Whether the outcome will be good or bad for the climate remains unclear. The process, though, was terrible.

The U.S. climate envoy seemed to come unglued this week when Farhana Yamin, a veteran environmental lawyer and climate negotiator, asked him about funding for nations recovering from climate catastrophe.

Hurricane Fiona hit the island as only a Category 1 storm. But thanks to bad management, the electrical grid immediately collapsed.

This spring, a virulent strain of bird flu ripped through U.S. farms. The public hardly noticed. That we could ignore the disease shows just how little we’ve learned about the origin of new viruses.

Selling off refineries doesn’t actually reduce emissions. It just passes the buck.

Yvon Chouinard’s decision to transfer ownership of the company to a trust and nonprofit has received glowing reviews. But the details matter. And Patagonia hasn’t always delivered on its promises of sustainability.

The United States has a brief window in which it can decide how monkeypox plays out from here.

Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies.

The new Republican strategy on climate change is to admit it’s happening but argue that it’s good, actually. Voters may find that optimism compelling.

Americans will feel the pain of skyrocketing rates, but so will indebted countries of the global south that are already struggling to withstand global warming–fueled disasters.

The major oil-producing state has long tried to have it both ways: regulating emissions while allowing companies to drill at will. That’s about to change.

One of the country’s oldest fire lookouts was destroyed last year in the largest wildfire in California’s history. What else is being lost?

The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, was thoroughly preventable. And it’s a vision of a disastrous future.

Naturally, Peter Thiel is an investor in the company that came up with the idea.

Rural co-operatives, serving 42 million people, will soon get money to help them transition off coal.

Waterfront communities from Seeley Lake to Cape Cod are experiencing deep conflict over septic system updates. But if they do nothing, sewage and toxic algae will destroy the waters they cherish.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican to claim woke capitalists are discriminating against fossil fuels.

The new piece of legislation is not the final word on greenhouse gas regulation. The Supreme Court has seen to that.

Demanding E.V. parts be made domestically could slow down the energy transition—or, alternatively, fall afoul of free trade policies the United States has worked hard to enact.

The rise of Timber Unity offers a worrying case study of how successful rural organizing can be when it’s bankrolled by the GOP.