Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Trump Makes Nary a Mention of ‘Climate Change,’ Touting America’s Fossil Fuel Future
By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle
In Iowa, Sanders and Buttigieg Approached Climate from Different Angles—and Scored
By Georgina Gustin, Marianne Lavelle, by Marianne Lavelle and Georgina Gustin
A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists up in Arms
By Kristoffer Tigue
In Charleston, S.C., Politics and Budgets Get in the Way of Cutting Carbon Emissions
By TONY BARTELME AND CHLOE JOHNSON, THE POST AND COURIER
Lawsuits Seeking Damages for Climate Change Face Critical Legal Challenges
By David Hasemyer
As Climate Change Hits the Southeast, Communities Wrestle with Politics, Funding
By James Bruggers
5 Reasons Many See Trump’s Free Trade Deal as a Triumph for Fossil Fuels
By Marianne Lavelle
Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows
By James Bruggers
Farm Bureau Warily Concedes on Climate, While Members Praise Trump’s Deregulation
By Georgina Gustin
At Davos, the Greta-Donald Dust-Up Was Hardly a Fair Fight
By Marianne Lavelle
China, India Emissions Pledges May Not Be Reducing Powerful Warming Gas
By Phil McKenna
Has Conservative Utah Turned a Corner on Climate Change?
By Judy Fahys
How Trump’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule Would Put Patients’ Privacy at Risk
By Neela Banerjee
Court Throws Hurdle in Front of Washington State’s Drive to Reduce Carbon Emissions
By Kristoffer Tigue
Protests Target a ‘Carbon Bomb’ Linking Two Major Pipelines Outside Boston
By Phil McKenna
Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by Appeals Court
By David Hasemyer, Nicholas Kusnetz
