President-elect Donald Trump has long questioned the reality of the climate crisis, describing it as a "scam" and accusing policies to tackle the crisis of destroying US jobs. Many expect him to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement to limit emissions upon taking power in January,

President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.

Let’s not sugarcoat things. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election represents a setback for climate action. The incoming administration has been very clear that it does not prioritize confronting climate change,

The timing of Donald Trump’s election victory, a few days before the opening of the COP29 global climate conference, could not have been worse, casting a long shadow over the 50,000 delegates gathered in Baku.

With Republicans securing control of the House, Senate and White House in the election, they are poised to claw back major legislation Democrats have passed to fight climate change.

Voters stripped Vermont Democrats of their state House supermajority, which they have used to pass climate legislation over vetoes from the state’s Republican governor.

For climate activists, the current moment is almost unbearably bleak. But the task is clear: to build a mass movement that completely overhauls our current political system.

The election result bodes well for state and local action on climate—even during a second Trump term. It’s no secret that this year’s election results don’t bode well for the climate, as Donald Trump has promised to gut federal regulations and roll back recent progress at the national level.

Four Trump counties in Florida voted to conserve open space, reduce flood damage and protect habitat. “This is not a partisan issue.”

Many of Trump’s anti-environmental and climate policies will likely be tempered at home and abroad by states, governments and even fossil fuel executives

In this episode of “Burning Questions,” host Amy Scott talks with Washington Post climate reporter Shannon Osaka to unpack what a second Donald Trump administration means for climate policy, how state climate measures performed,