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Climate change policy

A Uniper energy company coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery are seen beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Jan. 16, 2020. 
Environment
Did the world ‘build back better’ since the start of the pandemic? Not so much. 
Climate activists hold a demonstration through the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021. Negotiators from almost 200 nations were making a fresh push to reach agreements on a series of key issues that would allow them t
Climate Change
COP26 made incremental progress but failed to deliver on ‘transformational’ change, negotiators say 
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, North Dakota.
Critical State
Political climate: Part I
A Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, in Anacortes, Washington.
Climate Change
Are carbon offsets really as effective as advocates claim?
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his "Build Back Better" agenda during a visit to the International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 324, Oct. 5, 2021, in Howell, Michigan.
US credibility on climate on the line in Washington
Kpinchilla, a small village in northern Ghana, reels under the impact of the climate crisis.
The Big Fix
Glasgow climate talks: Africa negotiators mobilize for climate finance 
President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington.
Climate Change
Biden’s Earth Day summit tests US, global commitment to slowing climate change
A solar panel installation is seen in Ruicheng County in central China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 27, 2019. China's Premier Li Keqiang announced that the country would target a reduction of 18% in carbon intensity over the course of the next five years as pa
Climate Change
China’s moderate climate goals allow emissions to continue to rise
A smokestack burns in the distance of a rugged area with dried leaves and grass.
The Big Fix
China launches world’s largest carbon market
Joe Biden climate executive action
Biden administration
Biden vows to take a ‘whole of government’ approach to climate change
Joe Biden inauguration
Environment
Biden brings US back to Paris climate accord. Now what?
The bust of French statesman Robert Schuman, one of the founders of the European Union, is seen while environmental activists launch a hot air balloon during a demonstration outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 10, 2020.
Climate Change
5 years into Paris agreement, net-zero pledges are boosting optimism
Extinction Rebellion protestors march on the Dail (parliament) on Budget day in Dublin, Oct. 8, 2019.
The Big Fix
Activists took the Irish govt to court over its national climate plan — and won
A person holds a replica of a burning globe in the air with fake flames coming out of it.
The Big Fix
‘The mother of all injustices is climate change,’ says former diplomat and climate change leader
A woman speaks at a podium
Climate Change
‘The Future We Choose’: A new book outlines strategies for surviving climate change
Environmental activists of Swiss Klimastreik Schweiz movement hold banners, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in front of the opera house on the Sechselaeutenplatz square in Zurich, Switzerland, April 24, 2020.
The Big Fix
What history tells us about building climate coalitions
Rep. Castor tours National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Environment
Global response to COVID-19 should be a model for action on climate
Young climate change activists sit with activist Greta Thunberg in a huddle at the climate talks in Madrid.
Climate Change
Marathon climate talks in Madrid end with disappointment
Protesters wear yellow jackets and sign that speak of climate emergency in Spanish language
Climate Change
Activists enraged by slow pace of climate diplomacy in Madrid
A woman stands and speaks at a podium
Climate Change
As US steps back on climate change, will EU and China take the lead?
A person with white face paint and red robes stands near man in black uniform
Climate Change
4 things to watch at the climate talks in Madrid
climate rally
Nov. 4 is the first day Trump can legally leave the Paris Accord
Three dump trucks in a barren landscape
Energy
Exxon and oil sands go on trial in New York climate fraud case
An estimated 100,000 people turned out for the climate strike in Berlin on Sept. 20, 2019.
Climate Change
In Germany, the politics of climate change are shifting beneath Merkel’s feet
A cityscape of Anchorage, Alaska with dog-sled racers and mountains
Climate Change
With an Indigenous perspective, Anchorage seeks to adapt to climate change even if Alaska doesn’t
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
Climate Change
Why 2020 is a key year for climate action
world leaders at the G20 Summit
Climate Change
Climate crisis? What climate crisis? US blocked consensus on climate action at G20.
Paris Climate Agreement 2015
Climate Change
The next UN Climate Change Summit aims to push the world to do more and do it faster
Jay Inslee climate scorecard
Elections
Greenpeace releases scorecard for Democratic presidential candidates’ commitment to climate change
children on a beach on earth day
Environment
Earth Day has come and gone, but the work continues
A man speaks with a Shell oil yellow shell logo behind him
Climate Change
Shell oil says it will quit a lobbying group that opposes global climate goals
AOC Green New Deal
Climate Change
The Green New Deal doesn’t include carbon pricing. Some say that’s a big mistake.
Woman at a demonstration
Climate Change
The ‘Green New Deal’ started with six college grads. Now, they’re recruiting an army of young people.
Wind turbines Morocco
Climate Change
Almost all countries have fallen short on climate change commitments
A man wearing googles holds up a sign that says "stop fossil fuel! there is no border in the sky!"
Climate Change
The world struck a major climate deal in Poland. So, what’s in it?
Attenborough speaks at the podium in Poland's climate change talks.
David Attenborough: Global warming is ‘our greatest threat’
coal
Climate Change
Here’s what you need to know about carbon pricing
a closeup of California Governor Edmund "Jerry" Brown
Environment
California emerges as a leader at climate summit
Miami sunny day tidal flooding
Climate Change
Does a new GOP proposal to create a carbon tax have a chance?
Under a new carbon offset program that is gaining popularity in Congress, oil and gas companies — and other manufacturers of products involving — fossil fuel would have to pay $40 for every ton of carbon emitted into the atmosphere.
Politics
New carbon offset program may have the bipartisan support it needs on Capitol Hill
Alaska oil pipeline
Climate Change
Can Alaska rely on oil and address climate change? State officials are about to find out.
Members of environmental groups hold up banners calling for renewable energy at the United Nations climate talks that took place in Bonn, Germany in 2015. Bonn was the site of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2017, in which co
Climate Change
As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do
Hudson generating station
Environment
More states join the fight to reduce global warming
On Dec. 19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan for the state’s common retirement fund to completely decarbonize its entire portfolio.
Economics
Big money is backing out of fossil fuel industry, moving into greener alternatives
Al Gore poses for selfies with fans
Global Politics
UN climate talks wrap with ‘modest’ progress and a subdued American presence
A man walks over a projection on the floor reading "America's pledge #wearestillin"
Environment
There’s a deep divide over Trump climate policy on display at UN talks
Presidents Trump and Xi and their wives in China
Global Politics
Is China really stepping up as the world’s new climate leader?
Tillerson pic
Environment
Tillerson hedges on climate science, but supports Paris agreement
The Arc de Triomphe is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done" to celebrate the United Nations climate change agreement in Paris, France, on Nov. 4.
Environment
The historic Paris climate change agreement just became international law
Man fishing
Global Politics
Ocean warming called ‘greatest hidden challenge of our generation’
A Polish coal power plant
Environment
Obama administration re-prioritizes climate change and makes a ‘serious offer’ for climate talks
A pipeline in Virginia
Environment
Change in climate and energy strategy is a key for the GOP’s road to the White House
Activists wearing masks depicting Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, China's President Xi Jinping and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi d
Environment
194 countries make a historic climate deal, but it may not be worth much
Brazil dam
Environment
Climate change talks now have human rights on the agenda
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 12, 2014.
Environment
The US-China climate pact is driving progress toward a wider deal
The Houston Ship Channel stretches 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Houston. Sea levels have risen 2.2 feet over the last century at Galveston, the main barrier island protecting the Ship Channel from a big storm.
Environment
The ‘Texas miracle’ is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change that may end it
Stephen (left) and Shadrack (center) Osero from Kenya discuss their project for using human waste as a source of green power at this year's Climate CoLab conference at MIT. The brothers were among the winners of this year's CoLab contest, which crowdsourc
Environment
An MIT project crowdsources local solutions in the fight against climate change
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping can raise a glass to their surprise announcement on climate change. But experts say it’s just a start.
Environment
Barack Obama and Xi Jinping look to a future with lower carbon emissions
US Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) adjusts a sign at the start of a news conference led by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to draw attention to climate change in January 2014.
Environment
Republican control of Congress may be a setback for big climate change legislation, but the issue isn’t dead
China pollution
Environment
Despite China’s improved energy efficiency, rapid growth is still leading to increased CO2 emissions