Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Could Baltimore’s Climate Change Suit Become a Supreme Court Test Case?
By David Hasemyer
Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions
By Bob Berwyn
Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way
By Kristoffer Tigue
With Only a Week Left in Trump’s Presidency, a Last-Ditch Effort to Block Climate Action and Deny the Science
By Marianne Lavelle
Even With a 50-50 Split, a Biden Administration Senate Could Make Big Strides on Climate
By Marianne Lavelle
The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator
By James Bruggers
How the Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council
By Sabrina Shankman
Trump Administration Offers Drilling Leases in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, but No Major Oil Firms Bid
By Sabrina Shankman
Wheeler Announces a New ‘Transparency’ Rule That His Critics Say Is Dangerous to Public Health
By Marianne Lavelle
Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming
By Georgina Gustin
The Enigmatic ‘Climate Chancellor’ Pulls Off a Grand Finale
By Dan Gearino
In Georgia Senate Race, Warnock Brings a History of Black Faith Leaders’ Environmental Activism
By James Bruggers
A German Initiative Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant
By Phil McKenna
Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change
By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen
The Resistance: In the President’s Relentless War on Climate Science, They Fought Back
By Marianne Lavelle
Fueled by Climate Change, Wildfires Threaten Toxic Superfund Sites
By Michael Kodas, David Hasemyer