Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
In Florida’s Fragile Everglades, Trump Praises ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
By Amy Green
Zohran Mamdani Made Addressing Climate Change Central to His Affordability Plan for New York
By Lauren Dalban
Trump Administration Acts to ‘Severely Weaken’ a Key Environmental Law
By Kiley Bense, Wyatt Myskow
On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy
By Marianne Lavelle
In Trump’s Megabill, a Clean Energy Phase Out and a Big, Beautiful Tax Break for Met Coal Exporters
By Lee Hedgepeth, Marianne Lavelle
In Budget Crunch, New Jersey Strips Clean Energy Fund in Near-Record ‘Raid’
By Rambo Talabong
Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns
By Martha Pskowski
An Important Archive of Congressionally-Mandated Climate Change Reports Just Went Dark
By Lauren Dalban
National Science Foundation to Leave Virginia Headquarters as HUD Moves Out of DC
By Charles Paullin
Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy
By Bob Berwyn
A Class-Action Lawsuit Aims to Restore Climate and Environmental Grants
By Amy Green
The Danger of Losing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
‘Systematically Failed’: Civil Society’s Latest Attempt to Reform UN Climate Talks
By Ryan Krugman
Trump Joins the Opposition to Vermont’s Climate Superfund Act, Calling it ‘Burdensome’ and ‘Ideologically Motivated’
By Nina Sablan
The Revised ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains
By Dan Gearino
Severe Weather, Uncertain Funding: What’s It Like to be a Local Emergency Manager These Days?
By Alexia Underwood