Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees
By Georgina Gustin
Climate Leaders Warn About Potential Trump Action Against Environmental Groups
By Marianne Lavelle
EPA Administrator Defends Sweeping Grant Terminations Amid Legal Blowback
By Aman Azhar
National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced
By Dylan Baddour
Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Lee Hedgepeth
Trump Administration Halts Construction on New York Offshore Wind Project
By Lauren Dalban
A Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club, Ben Jealous Over Treatment of Black Alabamians
By Lee Hedgepeth
How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
By Kiley Price, Wyatt Myskow
Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts
By Liza Gross
Dominion Among Utilities Allowed Exemption for Coal Emissions From Trump’s EPA
By Charles Paullin
Trump Official Visits, Touts Alabama Coal Mine With Thousands of Federal Safety Violations
By Lee Hedgepeth
Environmental Groups Sue the Trump Administration to Restore Web Tools Critical for Gauging Climate and Pollution Impacts
By Georgina Gustin
Congressional Democrats Assail Trump’s Plans for Deep Cuts to Government Science
By Marianne Lavelle
New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say
By Kiley Bense
EPA Cancels Key Science Advisory Board Meeting
By Liza Gross
As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life
By James Bruggers