Politics

Indigenous Leaders Urge COP28 Negotiators to Focus on Preventing Loss and Damage and Drastically Reducing Emissions

By Liza Gross

Ohio Fails to Pass Restrictions on College Teaching About Climate Policies

By Dan Gearino

Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight

By Jake Bolster

Has COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber Used the UN Climate Summit to Advance the Interests of UAE’s Oil Company?

Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"

At COP28, the Role of Food Systems in the Climate Crisis Will Get More Attention Than Ever

By Georgina Gustin

Public Funding Gave This Alabama Woman Shelter From the Storm. Then Her Neighbor Fenced Her Out

By Lee Hedgepeth

Activists Condemn Speakers at The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit for Driving Climate Change and Call for Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza

By Keerti Gopal

At COP28, the United States Will Stress an End to Fossil Emissions, Not Fuels

By Marianne Lavelle

“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark

By Sam Schramski and Cícero Pedrosa Neto

Black Women Face Disproportionate Risks From Largely Unregulated Toxic Substances in Beauty and Personal Care Products

By Victoria St. Martin

The EU Overhauls Its Law Covering Environmental Crimes, Banning Specific Acts and Increasing Penalties

By Katie Surma

Fulcrum Bioenergy, Aiming to Produce ‘Net-Zero’ Jet Fuel From Plastic Waste, Hits Heavy Turbulence

By James Bruggers

Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?

By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous

New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

By Bob Berwyn

US Regions Will Suffer a Stunning Variety of Climate-Caused Disasters, Report Finds

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Lee Hedgepeth, Amy Green, Phil McKenna, Dylan Baddour, Aydali Campa, Wyatt Myskow, Marianne Lavelle and Kristoffer Tigue

Can US, China Climate Talks Spur Progress at COP28?

By Bob Berwyn, Phil McKenna and Nicholas Kusnetz

Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action

By Marianne Lavelle, Katie Surma, Kiley Price, Nicholas Kusnetz

This Week in Nairobi, Nations Gather for a Third Round of Talks on an International Plastics Treaty, Focusing on Its Scope and Ambition

By James Bruggers