Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
In Arizona’s Famed Sky Islands, Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Stalls Crucial Conservation Work
By Wyatt Myskow
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze for Climate Work. Will the White House Comply?
By Wyatt Myskow
Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies
By Bob Berwyn
Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters
By Amy Green
USDA’s Purge of Climate Data is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges
By Miranda Lipton
Trump’s Executive Order on Forests ‘A Devastating Blow,’ Activists Say
By Kiley Bense
Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution
By Marianne Lavelle
Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety
By Bob Berwyn, Lauren Dalban
Sen. Kaine Excoriates Trump for Declaring a Bogus Energy Emergency
By Charles Paullin
Federal Firings Threaten Great Lakes’ $5 Billion Fishery
By Anika Jane Beamer
Legal Protections for Wildlife in Jeopardy as House Hosts Oversight Meeting
By Arcelia Martin
EPA Would Shrink to 1970 Staffing Levels—‘When the Skies Were Dark With Smog’—Under Proposed Plan
By Marianne Lavelle
Questions and Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funding for Shrinking Colorado River
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Congress Set to Vote on Repeal of Biden Administration Climate Regulations
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Trump Administration Restores $2.1 billion in Funding to Pennsylvania After State’s Lawsuit
By Jon Hurdle
Conservatives Win in Germany, But New Chancellor Will Be Limited in Ability to Make Big Changes to Climate and Energy Policy
By Dan Gearino