Regulation

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy

The new president moved immediately to review more than 100 Trump administration actions and restore the protection of federal lands and the regulation of greenhouse gases.

By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna

Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021

By Dan Gearino

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue

Inside Clean Energy: Des Moines Just Set a New Bar for City Clean Energy Goals

By Dan Gearino

With Only a Week Left in Trump’s Presidency, a Last-Ditch Effort to Block Climate Action and Deny the Science

By Marianne Lavelle

American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Even With a 50-50 Split, a Biden Administration Senate Could Make Big Strides on Climate

By Marianne Lavelle

The Senate’s New Point Man on Climate Has Been the Democrats’ Most Fossil Fuel-Friendly Senator

By James Bruggers

Trump Administration Offers Drilling Leases in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, but No Major Oil Firms Bid

By Sabrina Shankman

Wheeler Announces a New ‘Transparency’ Rule That His Critics Say Is Dangerous to Public Health

By Marianne Lavelle

Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming

By Georgina Gustin

A German Initiative Seeks to Curb Global Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant

By Phil McKenna

Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen

The Resistance: In the President’s Relentless War on Climate Science, They Fought Back

By Marianne Lavelle

Inside Clean Energy: Clean Energy Wins Big in Covid-19 Legislation

By Dan Gearino

Was 2020 The Year That EVs Hit it Big? Almost, But Not Quite

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Chinese Factories Want to Make Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners. A US Company Is Blocking Them

By Phil McKenna and Feng Hao

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way

By Judy Fahys

Is Trump Holding Congestion Pricing in New York City Hostage?

By Ilana Cohen