After DNC chair Tom Perez promised the issue would "feature prominently" in the debates, climate activists were disappointed by how little attention it got.
Ahead of the Democratic debates, Washington Governor Jay Inslee releases another slew of climate policies targeting fossil fuel production.
The fossil fuel industry is pushing lawmakers to implement a tax on carbon emissions, but environmentalists are skeptical of its newfound support for climate action.
A new report from the Environmental Working Group claims that Duke Energy, the nation's largest utility, is holding back the transition away from fossil fuels.
A new report highlights the tax benefits of 60 of the largest American corporations.
A new study finds that air pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions is killing millions and disrupting the water cycle.
In two new executive orders, Trump seeks to expand executive power over pipelines and make it harder for states to block oil and gas projects.
The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to allow seismic airgun testing to begin off the Atlantic coast while a lawsuit to prevent the practice works its way through the courts.
As natural gas booms around the Marcellus Shale, nearby residents continue to feel the burden of the industry's growth.
Anything is possible, if you're willing to pay the price.
The Green New Deal that some Democrats are now championing is unlike anything this country has ever done before. But scientists have been studying policies like these for decades, and their research can tell us a bit about what might happen should we pass this sweeping new vision for climate action and economic equality.
During his tenure, the administration has blocked research, prioritized corporations over citizens, and put endangered species at even greater risk.
A dispatch from a protest at the Utah Bureau of Land Management.
Already the largest oil and gas producer in the world, the United States is expected to ramp up oil production more than any other nation in the coming decades.
The country is offering more than 20,000 miles of untouched ocean in the Mozambique Channel for future oil exploration.
For the second year in a row, climate advocates disrupted the U.S. government's attempts to promote coal and other fossil fuels at the United Nations climate conference.
Roger Hanshaw, a Republican lawyer from Clay County, represents natural gas companies and gas industry lobby groups in his private legal practice while voting on measures that directly affect their businesses.
In Juliana v. United States, a group of young plaintiffs is trying to force the government into climate action—whether the president wants to or not.
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The proposed reversal has raised alarm bells with environmentalists.
A United States district judge dismissed a New York City lawsuit Thursday that would have held oil companies responsible for climate change.
Ethiopia and Eritrea enter a new era, Ireland makes a big climate change move, and a sock scandal strikes the Department of the Interior chief.
There is no way to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement if California continues extracting oil and gas unabated.
Conservationists believe Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may be even more dangerous than his predecessor.