Stung by the party’s sweeping losses in November and desperate to win back working-class voters, the Democratic Party is in retreat on climate change. Nowhere is that retrenchment more jarring than in the nation’s most populous state, a longtime bastion of progressive politics on the environment.

The LA fire crisis is more than just a natural disaster. This video unpacks the real story—from climate change and political failures to the harsh truths behind policy inaction and growing risk.

Last week the world’s leading scientists met in Exeter UK to discuss climate tipping points. Their conclusion is alarming: the world is entering a “danger zone where multiple climate tipping points pose catastrophic risks to billions of people”.

As she canvassed for Zohran Mamdani in New York City on Tuesday last week, Batul Hassan should have been elated. Her mayoral candidate—a 33-year-old state assemblymember—was surging in the polls and would within hours soundly defeat Andrew Cuomo on first preference votes in the Democratic primary election.

Heat and other climate impacts like floods and storms affect voters, candidates and poll workers in different ways at different times, and can even tip election results, researchers and officials report.

New York passed its $254 billion state budget months ago—but a sweeping federal bill may force major changes. What’s suddenly on the chopping block?

An investigation by Wisconsin's elections commission has concluded that unlawful actions by Madison's former city clerk led to nearly 200 absentee ballots going uncounted in the 2024 presidential elec

The July 2024 general election saw a major shift in the UK’s approach to tackling climate change. The incoming Labour government made ambitious pledges to cut emissions and switch to green energy, with a target of “clean power” by 2030 and support for on and offshore wind.

Green Jobs PAC, which helped defeat an initiative that would've repealed Washington's climate law, failed to disclose donors until after the November election.

Despite years of effort and the support of its UN peers, Australia has been unable to convince Turkey to pull out of the race to host global climate talks.