Politics & Policy
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
One Candidate for Wisconsin’s Senate Race Wants to Put the State ‘In the Driver’s Seat’ of the Clean Energy Economy. The Other Calls Climate Science ‘Lunacy’
By Aydali Campa
Maryland Department of the Environment Says It Needs More Staff to Do What the Law Requires
By Aman Azhar
Ahead of COP27, New Climate Reports are Warning Shots to a World Off Course
By Bob Berwyn
In Nevada’s Senate Race, Energy Policy Is a Stark Divide Between Cortez Masto and Laxalt
By Delaney Dryfoos
Celebrating Victories in Europe and South America, the Rights of Nature Movement Plots Strategy in a Time of ‘Crises’
By Katie Surma
Q&A: Douglas Brinkley Rates Presidents for Their Environmental Records, Calling Nixon a ‘Reluctant Environmentalist’ and Donald Trump ‘a Zero on This Issue’
By David Shribman
Misery Wrought by Hurricane Ian Focuses Attention on Climate Records of Florida Candidates for Governor
By Amy Green
In Georgia, Warnock’s Climate Activism Contrasts Sharply with Walker’s Deep Skepticism
By James Bruggers
Pennsylvania’s Dairy Farmers Clamor for Candidates Who Will Cut Environmental Regulations
By Grace van Deelen
A Republican Leads in the Oregon Governor’s Race, Taking Aim at the State’s Progressive Climate Policies
By Emma Ricketts
The US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks
By Marianne Lavelle
Poll: Climate Change Is a Key Issue in the Midterm Elections Among Likely Voters of Color
By Victoria St. Martin
In North Carolina Senate Race, Global Warming Is On The Back Burner. Do Voters Even Care?
By James Bruggers
Sinkholes Attributed to Gas Drilling Underline the Stakes in Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Race
By Kiley Bense
Ohio Senate Contest Features Two Candidates Who Profess Love for Natural Gas
By Dan Gearino
Maryland and Baltimore Agree to Continue State Supervision of the Deeply Troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
By Aman Azhar
