Joe Biden

Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?

Environmental groups say they are disappointed, but some argue Biden’s turnaround will preserve political capital for actions with more climate impact.

By Marianne Lavelle

Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes Money for Recycling, But the Debate Over Plastics Rages On

By James Bruggers

Supreme Court’s Unusual Decision to Hear a Coal Case Could Deal President Biden’s Climate Plans Another Setback

By Marianne Lavelle

Over 100 Nations at COP26 Pledge to Cut Global Methane Emissions by 30 Percent in Less Than a Decade

By Phil McKenna, Marianne Lavelle

Glasgow Climate Talks Are, in Many Ways, ‘Harder Than Paris’

By Bob Berwyn

Biden Heads for Glasgow Climate Talks with High Ambitions, but Minus the Full Slate of Climate Policies He’d Hoped

By Marianne Lavelle

Q&A: A Republican Congressman Hopes to Spread a New GOP Engagement on Climate from Washington, D.C. to Glasgow

By Judy Fahys

Will Biden Be Forced to Give Up What Some Say is His Best Shot at Tackling Climate Change?

By Marianne Lavelle

Can Biden’s Plan to Boost Offshore Wind Spread West?

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

‘America the Beautiful’ Plan Debuts the Biden Administration’s Approach to Conserving the Environment and Habitat

By Katie Surma, Judy Fahys

Climate Activists Converge on Washington With a Gift and a Warning for Biden and World Leaders

By Alicia Diaz

Biden’s Climate Credibility May Hinge on Whether He Makes Good on U.S. Financial Commitments to Developing Nations

By Marianne Lavelle

Biden’s Paris Goal: Pressure Builds for a 50 Percent Greenhouse Gas Cut by 2030

By Marianne Lavelle

The First Native American Cabinet Secretary Visits the Land of Her Ancestors and Sees Firsthand the Obstacles to Compromise

By Judy Fahys

Nine Ways Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan Will Tackle Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

Biden Takes Aim at Reducing Emissions of Super-Polluting Methane Gas, With or Without the Republicans

By Marianne Lavelle

The US Wants the EU to Delay Imposing Trade Penalties on Carbon-Intensive Imports, But Is Considering Imposing Its Own

By Marianne Lavelle, Bob Berwyn

Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction

By Kristoffer Tigue

Mary Nichols Was the Early Favorite to Run Biden’s EPA, Before She Became a ‘Casualty’

By Katie Surma