Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Tired of Wells That Threaten Residents’ Health, a Small California Town Takes on the Oil Industry
By Julia Kane
Will China and the US Become Climate Partners Again?
By Lili Pike
As Covid-19 Surges, California Farmworkers Are Paying a High Price
By Evelyn Nieves
Hundreds of Toxic Superfund Sites Imperiled by Sea-Level Rise, Study Warns
By David Hasemyer
Two Farmworkers Come Into Their Own, Escaping Low Pay, Rigid Hours and a High Risk of Covid-19
By Evelyn Nieves
How the Harvard Covid-19 Study Became the Center of a Partisan Uproar
By Marianne Lavelle
Draft Airline Emission Rules are the Latest Trump Administration Effort to Change its Climate Record
By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle
Connecticut Passed an Environmental Justice Law 12 Years Ago, but Not That Much Has Changed
By Abby Weiss
As the Culture Wars Flare Amid the Pandemic, a Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’
By Judy Fahys
Trump Proposes Speedier Environmental Reviews for Highways, Pipelines, Drilling and Mining
By James Bruggers, Maddie Kornfeld
Wealthy Nations Are Eating Their Way Past the Paris Agreement’s Climate Targets
By Georgina Gustin
Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power
By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Ilana Cohen, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys
What Dr. Fauci Can Learn from Climate Scientists About Responding to Personal Attacks Over Covid-19
By Marianne Lavelle
The Wood Pellet Business is Booming. Scientists Say That’s Not Good for the Climate.
By James Bruggers,
Q&A: An Environmental Justice Champion’s Journey From Rural Alabama to Biden’s Climate Task Force
By Ilana Cohen
Think Covid-19 Disrupted the Food Chain? Wait and See What Climate Change Will Do
By Georgina Gustin
