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

A Norfolk Southern freight train. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas

By Jon Hurdle

President Jimmy Carter addressing a town meeting. Credit: Getty Images

Jimmy Carter Signed 14 Major Environmental Bills and Foresaw the Threat of Climate Change

By Jonathan Alter

A view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Credit: Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Pennsylvania, Home to the Nation’s First Oil Well, Environmental Activists Stage a ‘People’s Filibuster’ at the Bustling State Capitol

By Kiley Bense

John Duffy walks across a field he is planting in soybeans on April 23, 2020 near Dwight, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As Emissions From Agriculture Rise and Climate Change Batters American Farms, Congress Tackles the Farm Bill

By Georgina Gustin

A resident sits in front of his destroyed house as another makes a fire in a devastated area in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 17, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines. Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

A Long-Sought Loss and Damage Deal Was Finalized at COP27. Now, the Hard Work Begins

By Bob Berwyn

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks on stage on stage during an event at the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Bowie State University on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 in Bowie, Maryland. Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

After Criticism, Gas Industry Official Withdraws as Candidate for Maryland’s Public Service Commission

By Aman Azhar

Trucks line up on a residential street one block from the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The residual waste was transported from Ohio to Texas. Credit: Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images

EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar

By Dylan Baddour

Worker Kamol Srilaloong manually separates plastic bottles at the Wongpanit Suvarnabhumi recycle collection center on Sept. 1, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Biden Administration’s Global Plastics Plan Dubbed ‘Low Ambition’ and ‘Underwhelming’

By James Bruggers

A tourist at the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Sept. 7, 2022. The ice there has been dramatically receding from year to year. Credit: Natasha Jessen-Petersen

This Arctic US Air Base Has Its Eyes on Russia. But Climate is a Bigger Threat

By Natasha Maki Jessen-Petersen

Al Gore speaks at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17, 2023. Credit: World Economic Forum/ Greg Beadle

Al Gore Talks Climate Progress, Setbacks and the First Rule of Holes: Stop Digging

By Dan Gearino

Cattle stand in their pasture in rural Lamadera, New Mexico. Credit: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

Amid Drought, Wealthy Homeowners in New Mexico are Getting a Tax Break to Water Their Lawns

By Wyatt Myskow

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore greets people before President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26 on Feb. 15, 2023 in Lanham, Maryland. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Wes Moore Names Two Members to Maryland Public Service Commission

By Aman Azhar

Eric Balken, executive director of Glen Canyon Institute, walks along a sandbar once submerged by Lake Powell. As the reservoir drops to record lows, areas that were underwater for decades have begun to emerge. Credit: Alex Hager

Lake Powell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A man tows a canoe through a flooded street of his neighborhood as a truck passes in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Sept. 30, 2022, after Hurricane Ian slammed the area. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Left Devastating Flooding in Central Florida. Will it Happen Again?

By Amy Green,  WMFE

Flares burning off gas at Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short

By Autumn Jones

UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters on the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 9, 2023. Credit: Xie E/Xinhua via Getty Images

Sea Level Rise Could Drive 1 in 10 People from Their Homes, with Dangerous Implications for International Peace, UN Secretary General Warns

By Bob Berwyn

Nick Dornak, the president of the nonprofit group Friends of the Brazos River canoes the John Graves Scenic Riverway during a photo shoot with his 11-year-old daughter Emery. His father-in-law, Ed Lowe founded Friends of the Brazos and led the years long fight for legislation to protect this section of the river from industrial polluters. Credit: Meridith Kohut for The Texas Observer

Drifting Toward Disaster: Breaking the Brazos

By Kathryn Jones, Texas Observer

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is seen after the Senate Luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel

By Dan Gearino, Kristoffer Tigue

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