on a Little-Known Planet." More at: elizabethkolbert.com.
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Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999. Previously, she worked at the New York Times, where she wrote the Metro Matters column; from 1988 to 1991, she was the paper’s Albany bureau chief, and, from 1992 to 1997, she was a political and media reporter, and also a contributor to the Times Magazine, where she wrote on subjects ranging from the use of focus groups in elections to the New York water supply.

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An EPA Researcher Details the Agency’s Assault on Science

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By Elizabeth Kolbert 
| Yale Environment 360
Elizabeth Kolbert: You spent most of your career at the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. Can you tell me what you worked on? Thomas Luben: During [my] first 13 years at EPA, my main duties were working on the integrated science assessments [ISA], and as time allowed, I could do some research on the side. In 2020, I moved over to do research full-time. Kolbert: And you were looking at the six criteria pollutants named in the Clean Air Act?
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The Senator Who Won’t Shut Up about Climate Change

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By Elizabeth Kolbert 
| Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the last 15 years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has been Congress’s most outspoken member on climate change. In 2012, he had a sign made up that showed the Earth as seen from space. “Time to Wake Up,” it said. The sign became a prop for a series of speeches the senator delivered on the urgency of the climate crisis.
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Hablando a tu corazón

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By Elizabeth Kolbert 
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