Lisa Friedman
Climate change reporter for the New York Times. I still tweet about puppies, though. [email protected]
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The Doctor Came to Save Lives. The Co-op Board Told Him to Get Lost.
When an emergency room doctor traveled from New Hampshire to battle the coronavirus in New York, he moved into his brother’s building … but not for long.
Lisa Friedman
Oh ffs.
The Doctor Came to Save Lives. The Co-op Board Told Him to Get Lost.
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E.P.A. Threatens Legal Action Against Sellers of Fake Coronavirus Cleaners
The federal government is asking online retailers to take unregistered products that falsely claim protection from coronavirus off the market.
Lisa Friedman
EPA warns against Virus Shut Out and other bogus, unregistered cleaners that claim to kill/protect against coronavirus
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EPA Announces Extended Comment Period on Supplement to Science Transparency Proposed Rule
EPA News Release: EPA Announces Extended Comment Period on Supplement to Science Transparency Proposed Rule
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Lisa Friedman
Inbox: EPA, which has been under pressure to halt a proposed reg that would restrict the types of studies the agency considers when writing policy, has extended the comment period by 30 days.
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Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together
Never before, scientists say, have so many of the world’s researchers focused so urgently on a single topic. Nearly all other research has ground to a halt.
Those We’ve Lost to the Coronavirus
This series tells the stories of people who have died in the pandemic.
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Lisa Friedman
A 33-year-old woman who fought for disability rights. A 73-year-old doctor who operated on conjoined twins. A musician, a diplomat, a teacher, a nurse. Please make Those We’ve Lost part of your required reading.
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An Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci Asking for Passover Seder Advice
Dear Dr. Fauci,
I’m really sorry to bother you, it’s just that I’m hosting a virtual Seder this year and I want to make sure everything is kosher. ...
Lisa Friedman
An Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci Asking for Passover Seder Advice - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency via the brilliant and hysterical @jackiepick
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Trump Administration, in Biggest Environmental Rollback, to Announce Auto Pollution Rules
The Trump administration has finalized new fuel efficiency standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by 2025 to 40 miles a gallon by 2030.
Lisa Friedman
Trump Administration, in Biggest Environmental Rollback, to Announce Auto Pollution Rules - via @CoralMDavenport
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FEMA Says at Least 7 People at the Disaster Agency Have the Coronavirus
Union officials at FEMA say they would like to know where they work in order to warn other employees who might be exposed and to avoid putting the public at added risk.
Lisa Friedman
FEMA Says at Least 7 People at the Disaster Agency Have the Coronavirus nytimes.com/2020/03/28/cli… via @cflav @KannoYoungs
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists
Federal scientists and lawyers, told to undo regulations that some have worked on for decades, have embedded data into technical documents that environmental lawyers are using to challenge the rollbacks.
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Important reporting from @CoralMDavenport. Even as the Trump administration moves to reverse environmental rules, govt scientists are hard at work embedding facts & statistics in regulatory documents that make the rollbacks vulnerable to legal challenges.
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‘We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night’
No country has been hit harder by the coronavirus than Italy, and no province has suffered as many losses as Bergamo. Photos and voices from there evoke a portrait of despair.
House debates $2.2T virus relief bill amid last-minute snag
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House kicked off debate Friday on a $2.2 trillion package to ease the coronavirus pandemic's devastating toll on the U.S. economy and health care system, even as a maverick...
A N.Y. Nurse Dies. Angry Co-Workers Blame a Lack of Protective Gear.
“I’m okay. Don’t tell Mom and Dad. They’ll worry,” he wrote to his sister. He may be the first nurse in New York City to die from the coronavirus.
Lisa Friedman
Devastating. Via @SominiSengupta. A N.Y. Nurse Dies. Angry Co-Workers Blame a Lack of Protective Gear.
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E.P.A., Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters
The agency said it would not penalize companies that violate rules on monitoring and reporting pollution discharges.
In Coronavirus, Industry Sees Chance to Undo Plastic Bag Bans
Backers of single-use plastic bags, battered by a series of bans nationwide, are using the health scare to argue their bags are cleaner and safer.
Lisa Friedman
In Coronavirus, Industry Sees Chance to Undo Plastic Bag Bans nyti.ms/2UAZZoG via @HirokoTabuchi
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Nurses Share Coronavirus Stories Anonymously in an Online Document
A health care worker in New Jersey created a digital venue for people in the field to chronicle poor working conditions that may put patients at risk. “It is disgusting,” one nurse wrote.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down permits for the pipeline and ordered a new environmental review of the project.
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Coronavirus Doesn’t Slow Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks
The administration is pushing ahead with efforts to roll back environmental protections and impose new limits on how science can be used for making rules.
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Lisa Friedman
The Trump administration is barreling ahead with deregulations despite coronavirus.
One fed employee told me the pace is "ruthless."
Next week: CAFE rules, sources say. No extra time for comment periods on transparency, other key regs
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Climate and the $2 Trillion Stimulus Package
Also this week, how drought can help the coronavirus spread