International climate finance has had a challenging start to 2025. One of President Donald Trump's first acts upon returning to the White House was to sign an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement.
What will 'resistance' look like this time around? Organizers say they'll be peaceful, but nothing is off the table.
The same affordability concerns that swept President Donald Trump to office are keeping blue-state leaders from mounting a vigorous response to his dismantling of federal climate policies.
The decisions that companies make about how much to grow oil production are first and foremost going to be determined by market signals.”
California lawmakers notched key environmental victories in 2024, but the state’s overall standing on climate leadership dropped, according to the advocacy organization California Environmental Voters annual scorecard. The group gave the state an 84% grade, a drop in two percentage points from the year before and from a 91% score in 2022.
Climate change is not just about facts. It is wrong to dismiss the disengaged on the grounds that they are out of touch with reality.
A rule known as the endangerment finding requires the E.P.A. to regulate greenhouse gases. It has proved resilient against earlier attacks.
There is no place to run and hide from climate change. The government’s latest science assessment is that climate impacts “are already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States.” And without deep cuts in fossil fuel pollution, “severe climate risks to the United States will continue to grow.”
Continuing to chip away at the partisan barriers that separate Americans on climate change will require even more coalition building that sets an example by being ambitious, productive and visible.
Big banks have been backing away from their commitment to fight climate change via "net zero" carbon emissions as political winds have shifted.
Ahead of the next federal election, a sophisticated grassroots campaign is again looking to shake up the two-party system and break the major parties' decades-long stranglehold on blue-ribbon seats. This time,