The climate crisis is taking center stage in a key House race in Illinois, where the two Democratic incumbents are criticizing each other's records on global warming, an increasingly important issue for Democratic voters.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) dealt Democratic plans on climate change a potential death blow on Sunday, leaving climate hawks scrambling for alternate routes to meaningful action as the 2022 midterms loom.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation in the Senate that would require public companies to disclose climate-related risks they are exposed to.
House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled long-awaited legislation designed to reduce carbon emissions and take on climate change by binding the United States to commitments made under the Obama-era Paris climate accord.
Freshman Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) made climate change a rallying cry when he ran for Congress in the fall, but the former clean energy entrepreneur said Friday that he's skeptical of a new House committee formed specifically to address global warming.
