Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
The U.S. Military Emits More Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere Than Entire Countries Like Denmark or Portugal
By Sonner Kehrt
Heading for a Second Term, Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
By Marianne Lavelle
Amid Delayed Action and White House Staff Resignations, Activists Wonder What’s Next for Biden’s Environmental Agenda
By Kristoffer Tigue, Ariel Gans
Why the Luster on Once-Vaunted ‘Smart Cities’ Is Fading
By Jim Robbins, Yale Environment 360
Five Climate Moves by the Biden Administration You May Have Missed
By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz
In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say
By Elena Shao
The Year in Climate Photos
By Katelyn Weisbrod
World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air
By James Bruggers
In Deep Adaptation’s Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action
By Kiley Bense
Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 5 States that Took Leaps on Clean Energy Policy in 2021
By Dan Gearino
The Essential Advocate, Philippe Sands Makes the Case for a New International Crime Called Ecocide
By Katie Surma
The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault
By Georgina Gustin
Inside Clean Energy: Unpacking California’s Controversial New Rooftop Solar Proposal
By Dan Gearino
Is There Something Amiss With the Way the EPA Tracks Methane Emissions from Landfills?
By James Bruggers
Climate Activists and Environmental Justice Advocates Join the Gerrymandering Fight in Ohio and North Carolina
By Marianne Lavelle
A ‘Polluter Pays’ Tax in Infrastructure Plan Could Jump-Start Languishing Cleanups at Superfund Sites
By David Hasemyer
