Stories by Adam Aton

Several downballot races in the 2024 presidential election will carry implications for climate policy far beyond state lines

Minnesota governor Tim Walz will promote climate action as Kamala Harris’s vice presidential pick, experts say

The nonpartisan group Science Moms says its campaign of ads that show the harms that climate change brings to children is nonpartisan and meant to educate the public about climate impacts

Repeated extreme weather events in states along the Gulf of Mexico such as Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi and Florida can erode a community’s ability to take care of itself

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union explains how climate change became a pillar of the union’s contract demands

Vermont's “Climate Superfund Act” would use attribution science to force oil, gas and coal companies to cover damages associated with their emissions

A Florida proposal follows a Texas law that preempts cities and counties from setting their own standards for working outdoors in the heat

Seven races help illustrate how the landscape for climate action may change in Congress and in several states

Invoking the Defense Production Act could help reshape the economics around building decarbonization

Jalonne White-Newsome went from being a Dow Chemical devotee to a leading injustice advocate

The U.S. president has not followed Europe’s calls to produce more renewable energy to weaken Russia’s global influence

After searching for a climate win during the first year of his presidency, Biden used his speech to focus on other crises

The legislation provides billions of dollars for thinning forests in ways that some scientists think are wrongheaded

A second policy aims to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles

The bipartisan legislation includes less funding for public transit and electric vehicles

Scientists say even the toughest vegetation cannot tolerate today’s heat waves

Congressional Republicans have balked at White House proposals to boost EV use

Climate has emerged as a key sticking point in talks between President Biden and Republican leaders

“If we act to save the planet, we can create millions of jobs,” he says

Climate remains in the background during talks about the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan

He has ordered a government study of climate change's impact on migration, including options for refugee resettlement

Agency reviews have found greater budget cuts, staff losses and elimination of climate programs than initially thought

The president-elect has included those with climate experience across a wide swath of federal agencies

Trump and Biden presented starkly different climate agendas during the longest discussion of the issue in recent debates