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The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.

Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts

Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for damages linked to climate change.

By Dana Drugmand

 An aerial view of a partially collapsed home in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on July 30, 2024, after flash floods hit the area. Vermont, along with New York, passed climate superfund laws last year, and similar legislation is pending in a handful of other states. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg
People protest against Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz at the entrance to the detention center in the Everglades on Aug. 24. Credit: Jesus Olarte/Anadolu via Getty Images

Federal Appeals Court Pauses Litigation Over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

By Amy Green
Robert Taylor, co-founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John, stands in front of his home in Reserve, La. Credit: Emily Kask/AFP via Getty Images

Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

By Keerti Gopal
Vice President JD Vance speaks at ConcordPadgett Regional Airport on Sept. 24 in North Carolina. Credit: Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images

Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute

By Liza Gross
The Interior Department headquarters is shown from an angle with a person walking up the steps

Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection

By Katie Surma
Workers remove solar panels from an industrial building. Credit: Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture alliance via Getty Images

As EPA Stalls, States Are Left to Handle Solar Panel Waste

By Rambo Talabong
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a press conference with other House Republicans on Oct. 15 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Use of Congressional Review Act on BLM Plans Could Impact State Plans Under Other Agencies

By Sarah Mattalian
Eva Lighthiser (center), lead plaintiff in the Lighthiser v. Trump case, walks with attorney Mat dos Santos as they arrive at the Russell Smith Courthouse in Missoula, Montana, on Sept. 16. Credit: Issam Ahmed/AFP via Getty Images

Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels

By Dana Drugmand
People attend the funeral of Efraín Fueres. Fueres, 46, was gunned down last month in Cotacachi, Ecuador, where he was marching in protest of high costs of living and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists. Credit: La Raíz

The Death Toll Is Rising from Ecuador’s Crackdown on Protesters

By Katie Surma
Lobby Day participants gather in the state capitol rotunda for the “People over Polluters” rally in the Illinois Capitol Building rotunda on Wednesday. Credit: Andrew Montequin/Inside Climate News

Illinois Residents Urge Lawmakers to Act on Transit, Energy Bills

By Andrew Montequin
From left: Reem Alabali Radovan, Lars Klingbeil and Kristalina Georgiewa sign an agreement for development cooperation at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies

By Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference at her Manhattan office on Feb. 20 in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Federal Actions Make New York’s Energy Future More Uncertain

By Lauren Dalban
Lisa Garcia served as the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 2 administrator during the Biden administration. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Former EPA Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia Considers Environmental Justice With Trump in Power

By Anna Mattson
In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong
Air pollution pours from the Olin Mathieson Chemical Plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1972, before many federal regulations of such emissions were implemented. Credit: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge

By Liza Gross
The photo shows the bay around Oxford

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

By Aman Azhar

The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated

By Aidan Hughes, Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
In Houston, a transmission tower in July, as ERCOT, the state's power grid, urged customers to preserve electricity. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Grid Operators and Regulators Iron Out New Rules for Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

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