Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution
By Maya McDaniel
Grassroots Justice Group Challenges Trump Administration Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running
By Amy Green
Pennsylvania’s Legislature Is Likely to Punt on Mass Transit Funding—Again
By Daniel Perrin
Trump Wants to Fast Track AI
By Arcelia Martin
As America Celebrates 250th, Murkiness Surrounds Trump-Backed Planning Fund
By Amy Green
Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve
By Marianne Lavelle
Chemical Accidents Rise as Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Safety Rules
By Liza Gross
New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies
By Amy Green
Federal Officials Say an Endangered Wetland Plant Is Recovering. Not Everyone Agrees.
By Madeline Shaw
A Midwest Mayor Joins London Climate Week as a ‘Rational Optimist’ Who Aims to Get Things Done
By Christine Spolar
Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Regulatory Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Protective Climate Lawsuits
By Anika Jane Beamer
Interim Fish and Wildlife Assistant Secretary’s Lack of Experience Concerns Senators at Confirmation Hearings
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom?
By Peter Aldhous
Trump’s ‘Short-Sighted’ Cuts Jeopardize Philadelphia’s Clean Energy Future
By Daniel Perrin
A Trump Ally’s Rise in Colombia Could Mean the End of Landmark Climate Policies
By Katie Surma
Planning for Life After Coal Cost a Montana County Commissioner His Seat
By Jake Bolster