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Youth from across Hawaii will gather at the State Capitol this Saturday, November 16, to engage in a critical discussion about the future of climate policy in the state.

President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.

Let’s not sugarcoat things. The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election represents a setback for climate action. The incoming administration has been very clear that it does not prioritize confronting climate change,

At Newsweek's "Pillars of the Green Transition" event at COP29, panelists talked climate finance and the coming shift in U.S. policy in a second Trump term.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), two of the Senate’s most aggressive advocates for action on climate change, said Friday that President-elect Trump’s second term

Four counties in Florida that voted for Trump also voted to conserve open space, reduce flood damage and protect habitat

The timing of Donald Trump’s election victory, a few days before the opening of the COP29 global climate conference, could not have been worse, casting a long shadow over the 50,000 delegates gathered in Baku.

President-elect Donald Trump. Photos: Getty Images.

The Democratic candidates for Arizona Corporation Commission made climate change an issue, but it did them no good in this year's election.

Republicans aren’t a monolith, as 54 percent of them say they support the U.S. participating in international efforts to reduce the effects of climate change, and 60 and 70 percent, respectively, say they want more wind and solar farms. Younger Republicans in particular are also less supportive of expanding fossil fuels, Pew Research surveys show.

While the president-elect promises clean air and water, climate and equity take a back seat to fossil fuel excavation.