Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints
By Dylan Baddour
Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable
By Wyatt Myskow
New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Kathiann M. Kowalski
Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say
By Aydali Campa
Climate Litigation Has Exploded, but Is it Making a Difference?
By Katie Surma
New York, LA, Chicago and Houston, the Nation’s Four Largest Cities, Are Among Those Hardest Hit by Heat Islands
By Aydali Campa
Trump’s Former Head of the EPA Has Been a Quiet Contributor to Virginia’s Exit From RGGI
By Jake Bolster
Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups
By Aman Azhar
Funding Poised to Dry Up for Water Projects in Ohio and Other States if Proposed Budget Cuts Become Law
Kathiann M. Kowalski
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
