Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Alabama Public Service Commission Upholds and Increases 'Sun Tax' on Solar Power Users
By James Bruggers
President Donald Trump’s Climate Change Record Has Been a Boon for Oil Companies, and a Threat to the Planet
By VERNON LOEB, MARIANNE LAVELLE, STACY FELDMAN
Biden’s Early Climate Focus and Hard Years in Congress Forged His $2 Trillion Clean Energy Plan
By Marianne Lavelle
A Climate Change Skeptic, Mike Pence Brought to the Vice Presidency Deep Ties to the Koch Brothers
By Marianne Lavelle
With Wild and Dangerous Weather All Around, Republicans Stay Silent on Climate Change
By Marianne Lavelle
Laura Rapidly Intensified Over a Super-Warm Gulf. Only the Storm Surge Faltered
By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers
How Maryland’s Preference for Burning Trash Galvanized Environmental Activists in Baltimore
By RACHEL FRITTS
After Two Nights of Speeches, Activists Ask: Hey, What About Climate Change?
By Marianne Lavelle
A Lawsuit Challenges the Tennessee Valley Authority’s New Program of ‘Never-Ending’ Contracts
By James Bruggers
On Climate, Kamala Harris Has a Record and Profile for Action
By Marianne Lavelle
With Tactics Honed on Climate Change, Ken Cuccinelli Turned to the Portland Streets
By Marianne Lavelle
Lake Erie’s Toxic Green Slime is Getting Worse With Climate Change
By Nicole Pollack
Analysts Worried the Pandemic Would Stifle Climate Action from Banks. It Did the Opposite.
By Kristoffer Tigue
Five Years After Speaking Out on Climate Change, Pope Francis Sounds an Urgent Alarm
By James Bruggers
Harris and Ocasio-Cortez Team up on a Climate ‘Equity’ Bill, Leaving Activists Hoping for Unity
By Ilana Cohen
‘Super-Pollutant’ Emitted by 11 Chinese Chemical Plants Could Equal a Climate Catastrophe
By PHIL MCKENNA, LILI PIKE, KATRINA NORTHROP