Politics
The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.
In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage
By Kiley Bense
Wisconsin Environmentalists Campaign Against Amendments Altering Federal Grant Allocation
By Lydia Larsen
VP Candidate Tim Walz Has Deep Connections to Agriculture and Conservation
By Georgina Gustin
Climate Advocates Rally Behind Walz as Harris’ VP Pick
By Kristoffer Tigue
Memo to the Supreme Court: Clean Air Act Targeted CO2 as Climate Pollutant, Study Says
By Nicholas Kusnetz
Donald Trump’s EPA Chief of Staff Says the Trump Administration Focused on Clean Air and Clean Water
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Harris Grabs Green New Deal Network Endorsement That Eluded Biden
By Marianne Lavelle, Keerti Gopal
‘Vance Profits, We Pay The Price’: Sunrise Movement Protests J.D. Vance Over Billionaire Influence and Calls on Kamala Harris to Take Climate Action
By Keerti Gopal
Should Companies Get Paid When Governments Phase Out Fossil Fuels? They Already Are
By Katie Surma, Nicholas Kusnetz
California Still Has No Plan to Phase Out Oil Refineries
By Liza Gross
Kamala Harris’s Environmental and Climate Record, in Her Own Words
By Jenni Doering and Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
A New National Spotlight Shines on Josh Shapiro’s Contested Environmental Record
By Kiley Bense
Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule
By Najifa Farhat
White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide
By Wyatt Myskow
Biden Administration Targets Domestic Emissions of Climate Super-Pollutant With Eye Toward U.S.-China Climate Agreement
By Phil McKenna
New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050
By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle