Regulation

After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change

The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act is the nation’s first comprehensive climate plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy and green technology. It relies on tax credits and other “carrots,” not sticks.

By Marianne Lavelle

Inside Clean Energy: ‘Solar Coaster’ Survivors Rejoice at Senate Bill

By Dan Gearino

Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation

By James Bruggers

Deep in the Democrats’ Climate Bill, Analysts See More Wins for Clean Energy Than Gifts for Fossil Fuel Business

By Marianne Lavelle, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna

A Controversial Ruling Puts Maryland’s Utility Companies In Charge Of Billions in Federal Funds

By Aman Azhar

Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

After It Narrowed the EPA’s Authority, Talks of Expanding the Supreme Court Garner New Support

By Samantha Hurley

Climate Advocates Hoping Biden Would Declare a Climate Emergency Are Disappointed by the Small Steps He Announced on Wednesday

By Marianne Lavelle

Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds. Six in 10 Democrats Don’t Feel He’s Doing Enough

By Marianne Lavelle

California Released a Bold Climate Plan, but Critics Say It Will Harm Vulnerable Communities and Undermine Its Goals

By Kristoffer Tigue

Biden Administration Opens New Public Lands and Waters to Fossil Fuel Drilling, Disappointing Environmentalists

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling: A Loss of Authority for Federal Agencies or a Lesson for Conservatives in ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’?

By Marianne Lavelle

With Increased Nutrient Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, Environmentalists Hope a New Law Will Cleanup Wastewater Treatment in Maryland

By Aman Azhar

Biden’s Been in Office for More Than 500 Days. He Still Hasn’t Appointed a Top Official to Oversee Coal Mine Reclamation

By James Bruggers

Red States Still Pose a Major Threat to Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, Activists Warn

By Kristoffer Tigue

A New GOP Climate Plan Is Long on Fossil Fuels, Short on Specifics

By Dan Gearino

Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers?

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

California Gears Up for a New Composting Law to Cut Methane Emissions and Enrich Soil

By Grace van Deelen

In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag

By Nicholas Kusnetz