Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change
By Marianne Lavelle
Anne Arundel County Wants the Navy’s Greenbury Point to Remain a Wetland, Not Become an 18-Hole Golf Course
By Aman Azhar
Inside Clean Energy: ‘Solar Coaster’ Survivors Rejoice at Senate Bill
By Dan Gearino
A Pipeline Giant Pleads ‘No Contest’ to Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania After Homeowners Complained of Tainted Water
By Jon Hurdle
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