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Climate change policy in the United States

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks and gestures into a mic during the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing.

How would a Justice Amy Coney Barrett rule on the environment?

Environment

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a conservative who tends to interpret the law narrowly, which could spell trouble for environmental laws intended to address climate change.

RBG memorial at Capitol

Ruth Bader Ginsburg left behind a powerful environmental legacy

Environment
Kavanaugh 2006

What would a Justice Kavanaugh mean for the environment?

Politics
President Trump and a coal miner

Trump and the environment, one year into the presidency

Environment
The World

Energy & Climate Czar Leaves White House

The World

What’s Next for the Congressional Global Warming Committee?

Ohio Republican John Boehner is in line to be the next House Speaker, and he’s vowed to get rid of Democrat-created select committees. One of those is the Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, led by MA Democrat Ed Markey. We’ll hear two vi

Senate Keeps EPA Clean Air Authority

The Senate rejected a move 53-47 to take away the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. But could those “no” votes translate into the support needed to pass comprehensive climate change legislation?

The World

Blocking the EPA

Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj looks at a Senate attempt to take away the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Cash for Climate

Senator Cantwell (D-WA) explains her proposed method for limiting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and reforming our energy sector. She calls it a “cap-and-dividend” approach, and says her bill could send energy consumers a monthly check in the mail, and cre

Framing the Anything But Climate Debate

Proponents of the climate bill talk about energy security and job creation but they walk around the central issue: climate change.