Federal Judge Puts the Brakes on BLM’s Coal Giveaway Court rules that the agency must consider climate change in leasing decisions By Heather Smith March 29, 2018 In this story: public lands, coal, politics, climate change, federal policy
A Bipartisan Caucus Aims to Propel Congress Forward on Climate Change But will that translate into meaningful legislation? By Wendy Becktold February 15, 2018 In this story: federal policy, politics, legislation, congress
America Is No Oil Superpower It’s OK. We can be super in other ways. By Heather Smith January 4, 2018 In this story: federal policy, oil, methane gas, politics
Planning for the 100-Year Flood Applies to You Too, Chemical Company Industry needs to start preparing for climate-change-related disasters By Heather Smith August 31, 2017 In this story: federal policy, air, clean water, climate change, environmental justice
Trump Administration Is the Greatest Threat the EPA Has Ever Faced But if history repeats itself, a backlash is coming By Heather Smith June 26, 2017 In this story: EPA, federal policy, politics, president
Scenes From the Peoples Climate March The diversity of the fight against climate change was out in full force By Heather Smith April 29, 2017 In this story: climate change, air, children, federal policy
Donald Trump’s Slash-and-Burn Budget Close your eyes to real problems and you can save a lot of money! By Paul Rauber April 12, 2017 In this story: politics, EPA, federal policy
Is the U.S. Going to Turn Its Back on Climate Change? The BBC’s environmental analyst weighs in on what the rest of the world might do if the U.S. backs out of the Paris Agreement By Katie O'Reilly April 11, 2017 In this story: climate negotiations, federal policy, climate change
Trump Orders Clean Power Plan Dismantled in Setback for “Vitally Important” Clean Air White House tries to force a national realignment back to fossil fuels By Jonathan Hahn March 28, 2017 In this story: EPA, climate change, federal policy, clean energy
A Clean Environment Is a National Good For decades, a careful balance has been struck between states' rights and federal policies intended to ensure a clean environment for all By Jonathan Hahn February 9, 2017 In this story: politics, EPA, federal policy, democracy