Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
As the Government Abandons Clean Energy, Green Steelmaking Advocates Look for Other Paths Forward
By Kiley Bense
One Year After Trump’s Election, This Group Is Celebrating Their Sway Over U.S. Energy Policy
By Aidan Hughes
A New York Gas Pipeline Is Closer to Construction, Despite Concerns From Lawmakers, Environmentalists
By Lauren Dalban
Trump Names More Priority Minerals for U.S. Mining Revival
By Dylan Baddour
States and Nonprofits Are Helping National Parks Run During the Shutdown. Could Their Efforts Backfire?
By Jake Bolster
Conservation Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Choice to Head Up the Bureau of Land Management
By Kiley Price
Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals
By Sarah Mattalian
New York Climate Advocates Celebrate Mamdani’s Victory, Prepare to Hold Him Accountable
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy
By Charles Paullin
Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs
By Marianne Lavelle
NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani to Face Pressing Climate, Environment Issues
By Lauren Dalban
Federal Courts Divided, So Far, on Trump’s Environmental Retreat
By Marianne Lavelle
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
By Peter Aldhous, Marianne Lavelle
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica
In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills
By Charles Paullin
Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry
By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow