Climate Deniers Are More Likely to Be Racist. Why? A new study has a theory By Heather Smith June 18, 2018 In this story: federal policy, politics, science, democracy, environmental justice
Trump’s Paris Withdrawal One Year Later: All Noise Other nations, and many U.S. cities and states, pursue Paris Agreement goals, leaving the U.S. government in the dust By Jason Mark June 1, 2018 In this story: climate negotiations, federal policy, international climate policy, politics
NEPA Is Under Threat—Here’s Why That Matters NEPA gives communities a say in development projects By Sam Schipani May 21, 2018 In this story: politics, federal policy, congress
Who Else Is Fed Up With Pruitt? Congress. We watched six hours of EPA budget talks so you didn't have to By Heather Smith April 27, 2018 In this story: federal policy, politics, EPA, air, clean water
Should We Fear a New NAFTA? Spoiler: Yes, it could be terrible for the climate. By Heather Smith April 20, 2018 In this story: international climate policy, federal policy, politics, Industrial Transformation, clean energy
Even Fox News Is Fed Up With EPA Chief Scott Pruitt As scandals mount, some Republican members of Congress are calling for his resignation By Heather Smith April 5, 2018 In this story: EPA, federal policy, politics, oil, dirty energy
The Climate Made Me Do It The necessity defense is the holy grail of climate action By Heather Smith March 29, 2018 In this story: climate change, federal policy, pipelines, dirty energy, oil
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