A compendious overview of the climate and political landscape of the states of the Union.
The United States Climate Politics Almanac
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Nov 13, 2026
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4 min read
BAAJA's final votes begin Monday afternoon. Also: Schumer's leadership dilemma
Nov 9, 2026
The rush to vote begins today. Also, nomination hearings on Tuesday for a Project 2025 architect and the Clean Power Plan's demolition man
Nov 2, 2026
5 min read
Data centers, electric utilities, transit, and infrastructure initiatives from Pierce County, Washington Proposition 1 to Berkeley Measure U
7 min read
Will votes compound the climate crisis with a crippling tax revolt?
Oct 28, 2026
How BAAJA Threatens a Free DC, Part III: "The President will have virtually free rein to implement his pet projects."
Oct 27, 2026
How BAAJA Threatens a Free DC, Part II: “Expanding executive power, especially under this administration, is fucking unbelievable."
Oct 26, 2026
How BAAJA Threatens a Free DC, Part I: Passage of S.5653 will lead to “the next death mask of America.”
Oct 17, 2026
The Market Ideology of the Lee-Capito-Heinrich-Whitehouse Dirty Deal
Sep 29, 2026
There's only one markup of note, but it's a killer.
Sep 18, 2026
This year, choose your own Adventure Intelligently.
Sep 14, 2026
6 min read
Slaughtering Sequoias, Nuclear Waste Innovation Campuses and End Times Fascism
Sep 1, 2026
3 min read
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Delaware finish the season. Plus local climate hawks
Aug 31, 2026
Republicans will be fighting for gas stoves and mining, while attacking whales and socialism
Jul 30, 2026
Key climate races in Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. Plus the Wisconsin governor's race!
Jul 21, 2026
As the world burns, Republicans go after climate scientists, activists, and historians (and Canada). Plus: putting private-prison executive David Cummins in charge of TSA
Jul 17, 2026
AI backlash, from the Maine U.S. Senate election to Michigan's 8th Congressional
Jul 15, 2026
Fossil-fueled hyperscalers are causing popular revolt at the ballot box, and policymakers are taking note
Jul 14, 2026
The fires of the world, the assassinations of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero, and the "ICE of Europe"
Jun 23, 2026
The dangerously unqualified Kevin Lilly, facilitating the AI data center bubble, and recycling minerals
Jun 16, 2026
2 min read
It's election day in Washington, D.C.; Jay Clayton on the fast track
Jun 8, 2026
Dismantling E&E News; fracking Carlsbad; speeding nukes, AI, and clear-cutting forests
Jun 1, 2026
Breaking: NCAR is saved for now. Also, the mustache twirlers hiding behind climate hushers
D.C., Maryland, New York, and Colorado
May 31, 2026
The first of a series on the June primaries, from California to Maine
May 5, 2026
The Grand Oil Party cancelled Louisiana elections, but key races in Nebraska, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and more are coming up, starting today
