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Trump Attacks Climate Action, Environmental Protections on First Day Back in Power

His executive orders signal a national realignment away from progressive racial, social, and climate policy

By Dana Drugmand January 21, 2025

In this story: climate change, Trump, federal climate policy, international climate policy, politics

The Federal Safety Net for Disaster Survivors Is Increasingly Uncertain

Arguments against sending disaster aid to Los Angeles reveal the politics of the process

By Colleen Hagerty January 20, 2025

In this story: disaster relief, federal climate policy, climate change, wildfire

Two brothers look through donated clothes outside, palm trees behind them

President Biden's Last Push to Cement His Conservation Legacy

New monuments, drilling restrictions, and species protections could have lasting benefits

By Ethan Freedman January 19, 2025

In this story: federal climate policy, oil, endangered species, monuments

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

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

A field of solar panels and windmills in the desert. | Photo by adamkaz/Getty Images

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

An aerial shot of towering evergreens that assure cold, clear, steady flows. Intact forests and quality waters - essential elements of healthy forests.

Biden Must Act Now to Cement His Environmental Legacy

Here are three areas where the president can take action before leaving office

By Ben Jealous November 8, 2024

In this story: federal climate policy, climate change, public lands

President Joe Biden speaks at Prince William Forest Park on Earth Day, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Triangle, Va.

New Federal Legislation Proposes to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Change

The bill follows similar legislation at the state level

By Dana Drugmand September 30, 2024

In this story: federal climate policy, climate change

Trees burn on the horizon beyond an American flag by an empty park bench

The Supreme Court’s Hubris, Explained

Even though the conservative justices have curtailed the power of Congress and the presidency, federal climate action is still possible

By Joanne Spalding and Sanjay Narayan July 15, 2024

In this story: Supreme Court, EPA, federal climate policy

Ash Trees Are Dying Everywhere. This Is Why.

A bug is going to make your summers hotter

By Ethan Freedman June 23, 2024

In this story: climate change, urban planning, land use and planning, federal climate policy

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