Environmental Politics

"Democrats achieved long-sought “trifectas” in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. They have big plans for climate action."

"The cuts, compounded by the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act grants, deepen decades of federal underinvestment in Indian Country."

"Democrats in Congress are poised to ramp up investigations into Trump administration efforts to limit renewable energy development, promote fossil fuels and mining, and open up public lands to commercial interests."

"The AI race is about to crash into Democrats’ pledge to rein in data centers."

"Democrats’ historic sweep of Texas on Tuesday raises new possibilities of environmental reform after more than 30 years of Republican rule in the home of the nation’s oil and gas industry. That includes opportunities to cement safeguards for data center development, lower energy costs and, over time, appoint new commissioners to the state’s regulatory agencies and boost environmentally protective standards." 

"Democrats look like they’ll take control of state government in six more states and the utility commission in Georgia, while a few ballot measures supporting clean energy got the thumbs-up."

"As a blue wave washed over Election Day, ballot measures across the country showed voters strongly support environmental protection, with notable early outcomes in California and Colorado."

"Rich ​countries are falling well short of the $305 billion needed each year ‌to help developing nations adapt to climate change, even as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, a UN report said on Wednesday."

"Across wide stretches of the sun-bleached Sonoran desert in Arizona, thousands of retired aircraft sit nose-to-tail in graveyards of metal known as boneyards. ​Many of their engines haven’t been fired up for years. But America’s soaring demand for electricity to power data centers is bringing them back to life."

"A study looking at babies hospitalized in New Orleans found that babies born to mothers from neighborhoods in south-east Louisiana with high levels of industrial pollution were four times more likely to suffer from severe congenital heart defects."