Lawsuits Against Big Oil for Climate Harm and Deception Can Proceed SCOTUS denies petitions that would have blocked the cases from moving forward By Dana Drugmand January 14, 2025 In this story: Supreme Court, climate change, environmental law, oil, Global Climate Breakdown
The Biden Administration Delivers for America’s Coastal Communities These waters will now be protected from new oil and gas drilling By Ben Jealous January 10, 2025 In this story: oceans, saving wild places, water, federal climate policy
Survivors of Climate-Change-Related Tragedies Demand Accountability How one widow is calling out the fossil fuel industry in her quest for climate justice By Dana Drugmand December 19, 2024 In this story: extreme weather, climate change
The Demand for Conflict-Linked Palm Oil Now Comes From Fuel, Not Food Palm oil is powering cars and could soon show up in airplanes By Nithin Coca December 17, 2024 In this story: international climate policy, sustainability, forests
Can Solar Energy and Conservation Exist in Tandem? The Biden administration prepared a final plan to unleash solar energy across the West By Ethan Freedman December 13, 2024 In this story: solar, renewable energy, public lands, federal climate policy
Acadia National Park Is a Lab for Climate Change Mitigation Efforts It's one of the most visited national parks and also one of the most vulnerable By Kyle Paoletta December 11, 2024 In this story: national parks, climate change
Can Old-Growth Forest Survive a Timber Bias? The agency tasked with managing old-growth forests struggles to shake its old ways By Jim Furnish December 6, 2024 In this story: forests, national forests, saving wild places, federal climate policy
Hurricane Helene Disrupts the Blue Ridge Parkway A biodiversity hot spot faces new challenges after an unprecedented storm By Daniel Walton December 2, 2024 In this story: climate change
Concerns About Infrastructure and Lack of Indigenous Representation at COP30 Abound The next UN Climate Change Conference will follow this year’s stagnant negotiations on funding global adaptation By Jill Langlois November 25, 2024 In this story: COP, climate change, climate adaptation, international climate policy, climate negotiations
Loopholes and Fractures Make for Un-United Nations as COP29 Ends Fossil-friendly language permeates draft texts and tensions between developed and developing nations remain By Nour Ghantous November 22, 2024 In this story: COP, climate change, Fossil Free Finance