Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election
By Bob Berwyn
War on NOAA? A Climate Denier’s Arrival Raises Fears the Agency's Climate Mission Is Under Attack
By Marianne Lavelle
In Final Debate, Trump and Biden Display Vastly Divergent Views—and Levels of Knowledge—On Climate
By Georgina Gustin
Could Biden Name an Indigenous Secretary of the Interior? Environmental Groups are Hoping He Will.
By Ilana Cohen
Senate 2020: In Mississippi, a Surprisingly Close Race For a Trump-Tied Promoter of Fossil Fuels
By James Bruggers
Exxon Turns to Academia in an Attempt to Discredit Harvard Research
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Senate 2020: In Alaska, a Controversy Over an Embattled Mine Has Tightened the Race
By Sabrina Shankman
California Ranchers and Activists Face Off Over a Federal Plan to Cull a Beloved Tule Elk Herd
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Q&A: The Sierra Club Embraces Environmental Justice, Forcing a Difficult Internal Reckoning
By Evelyn Nieves
Climate Change Makes a (Very) Brief Appearance in Dueling Town Halls Held by Trump and Biden
By Ilana Cohen, Nicholas Kusnetz
Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity
By Bob Berwyn
Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.
By David Hasemyer
A Judge's Ruling Ousted Federal Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too
By Judy Fahys
The Pence-Harris Showdown Came up Well Short of an Actual 'Debate' on Climate Change
By Ilana Cohen, Marianne Lavelle
Trump's EPA Claimed 'Success' in Superfund Cleanups—But Climate Change Dangers Went Unaddressed
By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER
Emissions of Nitrous Oxide, a Climate Super-Pollutant, Are Rising Fast on a Worst-Case Trajectory
By Phil McKenna