Zoë Carpenter

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Zoë Carpenter is The Nation’s associate Washington editor. She worked previously for Rolling Stone, and has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and other media outlets. Follow her on Twitter @ZoeSCarpenter.

Oil and Gas Yesterday 3:10 pm

A Massive Oil Pipeline Is Being Built Across the Great Plains

But resistance is rapidly escalating.

Zoë Carpenter
Fracking July 20, 2016

A New Study Adds Fuel to Calls for a Fracking Ban

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, researchers found that people living near fracking activity face a “significantly higher” risk of asthma attacks.

Zoë Carpenter
Climate Change July 13, 2016

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s ‘Web of Denial’

This week, Democratic lawmakers are speaking up about “a colossal political scheme” to mislead the public about climate science.

Zoë Carpenter
Election 2016 July 8, 2016

The Next Big Fight for the Pro-Choice Movement: Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

Once a political “third rail,” the effort to repeal the Hyde Amendment has gone mainstream.

Zoë Carpenter
Supreme Court June 27, 2016

The Supreme Court Has Spoken: Texas Can’t Use Pseudoscience to Restrict Abortion

The majority ruled that neither of two regulations on abortion providers “offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes.”

Zoë Carpenter
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Congress June 23, 2016

Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation

A forum on Wednesday laid out the case for treating oil like the “new tobacco.”

Zoë Carpenter
Guns and Gun Control June 17, 2016

‘It’s Like Responding to a Battlefield in a Civilian Community’: Medical Professionals Declare Gun Violence a Crisis

Doctors have an intimate view of the uptick in mass shootings.

Zoë Carpenter
Climate Change June 14, 2016

Is Removing Climate Skepticism From Textbooks Censorship?

The public-school board in Portland, Oregon, tried to broaden the district’s climate-change curriculum. Now it’s being accused of suppressing debate.

Zoë Carpenter
Environmental Issues June 8, 2016

Dry Taps and Lagoons of Sewage: What America’s Water Crisis Looks Like

A new report finds that safe water and sanitation are increasingly unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Zoë Carpenter
Climate Change June 3, 2016

6 Tough Climate Questions the Democratic Platform Committee Will Have to Answer

Democrats have a chance to set a bold agenda for dealing with global warming.

Zoë Carpenter

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Oil and Gas Yesterday 3:10 pm

But resistance is rapidly escalating.

Fracking July 20, 2016

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, researchers found that people living near fracking activity face a “significantly higher” risk of asthma attacks.

Climate Change July 13, 2016

This week, Democratic lawmakers are speaking up about “a colossal political scheme” to mislead the public about climate science.

Election 2016 July 8, 2016

Once a political “third rail,” the effort to repeal the Hyde Amendment has gone mainstream.

Supreme Court June 27, 2016

The majority ruled that neither of two regulations on abortion providers “offers medical benefits sufficient to justify the burdens upon access that each imposes.”

GET THE NATION IN YOUR INBOX EVERY MORNING

Congress June 23, 2016

A forum on Wednesday laid out the case for treating oil like the “new tobacco.”

Guns and Gun Control June 17, 2016

Doctors have an intimate view of the uptick in mass shootings.

Climate Change June 14, 2016

The public-school board in Portland, Oregon, tried to broaden the district’s climate-change curriculum. Now it’s being accused of suppressing debate.

Environmental Issues June 8, 2016

A new report finds that safe water and sanitation are increasingly unaffordable for millions of Americans.

Climate Change June 3, 2016

Democrats have a chance to set a bold agenda for dealing with global warming.