Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
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
Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans
By Noel Lyn Smith
Social Media Is a Growing Vehicle for Climate Misinformation
By Kiley Price
Utah’s Quixotic Bid To Wrest Millions Of Acres From The Federal Government
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
Senate Democrats Push to Ease Process for Disaster Housing Aid
By Marianne Lavelle
These Climate Advocates Are Tapping Their Spiritual Reservoirs to Continue Their Cause
By James Bruggers
Aspiring Applicants Worry EPA Environmental Justice Grant Funding Will Be Rescinded Before It’s Awarded
By Kristoffer Tigue, Dennis Pillion, Dylan Baddour, Marianne Lavelle
Clean Energy Advocates and Businesses Wrestle With an Uncertain Future as Republicans Target IRA Funds
By Keaton Peters
Nick Saban for Public Office? Alabamians Who Wrote in PSC Candidates Had a Certain Twinkle in Their Eye
By Lee Hedgepeth
A Pennsylvania Fracking and Gas Company Is Poised for Profits and Pipelines After GOP Wins
By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
As Countries Reel From a Dizzying Climate Summit, All Eyes Turn to Plastic Negotiations
By Kiley Price
As American Farms Face More Drought, Storms and Flooding, a New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change
By Georgina Gustin
Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Sounds Like a Petrostate Plan to Some
By Marianne Lavelle