Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
At COP27, an 11th-Hour Deal Comes Together as the US Reverses Course on ‘Loss and Damage’
By Bob Berwyn and Zoha Tunio
Tiny Soot Particles from Fossil Fuel Combustion Kill Thousands Annually. Activists Now Want Biden to Impose Tougher Standards
By Victoria St. Martin
Texas Activists Sit-In at DOT in Washington Over Offshore Oil Export Plans
By Dylan Baddour
At COP27, the US Said It Will Lead Efforts to Halt Deforestation. But at Home, the Biden Administration Is Considering Massive Old Growth Logging Projects
By Bob Berwyn
Weak GOP Performance in Midterms Blunts Possible Attacks on Biden Climate Agenda, Observers Say
By Marianne Lavelle
New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030
By Phil McKenna
Frustration Simmers Around the Edges of COP27, and May Boil Over Far From the Summit
By Bob Berwyn
A New Study from China on Methane Leaks from the Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines Found that the Climate Impact Was ‘Tiny’ and Nothing ‘to Worry About’
By Phil McKenna
Texas’ Environmental Regulators Need to Get Tougher on Polluters, Group of Lawmakers Says
By Erin Douglas and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune
California Climate Measure Fails After ‘Green’ Governor Opposed It in a Campaign Supporters Called ‘Misleading’
By Liza Gross
The Nation’s Youngest Voters Put Their Stamp on the Midterms, with Climate Change Top of Mind
By James Bruggers, Darreonna Davis, Delaney Dryfoos
Four States Just Got a ‘Trifecta’ of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation
By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Aydali Campa
Parties at COP27 Add Loss and Damage to the Agenda, But Won’t Discuss Which Countries Are Responsible or Who Should Pay
By Zoha Tunio
Republicans Eye the SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Regulations, Should They Take Control of Congress
By Emma Ricketts
A New, Massive Plastics Plant in Southwest Pennsylvania Barely Registers Among Voters
By Emma Ricketts
One Candidate for Wisconsin’s Senate Race Wants to Put the State ‘In the Driver’s Seat’ of the Clean Energy Economy. The Other Calls Climate Science ‘Lunacy’
By Aydali Campa
