Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Trump Reverses Course, Reinstates Some EPA Workers Fired From Chicago Office Just Days Earlier
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Trump Order Fast-Tracks Projects That Would Damage Wetlands, Environmental Groups Say
By Amy Green
Virginia Legislators Pushing to Use Taxpayer Funds for Natural Gas Projects
By Charles Paullin
People Brace for Impacts on Land, Water and Wildlife After Feds Fire Thousands Over Holiday Weekend
By Christine Peterson, High Country News
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act vs. Trump’s Executive Orders on Environmental Justice
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Climate and Environmental Justice Programs Stalled by Trump Freeze, Despite Court Orders
By Marianne Lavelle, Dylan Baddour, Lisa Sorg, Nicholas Kusnetz
What Trump’s Evisceration of USAID Feels Like on the Ground
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Former EPA Officials Blast Effort to Rescind Climate Funds, Calling It a Political ‘Smokescreen’
By Aman Azhar
Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills
By Dennis Pillion
After Trump Administration Closes DOJ’s Office of Environmental Justice, Advocates Worry About Future Enforcement
By Kristoffer Tigue
Pennsylvania Climate Programs Hit by Federal Spending Cuts, Governor Says in Lawsuit vs. Trump
By Jon Hurdle
Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?
By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian
Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance
By Dan Gearino
An EPA Rule Will Reduce Lead in Drinking Water—Unless This Effort to Block It Succeeds
By Keerti Gopal
With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy
By Jake Bolster