Climate Politics
All Stories
-
![Solar panels in California.]()
![Solar panels in California.]()
Biden administration says solar could provide nearly half of US electricity by 2050
A Department of Energy blueprint says a 15-fold expansion of solar power is within reach.
-
![An activist holding a sign that reads]()
![An activist holding a sign that reads]()
It’s been 2 years since the last UN climate conference. So why do some activists want to postpone COP 26?
COVID-19 already derailed last year's conference.
-
![The Valero oil refinery in Houston, Texas]()
![The Valero oil refinery in Houston, Texas]()
Matthew Tejada is keeping the EPA’s eyes on environmental justice
“You need all the parties at the table, but that table is always centered on the community need.”
-
![Collage: silhouette of Illinois, an oak savanna, and a Black farmer covered by an oil pipeline]()
![Collage: silhouette of Illinois, an oak savanna, and a Black farmer covered by an oil pipeline]()
Does rural Illinois really need a new gas pipeline?
In this historic Black farming community, some want renewables instead.
-
![Construction worker takes a drink of water on a hot day]()
![Construction worker takes a drink of water on a hot day]()
More workers are dying from heat. Texas may make it harder to protect them.
Will the US finally enact national heat standards?
-
![Posters call for the release of attorney Steven Donziger.]()
![Posters call for the release of attorney Steven Donziger.]()
This attorney took on Chevron. Then Chevron-linked judges and private prosecutors had him locked up.
Steven Donziger's legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice.
-
![Cover of book]()
![Cover of book]()
Disasters aren’t natural — they’re political, a new book argues
Preparing for climate change means urgently reimagining disaster management.
-
![A man fills his car at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles.]()
![A man fills his car at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles.]()
Biden-backed ‘blue’ hydrogen may pollute more than coal, study finds
The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes $8 billion to develop "clean hydrogen," but a new study finds the alternative fuel is highly polluting.
-
![Oil rigs in culver city.]()
![Oil rigs in culver city.]()
Follow the money: US subsidizes oil and gas so investors never lose
Finally, we have the numbers and they're not pretty, detailing how it doesn't matter what price fuel is.
-
![Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez knocks on a door before posting an eviction order on October 1, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.]()
![Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez knocks on a door before posting an eviction order on October 1, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.]()
The environmental justice logic behind Cori Bush’s fight for the eviction moratorium
For four nights, Bush slept outside the U.S. Capitol, demanding that President Joe Biden extend the moratorium protecting millions of renters from eviction.
