Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows
By Bob Berwyn
A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis
By Liza Gross
New Federal Report on Research Into Sun-Dimming Technologies Delivers More Questions Than Answers
By Bob Berwyn
After Litigation and Local Outcry, Energy Company Says It Will Not Move Forward with LNG Plant in Florida Panhandle
By Amy Green
Birmingham Public Transit Inches Forward With Federal Help, and No State Funding
By Marianne Lavelle
Facing a Plunge in Salmon Numbers in the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers, Alaskans Seek a Voice in Fishing Policy
By Emma Ricketts
A Shipping Rule Backfires, Diverting Sulfur Emissions From the Air to the Ocean
By Lydia Larsen
A Reckoning in North Birmingham as EPA Studies the ‘Cumulative Impacts’ of Pollution and Racism
By Vernon Loeb
DeSantis Promised in 2018 That if Elected Governor, He Would Clean Up Florida’s Toxic Algae. The Algae Are Still Blooming
By Amy Green
European Union Approves Ambitious Nature Restoration Law
By Bob Berwyn
As an Obscure United Nations Gathering Deliberates the Fate of Deep-Sea Mining, the Tuna Industry Calls for a Halt
By Georgina Gustin
An Ohio College Town Wants to Lead on Fighting Climate Change. It Also Has a 1940s-Era, Diesel-Burning Power Plant
By Dan Gearino
As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste
By Keaton Peters
Alabama Black Belt Becomes Environmental Justice Test Case: Is Sanitation a Civil Right?
By Dennis Pillion, AL.com
Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie for Projects With an Eye on Future Climate Impacts
By Kathiann M. Kowalski
In the Everglades, a Clash Portrayed as ‘Science vs. Politics’ Pits a Leading Scientist Against His Former Employer
By Amy Green
