Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Conservative Justices Express Some Support for Limiting Biden’s Ability to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Marianne Lavelle
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
By Bob Berwyn
Republicans Seize the ‘Major Questions Doctrine’ to Block Biden’s Climate Agenda
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics
By James Bruggers
Why Did California Regulators Choose a Firm with Ties to Chevron to Study Irrigating Crops with Oil Wastewater?
By Liza Gross
Chernobyl Is Not the Only Nuclear Threat Russia’s Invasion Has Sparked in Ukraine
By Michael Kodas
Panama Enacts a Rights of Nature Law, Guaranteeing the Natural World’s ‘Right to Exist, Persist and Regenerate’
By Katie Surma
Can Rights of Nature Laws Make a Difference? In Ecuador, They Already Are
By Katie Surma
California Has Begun Managing Groundwater Under a New Law. Experts Aren’t Sure It’s Working
By Elena Shao
New Faces on a Vital National Commission Could Help Speed a Clean Energy Transition
By James Bruggers
How the Ukraine Conflict Looms as a Turning Point in Russia’s Uneasy Energy Relationship with the European Union
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization
By Amy Green, WMFE
A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant
By Liza Gross
One Year Later: The Texas Freeze Revealed a Fragile Energy System and Inspired Lasting Misinformation
By Dan Gearino
The Biden Administration Rethinks its Approach to Drilling on Public Lands in Alaska, Soliciting Further Review
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing
By Georgina Gustin
