Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Lifting the Veil on Tens of Billions in Oil Company Payments to Governments
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Who’s Running in the Big Money Election for the Texas Railroad Commission?
By Martha Pskowski
Advocates, Legislators Are Confident Maryland Law to Rectify Retail Energy Market Will Survive Industry’s Legal Challenge
By Aman Azhar
Election Throws Uncertainty Onto Biden’s Signature Climate Law
By Nicholas Kusnetz
An Election for a Little-Known Agency Could Dictate the Future of Renewables in Arizona
By Wyatt Myskow
Climate Disasters Only Slightly Shift the Political Needle
By Bob Berwyn
Polling Shows Pennsylvania Voters Are Divided on Fracking
By Kiley Bense
Fact-Checking the Viral Conspiracies in the Wake of Hurricane Helene
By Zoya Teirstein, Grist
In Florida Senate Race, Two Candidates With Vastly Different Views on the Climate
By Amy Green
In Competitive Purple Districts, GOP House Members Paint Themselves Green
By Marianne Lavelle, Liza Gross
Fact Checking the Pennsylvania Senate Candidates’ Debate Claims on Energy
By Kiley Bense
Why Isn’t the IRA More of a Political Winner for Democrats?
By Dan Gearino
‘Pure Greed’: A Legal System That Gives Corporations Special Rights Has Come for Honduras
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma
7 Debate Questions about Climate Change and Energy for Pennsylvania’s Senate Candidates
By Kiley Bense
In the Fight to Decide the Fate of US Steel, Climate and Public Health Take a Backseat to Politics
By Kiley Bense
Ohio Senate Candidates Downplay Climate Action in Closely Contested Race
By Dan Gearino