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
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
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