Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Occidental Seeks Texas Property Tax Abatements to Help Finance its Long-Shot Plan for Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation
By James Bruggers
Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna
Bitcoin Mining Startup in Idaho Challenges Utility on Rates for Energy-Gobbling Data Centers
By Katelyn Weisbrod
After Unprecedented Heatwaves, Monsoon Rains and the Worst Floods in Over a Century Devastate South Asia
By Zoha Tunio
A Controversial Ruling Puts Maryland’s Utility Companies In Charge Of Billions in Federal Funds
By Aman Azhar
With Epic Flooding in Eastern Kentucky, the State’s Governor Wants to Know ‘Why We Keep Getting Hit’
By James Bruggers
Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas
By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz
After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support
By Samantha Hurley
John Fetterman’s Evolution on Climate Change, Fracking and the Environment
By Kiley Bense
The Bureau of Land Management Lets 1.5 Million Cattle Graze on Federal Land for Almost Nothing, but the Cost to the Climate Could Be High
By Georgina Gustin
A Federal Judge Wants More Information on Polluting Discharges From Baltimore’s Troubled Sewage Treatment Plants
By Aman Azhar
The U.S. Naval Academy Plans a Golf Course on a Nature Preserve. One Maryland Congressman Says Not So Fast
By Aman Azhar
Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday
By Marianne Lavelle
UNEP Chief Inger Andersen Says it’s Easy to Forget all the Environmental Progress Made Over the Past 50 Years. Climate Change Is Another Matter
By Katie Surma
Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds. Six in 10 Democrats Don’t Feel He’s Doing Enough
By Marianne Lavelle
