National Park Service superintendents have largely stopped talking to the press and park advocates during the shutdown. Some speculate the reason for the silence is fear of backlash from headquarters in Washington.
Interior Department officials are preparing for the partial government shutdown to last months. However, oil and gas permitting has not stalled.
Elizabeth Kolbert makes a living documenting catastrophe. The New Yorker reporter has been covering climate change since 2001.
The transformation of a major power company into a corporate zombie underscores the climate risks facing utilities, insurers and governments.
Federal judges will not revisit a closely watched ruling that found the Clean Water Act does not apply to pollution linked to a Tennessee coal ash site.
House Democrats yesterday released negotiated legislation to fund EPA, the Interior Department and a host of other agencies.
College Republicans across the country are ringing the alarms for GOP legislators to lead on green issues, urging their state and U.S. representatives to shape market-based energy and environmental policies.
As top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's views on pipelines may prove more consequential than his longtime defense of coal.
A new report from the Pentagon detailing the impacts of climate change on installations has come under fire for omitting a list of sites most vulnerable to warming and other shortcomings.
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