Democratic election wins last week reignited arguments on how — or if — candidates should discuss climate change on the campaign trail.

We are hurtling toward climate chaos,” writes an international team of 13 leading climate scientists in their “ State of the Climate Report ” for 2025, published by the Oxford journal BioScience, an annual must-read for anyone who wants a concise and accessible snapshot of deepening catastrophe.

Climate choices aren’t just individual actions. Sometimes actions in groups, like voting, petitions and protests, can have a far larger impact than one person can have alone.

The state will exit the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative after years of legal battles. Gov. Josh Shapiro called for support of his 'Lightning Plan' instead.