Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
As Trump Touts Ethanol, Scientists Question the Fuel's Climate Claims
By Georgina Gustin
Demand for Presidential Climate Debate Escalates after DNC Says No
By Marianne Lavelle
3 Republican Former EPA Heads Rebuke Trump EPA on Climate Policy and Science
By Nina Pullano
As Rooftop Solar Grows, What Should the Future of Net Metering Look Like?
By Dan Gearino
Fumes from Petroleum Tanks in this City Never Seem to Go Away. What Are the Kids Breathing?
By Sabrina Shankman
What’s Worrying the Plastics Industry? Your Reaction to All That Waste, for One
By James Bruggers
EPA Science Advisers Push Back on Wheeler, Say He's Minimizing Their Role
By Marianne Lavelle
In These U.S. Cities, Heat Waves Will Kill Hundreds More as Temperatures Rise
By Bob Berwyn
Kids Face Rising Health Risks from Climate Change, Doctors Warn as Juliana Case Returns to Court
By Nina Pullano
Biden Launches Climate Plan Embracing Green New Deal, Going Beyond Obama-Era Ambition
By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle
Illinois Passes Tougher Rules on Toxic Coal Ash Over Risks to Health & Rivers
By Nina Pullano
Dozens of U.S. Business Leaders Lobbied Congress for Carbon Pricing. Did Republicans Listen?
By Marianne Lavelle
Scientists Track a Banned Climate Pollutant's Mysterious Rise to Eastern China
By Phil McKenna
Inside a Southern Coal Conference: Pep Rallies & Fears of an Industry's Demise
By James Bruggers
Middle America’s Low-Hanging Carbon: A Collaboration of 14 Midwest Newsrooms
By John H. Cushman Jr.
Wisconsin Farmers Digest What the Green New Deal Means for Dairy
By Jennifer Lu, La Crosse Tribune