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"This Was a Hostile Takeover": How the War on the EPA Was Waged
“It was eight years of pure hell under the democrat party and Obama,” Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., tells FRONTLINE in an excerpt from the FRONTLINE documentary "War on the EPA." “But we won! It’s a wonderful victory.”
October 11, 2017
To Sway Scott Pruitt, EPA Experts Must "Hope Against Hope," Says Former Insider
Outside interests are having outsize influence over EPA chief Scott Pruitt, says Betsy Southerland, a former 30-year veteran at the EPA. What agency experts are "trying desperately to do," she says, is "hope against hope that their facts will change Scott Pruitt's mind."
October 11, 2017
Scott Pruitt Says That EPA Will Repeal the Clean Power Plan
The Trump administration says it will repeal the Clean Power Plan, but it has not released an immediate replacement, raising questions about how the agency will meet its obligation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
October 10, 2017
FRONTLINE Wins Five Emmy Awards
FRONTLINE won five Emmy Awards at the 38th Annual News and Documentary Emmys for documentaries on topics ranging from the humanitarian crisis in Yemen to to the 2016 presidential election.
October 6, 2017
NRA Says It Will Back Efforts To Restrict Bump Stocks
The NRA's announcement, its first statement since the shootings in Las Vegas, marked a sharp break from the group's response in the wake of other mass shootings.
October 5, 2017
America's Partisan Divide Grew Wider Than Ever in 2017
America's political divide had already reached record levels during the Obama presidency, but according to the Pew Research Center, the partisan split between Democrats and Republicans is now the widest its been in more than two decades.
October 5, 2017
This Fall on FRONTLINE
From North Korea, to the war on the EPA, to the fight against ISIS, to Russia, we'll bring you new documentaries on some of the most pressing issues facing our country.
October 4, 2017
How North Korea Uses Front Companies to Help Evade Sanctions
While the United Nations has imposed sanctions against North Korea for years, the regime continues to evade international pressure in order to bankroll its rapidly developing nuclear and missiles programs.
October 3, 2017
Who Planned the Assassination of Kim Jong-un’s Half Brother?
The murder of Kim Jong-nam shocked the world. As his assailants go on trial, FRONTLINE explores whether his half brother -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un -- ordered the hit.
October 2, 2017
Why Can't China Control Kim Jong-un? It's Family History.
The arrest of the North Korean leader's grandfather in 1934 sparked a family grudge that lives on more than 80 years later.
October 1, 2017
U.N. Says It Will Investigate Alleged War Crimes In Yemen
The United Nations will soon dispatch a team of experts to Yemen, where two-and-a-half years of war has left more than 10,000 dead and fueled an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis.
September 29, 2017
Boom Town
There used to be one or two earthquakes a year in Cushing, Oklahoma. Now the town shakes hundreds of times each year. FRONTLINE investigates why.
September 28, 2017