Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in...
Global efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate are lagging as much as efforts to slow emissions
A new UN report highlights how an adaptation gap hurts the most vulnerable countries and urges increased financing and cost-effective, nature-based preparations.
Colorado: Polis climate plan offers more details, but critics want more on environmental justice
The plan includes the start of an “equity framework,” but one activist says, “there could be more focus on frontline communities.”
2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold
Escalating temperatures poise planet to breach1.5 C for the first time, possibly later this decade
What clean energy might look like in 2021
Despite the intense challenges of 2020, local leaders stepped up to demonstrate their commitment to fighting climate change last year – a movement that is...
Moving forward after four years of fights and falsehoods
What the hell just happened? Our democracy was pushed to its absolute limit last week when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. We’re coming off a...
What Trump’s dismal deregulatory record means for Biden
Trump leaves office with a legal record among the worst in modern presidential history. Now the Biden administration faces a complicated legal landscape as it...
EPA preps for transition of power with unusual change to succession orders
A new line of succession established at the Environmental Protection Agency leaves an official who was slotted into a newly created high-ranking role just a...