Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Billions in USDA Conservation Funding Went to Farmers for Programs that Were Not ‘Climate-Smart,’ a New Study Finds
By Georgina Gustin
A Legal Pot Problem That’s Now Plaguing the Streets of America: Plastic Litter
By James Bruggers
At a Global Conference on Clean Energy, Granholm Announces Billions in Federal Aid for Carbon Capture and Emerging Technology
By Katie Surma
Senate Votes to Ratify the Kigali Amendment, Joining 137 Nations in an Effort to Curb Global Warming
By Phil McKenna
Maryland Gets $144 Million in Federal Funds to Rehabilitate Aging Water Infrastructure
By Aman Azhar
New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits
By Alleen Brown
Expansion of a Lucrative Dairy Digester Market is Sowing Environmental Worries in the U.S.
By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grace van Deelen
How a Successful EPA Effort to Reduce Climate-Warming ‘Immortal’ Chemicals Stalled
By Phil McKenna
New Documents Unveiled in Congressional Hearings Show Oil Companies Are Slow-Rolling and Overselling Climate Initiatives, Democrats Say
By Nicholas Kusnetz
City and State Officials Continue Searching for the Cause of Last Week’s E. Coli Contamination of Baltimore’s Water
By Aman Azhar
Rural Pennsylvanians Set to Vote for GOP Candidates Who Support the Natural Gas Industry
By Jon Hurdle
Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande
By Dylan Baddour
Chilean Voters Reject a New Constitution That Would Have Provided Groundbreaking Protections for the Rights of Nature
By Katie Surma
A Court Blocks Oil Exploration and Underwater Seismic Testing Off South Africa’s ‘Wild Coast’
By Katie Surma
Is the Paris Agreement Working?
By Bob Berwyn
Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart to US Emissions Talks With China
By Eleni Varvitsioti and Aime Williams, The Financial Times
