Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Judge Orders Jail Time For Prominent Everglades Scientist
By Amy Green
Ireland Could Become the Next Nation to Recognize the Rights of Nature and a Human Right to a Clean Environment
By Katie Surma
Washington Law Attempts to Fill the Void in Federal Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals
By Emma Peterson
A Battle Is Underway Over California’s Lucrative Dairy Biogas Market
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Biden Administration Takes Historic Step to Protect Old-Growth Forest
By Marianne Lavelle
2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?
By ICN Staff
‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It
By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News; and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune
The Climate Treadmill Speeds Up At COP28, But Critics Say It’s Still Not Going Anywhere
By Bob Berwyn
In Alabama, What Does It Take to Shut Down a Surface Mine Operating Without Permits?
By Lee Hedgepeth
A BLM Proposal to Protect Wildlife Corridors Could Restore the West’s ‘Veins and Arteries’
By Adam Goldstein
Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway
By Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna
An Alabama Landfill Has Repeatedly Violated State Environmental Laws. State Regulators Waited Almost 20 Years to Crack Down
By Lee Hedgepeth
For One Environmentalist, Warning Black Women About Dangerous Beauty Products Allows Them to Own Their Health
By Victoria St. Martin
Rural Arizona Has Gone Decades Without Groundwater Regulations. That Could Soon Change.
By Wyatt Myskow
EPA Begins a Review Process That Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride
By Kiley Bense
Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas
By Martha Pskowski
