Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Warming Trends: The Top Plastic Polluter, Mother-Daughter Climate Talk and a Zero-Waste Holiday
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Cows Get Hot, Too: A New Way to Cool Dairy Cattle in California’s Increasing Heat
By Samantha Nelson
United Nations Chief Warns of a ‘Moment of Truth for People and Planet’
By Bob Berwyn
UN Report: Despite Falling Energy Demand, Governments Set on Increasing Fossil Fuel Production
By Nicholas Kusnetz
In Georgia, 16 Superfund Sites Are Threatened by Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change
By David Hasemyer
Pollinator-Friendly Solar Could be a Win-Win for Climate and Landowners, but Greenwashing is a Worry
By Ilana Cohen
Newsom’s Top Five Candidates for Kamala Harris’s Senate Seat All Have Climate in Their Bios
By Evelyn Nieves
The First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader
By James Bruggers
As Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry Will Be No Stranger to International Climate Negotiations
By Phil McKenna
Biden’s Appointment of John Kerry as Climate Envoy Sends a ‘Signal to the World,’ Advocates Say
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too
By Ilana Cohen
Covid-19 Shutdowns Were Just a Blip in the Upward Trajectory of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Bob Berwyn
Is Climate-Related Financial Regulation Coming Under Biden? Wall Street Is Betting on It
By Kristoffer Tigue
An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change
By Georgina Gustin
Vintners and Farmers Are Breathing Easier After the Demise of Proposition 15, a ‘Headache’ at Best
By Evelyn Nieves
Trump Rolled Back 100+ Environmental Rules. Biden May Focus on Undoing Five of the Biggest Ones
By Marianne Lavelle
