Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Will Congress Ban ‘Mud Dumping’ in Mobile Bay?
By Dennis Pillion
After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements
By Charles Paullin
Tribes and Environmental Groups Push Back on Trump Rule to Diminish Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
By Kiley Price
Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?
By Steven Rodas
Fracking Ban in the Delaware River Basin Survives a Republican Challenge (For Now)
By Jon Hurdle
New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers
By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino
Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More
By Wyatt Myskow
Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration
By Dennis Pillion
Alabama Data Center Non-Disclosure Agreement Required City Officials to Destroy Records, Document Shows
By Lee Hedgepeth
Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs
By Charles Paullin
Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution
By Maya McDaniel
Grassroots Justice Group Challenges Trump Administration Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running
By Amy Green
Pennsylvania’s Legislature Is Likely to Punt on Mass Transit Funding—Again
By Daniel Perrin
Trump Wants to Fast Track AI
By Arcelia Martin
As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund
By Amy Green
Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve
By Marianne Lavelle