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Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom?

An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.

By Peter Aldhous

Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

By Nathaniel Eisen

On Sullivan Planning Board, Platner Voted to Pump the Brakes on Solar

By Nathaniel Eisen

Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Just Lost Protection From Mining

By Ana Radelat, MinnPost

US Senators Investigate $370 Million IRS Payout to Cheniere Energy

By Phil McKenna

Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

By Nathaniel Eisen

Are ‘Climate Hushers’ Lurking in the Democratic Party?

By Claire Barber

Senate Democrats Say Trump’s EPA Curries Corporate Favor By Weakening Air Pollution Standards

By Lisa Sorg

Congress Has Doubts About the Trump Administration’s New Wildfire Management Plans

By Kiley Price

States Say They Need More Help Replacing Lead Pipes. Congress May Cut the Funding Instead.

By Keerti Gopal

EPA Funding Salvaged in US Congress Spending Bill

By Liza Gross

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Democrats’ Failures—and Opportunities for a Climate Comeback

By Aidan Hughes

Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters

By Georgina Gustin

On Senate Floor, Tillis Offered Inside Look Into the Lobbying Against Clean Energy

By Marianne Lavelle

Latest GOP Provisions in Budget Bill Seek to Crush Renewable Energy

By Bob Berwyn

The Revised ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Still Contains a Poison Pill. A Tax Expert Explains

By Dan Gearino

As GOP Tries to Pass Tax Bill, Senate Includes Billions in Benefits for Oil Industry

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air

By Liza Gross