Environmental Politics

"Environmental groups, fresh off rejuvenating victories on the climate front, now face a political world aligned against them."

"U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday action on climate change has become 'unstoppable', and he expressed hopes that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would drop plans to quit a global accord aimed at weaning the world off fossil fuels."

"Faced with the prospect of his successor unraveling a slew of environmental regulations and withdrawing the country from a historic climate pact, President Obama on Monday made the case that his push to move the United States toward cleaner energy sources had helped boost the economy."

"Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to bring back jobs to struggling coal communities, and laid-off miners contributed to his presidential victory. But the reality is more complicated."

"Under President Trump, the US is expected to halt cash for climate-friendly development, holding back international action".

"The Windy City joins Philadelphia, Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland, and Boulder to slap a levy on sodas."

"The mug-shot posters, pasted on walls and lampposts around Paris by an activist group during the United Nations climate talks last year, were hardly flattering. They depicted Myron Ebell, a climate contrarian, as one of seven 'climate criminals' wanted for 'destroying our future.'"

"In Trump’s potential cabinet picks, echoes of a Reagan-era wave of environmental deregulation."

"Trump certainly can’t dismantle climate action and the clean energy economy as quickly as he’s promised (day one), and in some cases, he won’t be able to do it at all. But here’s what’s on his hit list, along with an analysis of what he can and can’t do."