Politics
Trump’s Last-Ditch Efforts to Stifle Climate Action and Clean Energy
For the past four years, our climatic and ecological systems have suffered at the hands of an administration that has routinely ignored science, sensibility, and security. With the Biden-Harris administration slated for inauguration in January 2021, the Trump administration's time...
Executive Order Positions Oregon for Statewide Climate Action
The past few years, climate news in Oregon has revolved around a bitter and complicated legislative fight over cap-and-trade, which Climate XChange has covered extensively. Positive climate developments out of Oregon have been rare as of late, so it wouldn't...
Illinois Poised to Provide a Climate Action Model for Other States
Amidst record-setting daily totals in COVID-19 cases and its largest spike in deaths since May, the state of Illinois opted to forgo its end of year legislative session. Citing health and safety concerns of state legislators and staff, Illinois House...
Webinar Recap: Green InfrastructureÂ
“Green infrastructure is an interconnected network of natural areas and other open spaces that conserve natural ecosystem values and functions, sustain clean air and water and provide a wide array of benefits to people and wildlife. It is the ecological...
New York’s Climate Law Reveals Potential Challenges for Biden’s Plan
President-Elect Joe Biden announced in July a $2 trillion plan aimed at tackling climate change and promoting environmental justice. The proposal is part of his economic agenda, which he calls his plan to “Build Back Better." This was the most ambitious...
Recap: A Fireside Chat with Bob Litterman and Climate Leaders
On September 9th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee released a report entitled Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System. Spurred by similar efforts across the globe, this report was initiated to measure climate risk to...
Down ballot environmental wins to hold you over until we get election results
This week of uncertainty has left us all obsessively checking our phones for newly released votes. It’s hard not to put so much pressure on the results of the presidential election particularly with the climate in the balance. However, if...
Virginia Prioritizes Environmental Justice in its Beginning Phases of Climate Disaster Planning
Since Democrats gained majorities in both houses of the Virginia legislature in the midterm election, the Virginia General Assembly has been making vast strides in the development of climate legislation. With the significant passage of the Virginia Clean Economy Act...
Cross-Sector Drilling Opposition Wins Limited Protection for North Carolina and Virginia Coasts
On September 8th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending an existing moratorium on offshore drilling for an additional ten years in Florida. His original extension covered offshore drilling in waters from Florida to South Carolina, and was updated...