The Roberts court is taking up cases with phantasmal litigants and speculative complaints. But how it resolves them could have a massive impact on American life.

A new U.N. climate report shows why doubling down on military spending in response to Putin would be a bad idea.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be a windfall for the U.S. oil and gas industry, and one corporate giant can barely contain its glee.

It makes sense to be wary of corporate puff pieces. But there are genuine victories to celebrate, often at the local or international level. We need those stories as fuel for the fight.

An election-year proposal to save drivers a few bucks at the pumps might not be as great an idea as some Democrats think.

Climate change is ravaging the American West. Lawmakers in those states, meanwhile, want to punish any bank that pulls money from the fossil fuel companies contributing to that climate change.

A new report finds that climate-friendly financial institutions have been funding fossil fuel projects to the tune of $38 billion.

Beijing’s artificial-snow Winter Olympics have drawn attention to what powder enthusiasts from Aspen to Sapporo have known for years: Winter is dying.

The Labour Party has proposed a one-year tax hike to help low-income customers handle rising energy prices. Shell and BP oppose it.

Among the less-discussed parts of Build Back Better: It would help keep people from drowning.

The Competes Act sailed through where Build Back Better floundered. That’s a troubling sign of politicians’ priorities.

Thank the wonks who think financializing nature can save it.

Wastewater is a crucial epidemiological tool for tracking Covid-19. It’s only going to get more important as climate change accelerates.

Thursday’s Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing is shaping up to be a contentious fight over the Fed’s power to fight climate change.

On both Covid precautions and climate ethics, our lack of social consensus creates stress. But it’s also an opportunity to hone our powers of persuasion.

The FBI’s raid on the Texas congressman’s home is a reminder of how much we normalize ties to foreign (and domestic) oil.

The California representative says Build Back Better needs to get pared down to some urgent essentials.

Cutting the Build Back Better Act into “chunks” would be painful, but it may be the last chance in a long time to pass ambitious, enduring climate policy.

Electric vehicles on their own aren’t enough.

New maps can revive Cherokee place names in Southern Appalachia and restore crucial knowledge amid an environmental catastrophe.