Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
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
A Plea to Make Widespread Environmental Damage an International Crime Takes Center Stage at The Hague
By Katie Surma
Scientists Join Swiss Hunger Strike to Raise Climate Alarm
By Bob Berwyn
Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?
By Marianne Lavelle
Ecuador’s High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the Rights of Nature in a Landmark Decision
By Katie Surma
A Commonsense Proposal to Deal With Plastics Pollution: Stop Making So Much Plastic
By James Bruggers
At COP26, a Consensus That Developing Nations Need Far More Help Countering Climate Change
By Agya K. Aning
Maryland, Virginia Lawmakers Spearhead Drive to Make the Chesapeake Bay a National Recreation Area
By Tigist Ashaka
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On
By James Bruggers
New York’s Right to ‘a Healthful Environment’ Could Be Bad News for Fossil Fuel Interests
By Kristoffer Tigue
More Young People Don’t Want Children Because of Climate Change. Has the UN Failed to Protect Them?
By Elena Shao
