Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Maryland’s Climate Goals Under Strain as Budget Gaps and Looming Federal Cuts Threaten Progress
By Aman Azhar
New York Climate Superfund Becomes Law
By Olivia Gieger
With Trump’s Second Term Looming, the Climate Movement Is Putting Class Issues Center Stage
By Keerti Gopal
What to Expect from State Governments on Renewable Energy Policy in 2025
By Dan Gearino
Steep Lodging Rates Price Some Visitors Out of National Parks
By Lori Sonken, National Parks Traveler
Climate-Focused Foreign Aid Advances U.S. Interests Abroad, Outgoing USAID Official Says
By Marianne Lavelle
Jimmy Carter, Visionary
By Jonathan Alter
The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope
By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
North Carolina’s Climate Activists Brace for Trump’s Return
By Lisa Sorg
A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve
By Noel Lyn Smith
Spending Impasse Threatens to Close National Park System
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon
By Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
Why Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
In Houston, a City Council Member Questions ‘Advanced’ Recycling of Plastic and a City Collaboration with ExxonMobil
By James Bruggers
New York Climate Activists Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign ‘Superfund’ Bill
By Jake Bolster
As Efforts on a Global Treaty Stall, Cities and States Are on the Front Lines of the Battle Over Plastic Pollution
By James Bruggers