Articles by Philip Bump

Philip Bump wrote about the news for Gristmill. He now writes for The Atlantic Wire.

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Gambling advice: Don’t bet that the warm weather is just a fluke

The odds that we just had the warmest 13 months in American history by chance? 1 in 1.5 million.

Philip Bump Science
Is fracking polluting Pennsylvania groundwater or not?

It depends on how you want to frame it. But a new study provides no evidence that it does.

Philip Bump Energy
Ethanol: Beloved by farmers, detested by Big Oil, endlessly debated by Congress

A case study in how change is made in Washington: slowly, with much debate, and with tangential regard for the science.

Philip Bump Energy
How nearly empty swaths of Montana guide policy on the Keystone pipeline

While Montana is home to only 0.3 percent of America's population, it controls 2 percent of the Senate. And that 2 percent supports Keystone.

Philip Bump Energy