BeyondKONA: Politics & Policy

There are 29 days until the midterms, and Republicans’ odds have gone from bad to worse.

A cartoon by Tim Campbell.

Congratulations are in order for Kash Patel, Alexis Wilkins, and the entire taxpayer-funded SWAT team that he orders to follow her around. They’re engaged!

According to the president, reporting on his small crowd sizes at campaign events ahead of this year’s midterm elections is a criminal act.

The midterm elections are roughly a month away, but Paxton's blame game is already heating up.

Vance is trying to compare Trump's propaganda ads to Obama's promotion for the Affordable Care Act.

In the last hours of her job, Noem gave the sweetest of corruption deals to one of her donors.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared his thoughts on artificial intelligence.

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

Trump is desperately promising voters something, anything, to bribe them into voting GOP, even if it means draining the treasury to do it. The latest move is […]

My experience shows why local politicians need to push back against climate denialism.

In this episode of The Great Simplification, climate scientist Zeke Hausfather breaks down the numbers and metrics within climate science, and translates what […]

Researchers have known for decades how to prevent and treat heat illness, but a patchwork of policies has left players like Matthew Mayich at risk.

Oil and gas companies want the justices to save them from lawsuits over their alleged role in accelerating damage from global warming.

The finalists were judged in seven areas, including climate change resilience, waste management and how quickly they are cutting emissions.

Authorities warned of extreme danger around Barcelona and Girona, with rivers at risk of overflowing and residents urged to stay indoors.

The report also traces where that plastic comes from. Morocco generates 3.97 million tons of municipal solid waste a year, of which 422,000 tons is plastic.

Two centuries after the coal miners arrived, residents are racing to save the stream and bring back the trout.

Like many communities around the country, Upper Burrell is facing the prospect of a big, power-hungry neighbor that many of its residents say they don’t want.

Indiana seeks to hold companies accountable for PFAS pollution, in a new 16-state backed lawsuit led by Attorney Gen. Todd Rokita.

A new federal investment is bringing several Vermont colleges together to study PFAS as they move through the state’s water, wildlife and food supply.

AI in fossil fuel production is helping companies find oil, improve drilling and increase efficiency, raising concerns about additional global emissions.

The new research looks at climate data from more than 50 countries over the past three decades, alongside a survey of 5,000 girls, in-depth interviews, and […]

73 percent of maternal healthcare workers surveyed say they have seen heat-linked cases rise in the last five years.

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal […]

Blocked Middle East oil shipments upended supply chains and prices for fossil fuel-based plastics, offering yet another reason nations must support a global […]

Once seen as a solution to the plastic waste problem, the process has been plagued by economic and technological difficulties.

The ruling could define the reach of state law nationwide and determine whether local governments can put oil companies on the hook for climate costs.

Democrat-led states and cities argue that the rollback harms public health and the environment.

Climate change drives most of the added extreme fire weather Europe's children face, and faster emissions cuts could spare them over a year.

Brazil’s upcoming presidential election could reshape the Amazon's future.

Nearly all tested cat foods contain toxic plastic contaminants, the herbicide glyphosate and heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and arsenic, according to a […]

Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit.

Sales of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks hit a high in the first half of 2026, mostly thanks to China. Diesel prices are set to keep the momentum going.

Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.

A Ccomputer model shows the region hit 57% of 2025 goal, with uneven progress among states.

Safe drinking water doesn’t happen by accident. A look at the intricate process of pumps and pipes that brings millions of liters of water to Ottawa […]

Prominent climate leaders have called on governments, businesses, institutions and the public to make a push for solar power before the decade is out, […]

Trump’s crackdown brought offshore wind development to a near standstill. Louisiana companies are trying to keep the industry alive until the political winds […]

When it comes to perhaps the most significant climate change-related case to reach the high court in nearly two decades, environmentalists aren’t yet writing […]