Tom covers the federal response to climate change, focusing on FEMA, the Army Corps of Engineers and other disaster-response agencies. He worked previously at USA Today, BuzzFeed News, Newsday and several local newspapers. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012 and has won other national journalism awards including from the Scripps Howard Foundation, the National Press Club and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. He has a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
President Trump has denied federal disaster aid to Pennsylvania for Tropical Storm Isaias. The denial was issued three weeks after Trump vowed retribution against the state's Democratic governor for imposing restrictions to contain the pandemic.
Heading into the 2020 election, Democrats and climate activists believed that Hispanics' concern about global warming would drive a wedge between Latino voters and President Trump.
President Trump made substantial electoral gains in Pennsylvania counties that produce natural gas, but they were offset by his dismal showing across the Philadelphia suburbs, according to an E&E News analysis.
President-elect Joe Biden is being celebrated for recapturing Midwestern states, but his most significant electoral accomplishment may be winning Arizona and Georgia, two states whose minimal reliance on fossil fuels could help him build a national coalition devoted to addressing climate change.
The Atlanta suburbs have completed a remarkable flip that shows how Democrats can win states with diverse metro areas that are not dependent on fossil fuel industries and are open to climate messages.