Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
New Online Dashboard Identifies Threats Posed by Uranium Mines and Mills in New Mexico
By Noel Lyn Smith
In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him
By Kiley Bense
Cryptocurrency Companies Must Now Report Their Energy Use to the Government
By Kristoffer Tigue
A Year Before Biden’s First Term Ends, Environmental Regulators Rush to Aid Disinvested Communities
By Aman Azhar
Dr. Cornel West Is Running to Become President of the United States. What Are His Views on Climate Change and the Environment?
By Lee Hedgepeth
Policy Experts Say the UN Climate Talks Need Reform, but Change Would be Difficult in the Current Political Landscape
By Bob Berwyn
Fighting for a Foothold in American Law, the Rights of Nature Movement Finds New Possibilities in a Change of Venue: the Arts
By Katie Surma
Why Joseph Goffman’s Senate Confirmation Could Be a Win for Climate Action and Equity
By Kristoffer Tigue
New Legislation Aiming to Inject Competition Into Virginia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Spark a Reexamination of Dominion’s Monopoly Power
By Jake Bolster
Will the Moody Landfill Fire Ever Be Extinguished? The EPA Isn’t So Sure.
By Lee Hedgepeth
A Publicly-Owned Landfill in Alabama Caught Fire and Smoldered for 50 Days. Nearby Residents Were Left in the Dark
By Lee Hedgepeth
Will Biden’s Temporary Pause of Gas Export Projects Win Back Young Voters?
By Kristoffer Tigue, Keerti Gopal
Sen. Joe Manchin Eyes a Possible Third Party Presidential Run
By Phil McKenna
DeSantis Called for ‘Energy Dominance’ During White House Run. His Plan Still is Relevant to Floridians, Who Face Intensifying Climate Impacts
By Amy Green
Q&A: What a Joe Manchin Presidential Run Could Mean for the 2024 Election—and the Climate
Interview by Paloma Beltran and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It?
By Phil McKenna
