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Election 2020

Vintners and Farmers Are Breathing Easier After the Demise of Proposition 15, a ‘Headache’ at Best

The measure would have increased property taxes on commercial property worth more than $3 million. It exempted agricultural land, but not farm buildings.

By Evelyn Nieves

The vineyards at the Somerston Estate Winery & Vineyards are seen amid California wildfires on Sept. 30, 2020 in St. Helena, California. Credit: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden sits in a Corvette at the North American International Auto Show industry preview on January 16, 2014, in Detroit, Michigan.

Trump Rolled Back 100+ Environmental Rules. Biden May Focus on Undoing Five of the Biggest Ones

By Marianne Lavelle

K.C. Hughes is a lifelong Republican, and one of Maine’s many split-ticket voters. This year, he voted for Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Joe Biden for president. His business printed 5,000 signs for the Collins campaign. Credit: Sabrina Shank

In Maine, Many Voters Defied the Polls and Split Their Tickets

By Sabrina Shankman

Democrat Jon Ossoff (left) is running against Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) to represent Georgia in the Senate. Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Senate 2020: In the Perdue-Ossoff Senate Runoff, Support for Fossil Fuels Is the Dividing Line

By James Bruggers

Two employees work on pipes carrying liquid CO2 on Sept 8, 2008 at a power station near Berlin, Germany. Credit: Michael Urban/DDP/AFP via Getty Images

For a Climate-Concerned President and a Hostile Senate, One Technology May Provide Common Ground

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Youth activists with the Sunrise Movement demonstrate in a Count Every Vote rally in Philadelphia. Credit: Rachael Warriner

Young Voters, Motivated by Climate Change and Environmental Justice, Helped Propel Biden’s Campaign

By Ilana Cohen

A voter walks toward a polling location on election day in Austin, Texas on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Joe Biden takes off his face mask to speak during a drive-in campaign rally at Bucks County Community College on Oct. 24, 2020 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A Bipartisan Climate Policy? It Could Happen Under a Biden Administration, Washington Veterans Say

By Marianne Lavelle

Protesters march in Boston after President Trump claimed to have won reelection as officials continued counting ballots with neither the president nor Joe Biden having amassed the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Credit: Phil McKenna/InsideClimate

Post Election, Climate and Racial Justice Protesters Gather in Boston Over Ballot Counting

By Phil McKenna

Many Photovoltaik solar panels arranged as part of a solar powerplant. Credit: Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Not a Great Election Year for Renewable Energy, but There’s Reason for Optimism

By Dan Gearino

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly speaks to supporters during the Election Night event at Hotel Congress on Nov. 3, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona. Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) for Arizona's Senate seat. Credit: Courtney Pe

The Polls Showed Democrats Poised to Reclaim the Senate. Then Came Election Day.

By James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots with social distance on the final day of early voting for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 2, 2020 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

From East to West On Election Eve, Climate Change—and its Encroaching Peril—Are On Americans’ Minds

By Marianne Lavelle

A hydro-fracking drilling pad for oil and gas operates on Oct. 26, 2017 in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Five Things To Know About Fracking in Pennsylvania. Are Voters Listening?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

With several tight Senate races, Democrats may have control of the Senate within reach, needing a net gain of just three seats—four if President Trump is reelected. Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Analysts See Democrats Likely to Win the Senate, Opening the Door to Climate Legislation

By James Bruggers

Three ski-mountaineers ascending Mount Hood, Oregon. Credit: Terray Sylvester Ð VWPics/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Energizing People Who Play Outside to Exercise Their Civic Muscles at the Ballot Box

By Judy Fahys

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debates U.S. President Donald Trump at Belmont University on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Biden’s Oil Industry Comments Were Not a Political Misstep

By Dan Gearino

Demonstrators hold banners during a rally near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images

No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election

By Bob Berwyn

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Double Eagle Energy oil rig in Midland, Texas, on June 29, 2020. Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The Oil Market May Have Tanked, but Companies Are Still Giving Plenty to Keep Republicans in Office

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images

In Final Debate, Trump and Biden Display Vastly Divergent Views—and Levels of Knowledge—On Climate

By Georgina Gustin

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