Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Q&A: The Sort of ‘Breakthrough’ Moment Came in Dubai When the Nations of the World Agreed to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels
Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"
Q&A: Catherine Coleman Flowers Talks COP28, Rural Alabama, and the Path Toward a ‘Just Transition’
By Lee Hedgepeth
The U.S. May Not Have Won Over Critics in Dubai, But the Biden Administration Helped Keep the Process Alive
By Marianne Lavelle
COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out
By Bob Berwyn
A New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions
By Georgina Gustin
Vivek Ramaswamy Called ‘the Climate Change Agenda’ a Hoax in Alabama’s First-Ever Presidential Debate. What Did University of Alabama Students Think?
By Lee Hedgepeth
US Climate Activists at COP28 Slam Their Home Country for Hypocrisy
By Bob Berwyn
US Lawmakers Confer With World Leaders at COP28
By Bob Berwyn
With a New Speaker of the House, Billions in Climate and Energy Funding—Mostly to Red States—Hang in the Balance
Interview by Steve Curwood, "Living on Earth"
Only Permitted Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm Put on Hold
By Nicole Pollack
Scientists to COP28: ‘We’re Clearly in The Danger Zone’
By Bob Berwyn
Deemed Sustainable by Seafood Industry Monitors, Harvested California Squid Has an Unmeasurable Energy Footprint
By Georgina Gustin
Q&A: How a Fossil Fuel Treaty Could Support the Paris Agreement and Wind Down Production
By Nicholas Kusnetz
An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28
By Bob Berwyn
Older Voters Are Second Only to Young People in Share of ‘Climate Voters,’ New Study Shows
By Marianne Lavelle
Government, Corporate and Philanthropic Interests Coalesce On Curbing Methane Emissions as Calls at COP28 for Binding Global Methane Agreement Intensify
By Phil McKenna