Politics & Policy
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?
By Phil McKenna
Q&A: Rich and Poor Nations Have One More Chance to Come to Terms Over a Climate Change ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund
Interview by Jenni Doering, “Living on Earth”
Mainers See Climate Promise in Ballot Initiative to Create a Statewide Nonprofit Electric Utility
By Annie Ropeik
How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe
By Katie Surma
Can the Latest $10 million in EPA Grants Make a Difference in Achieving Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals?
By Aman Azhar
Most Countries are Falling Short of Their Promises to Stop Cutting Down the World’s Trees
By Georgina Gustin
Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Sprawling Conservation Area in Everglades Watershed
By Amy Green
A Shadowy Corner of International Law Is Threatening Climate Action, U.N. Expert Warns
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
Q&A: The Pope’s New Document on Climate Change Is a ‘Throwdown’ Call for Action
Interview by Paloma Beltran, “Living on Earth”
Feds Approve Expansion of Northwestern Gas Pipeline Despite Strong Opposition Over Its Threat to Climate Goals
By Grant Stringer
As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging
By Wyatt Myskow
Watchdog Finds a US Chemical Plant Isn’t Reporting Emissions of Climate Super-Pollutants and Ozone-Depleting Substances to Federal Regulators
By Phil McKenna
Q&A: After its Hottest Summer On Record, Phoenix’s Mayor Outlines the City’s Future
By Wyatt Myskow
A Frequent Culprit, China Is Also an Easy Scapegoat
By Ian Urbina
Answers About Old Gas Sites Repurposed as Injection Wells for Fracking’s Toxic Wastewater May Never Be Fully Unearthed
By Jake Bolster
In New Zealand, Increasingly Severe Crackdowns on Environmental Protesters Fail to Deter Climate Activists
By Emma Ricketts
