federal climate policy

Earth’s Annual Average Temperatures Set to Breach 1.5°C for the First Time

The grave reality of a do-little-on-climate scenario is becoming clear

By Jonathan Hahn September 20, 2023

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, federal climate policy, international climate policy

Tens of Thousands of Marchers Fill New York City Streets to Demand an End to Fossil Fuel Extraction

People of all ages and from around the world call on President Biden to stop exacerbating the climate emergency

By Emily Driehaus and Marlowe Starling September 18, 2023

In this story: climate change, activism, federal climate policy, international climate policy

The Promise and Peril of Fueling the Clean Energy Transition

Could the green energy revolution start in one of the reddest states?

By Amal Ahmed August 14, 2023

In this story: clean energy, mining, mountaintop-removal mining, climate change, federal climate policy

Construction trucks haul and push dirt at the Shafter Mine Project.

Conservation Could Get a Huge Boost on Millions of Acres

A new analysis shows most Americans support the proposal to make that happen

By Ethan Freedman July 29, 2023

In this story: public lands, saving wild places, federal climate policy, wilderness, Policy

An aerial view of the The San Pedro riparian area at dusk.

In Conversation With Al Gore

“We can’t just sit back and wait for change to come”

By Ben Jealous March 20, 2023

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, federal climate policy, international climate policy

Environmentalists and Indigenous Groups Blast Approval of Willow Oil Project

President Biden burns his base as he puts profits over people

By Lindsey Botts March 14, 2023

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

Campaign Urges Agencies to Keep Big Trees Standing

Key forests are identified that are crucial to honoring old-growth executive order

By Juliet Grable February 6, 2023

In this story: forests, national forests, climate change, federal climate policy, logging

Hand Lake with the Three Sisters volcanic peaks in the background in Oregon's Willamette National Forest.

President Biden Restores Logging Prohibitions in Tongass National Forest

Roadless Rule reinstated throughout two-thirds of world’s largest intact temperate rain forest

By Lindsey Botts January 29, 2023

In this story: national forests, forests, federal climate policy, indigenous communities, saving wild places

A view of the wilderness in Misty Fjords National Monument, part of the Tongass National Forest

A People’s History of the Inflation Reduction Act

It was grassroots movements that created the political space for the historic climate legislation

By Juliet Grable December 22, 2022

In this story: federal climate policy, climate change, politics, Inflation Reduction Act

How a Climate Bill Became Law

Grassroots power was key to passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

By Shruti Bhatnagar December 14, 2022

In this story: federal climate policy, Inflation Reduction Act

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