Politics & Policy

Oil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt

Exclusive: US climate envoy says existing measures, such as shift to renewable energy, must be deployed faster to stop global warming

More than half of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs have lost significant amounts of water over the last three decades.

The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders. The Interior Department also announced Tuesday it's taking additional steps to help facilitate President Joe Biden's clean energy agenda in response to recent U.S. court rulings that more strictly interpret a Civil War-era mining law. The department says the new solicitor's opinion will help clarify mineral rights under the 1872 law to reflect the “realities of the 21st century.” A federal appeals court plans to hear oral arguments next month as tribes and environmentalists fight the Nevada mine at Thacker Pass.

The White House wants Congress to pass permitting reform. In case that doesn't work, it's tapping DOE's authority to make it easier to build transmission.

A legally required regulatory tweak would save homeowners money and slash huge amounts of carbon. But the policy is years late ― and no one knows why.

Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., cast doubt on hydrogen’s usefulness for energy storage because of its low round-trip efficiency. “I don’t see how that math works,” he said at a Thursday hearing.

The president's tariff moratorium was imposed as a bridge to boost U.S. solar manufacturing capacity while accelerating clean energy development.

The sweeping trillion-dollar legislation is up for renewal. And it could turn a climate problem into a solution.

Tiny island nation Vanuatu pushed the United Nations to rule that highest global court should rule in climate justice cases.

A thorny debate has been emerging at the Legislature over whether lawmakers should pass more regulations on the electricity sector after requiring utilities to be carbon-free by 2040.

The House is expected to vote this week on H.R. 1, a bill brimming with Republican ideas on permitting, fossil fuels and mining.

Oceans around the world are beset by marine heatwaves, pollution, coral bleaching, mass die-offs and overfishing. Along the West Coast, kelp, which captures a lot of carbon dioxide, is dying off. In other areas, like the Gulf of Mexico, there has been ...

BERLIN (AP) — Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen gave a muted response Tuesday to calls from the head of the United Nations for countries to show greater ambition when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals after backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could ...

The world will likely overshoot the Paris Agreement's most ambitious target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, says a report billed as "a survival guide for humanity."

BBC environment correspondent Matt McGrath outlines the key takeaways from the latest IPCC report.

The Willow Project is supposed to secure energy independence and Alaskan prosperity. It probably won’t achieve either.

Leaders are planning a vote before the end of the month that could launch bipartisan negotiations with the Senate.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers worried Tuesday that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone pipeline system because earthquakes have become more frequent there, as they questioned an executive for the pipeline's operator abou...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a potential boost for electric vehicles, President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday they've agreed to open negotiations on the use of European minerals critical in the production of bat...

House Republicans on Thursday announced that a major energy package that has been in the works for weeks will be known as H.R.1, signifying that it’s the party’s top priority for the congressional …

Interstate feuds threaten to make the difficult task of getting regional power grids off fossil fuels even more complicated.

Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.

Critics are describing the Biden administration’s opening position in a United Nations effort to reach a global treaty or agreement to end plastic waste as vague and weak, despite its recognition of a need to end plastic pollution by 2040. The proposal, for example, calls for individual national action plans as opposed to strong global […]

Two years ago, Illinois had adopted a landmark clean energy law that called for building vast amounts of renewable power. At the same time, 15 counties with some of the most land available for wind and solar had passed, or were about to pass, restrictions on new development that made the state’s goals more difficult […]

Climate politics are becoming a feature of Republican culture warriors, with some of the most aggressive attacks coming from the party's newest members.

The Republican party has an image issue when it comes to climate change. For decades, the GOP has consistently pushed back against warnings from the science community that human-caused global warming poses an existential threat to the planet. And while that largely remains the same today—after all, no Republicans voted for President Joe Biden’s flagship […]

The aging U.S. Energy Grid infrastructure is extremely vulnerable to cyber-attacks, physical incidents, and existential threats.

GOP objections to Chinese involvement in clean-energy projects threaten to complicate the president's efforts to create a U.S.-based supply chain for green power.

Launched by House Oversight Committee Democrats in 2021, the high-stakes inquiry has been on ice since December. A massive tranche of internal industry

Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led U.S. states long dependent on coal power — are set to see major expansion of solar farms.

A new law tasks the agency with creating resources for farmers, but it may not address their biggest concerns.

From automatic permitting for low-impact projects to pre-clearing priority development areas, there are many ways to modernize permitting.

His party doesn't want the West Virginia centrist frustrated for any number of reasons — but electric vehicles in particular are fueling a big row.

With millions of acres of flat farmland, Ohio and Indiana are becoming leading US states for solar power development.

Shiva Rajbhandari wants schools to do a better job of teaching students about climate change.

The Biden administration rule would cut air pollution from trucks starting in model year 2027.

Make and work a solid plan for a sustainable future

To meet his climate promises, Biden will have to abandon the U.S. tradition of hawkish nationalism in favor of global cooperation.

Health experts say the EPA's soot proposal doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.

BENGALURU, India (AP) — In May last year Fortum India, a subsidiary of a Finnish solar developer, won the bid for a solar power project in the state of Gujarat. The project was due to be completed three months ago and would have generated enough electr...

Neighbors of refineries can see the glowing flares and visible plumes of air pollution rising into the sky. But water pollution often happens at ground level, or below, out of sight for both local residents and environmental regulators.  In a new repor...

PAXTON, Texas—In the depths of the Piney Woods, a landfill developer wants to build an oil sector dumpsite some 500 yards from this small town’s wells.  In Paxton, water lies just a few feet below ground. Ponds and wetlands dot the boggy forests. The E...

Gen Z continues to have a higher voter turnout than other young generations and schools can foster that civic interest.

The Inflation Reduction Act opens up new opportunities for nonprofits to take advantage of tax credits.

The country has coal and wants solar power. Its path forward could affect the whole world

A Virginia Senate committee voted against repealing car emission regulations that will ban the sale of new gas vehicles in 2035.

Large corporations, led by big tech, are driving much of the solar power development in Georgia and across the country — and challenging utilities to keep up.

Federal regulators have been instructed to consider planet-warming pollution before approving large projects like pipelines and airports.