(The Root) — Until the inauguration on Jan. 21, The Root will be taking a daily look at the president’s record on a number of policy issues, including his first-term accomplishments and what many ...

President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States’ ...

The Department of the Interior announced a new rule Tuesday to reduce methane waste on public and Indian lands, as part of President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan. Methane emissions not only ...

Submerged countries, abandoned cities and floods of refugees await the world barring urgent action on climate change, President Barack Obama warned Monday, painting a doomsday scenario as he opened a ...

Former President Barack Obama is travelling to Italy to speak about climate change and food security. He will be in Milan on Monday and Tuesday where he will meet with Italians, “including friends ...

Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance on Jan. 20 at the Green Ball, an inaugural event for environmental groups—and his message to the crowd couldn’t have been more welcome: ...

Al Gore recently criticized Barack Obama — among many others — for the federal government's record on climate change. In the pages of Rolling Stone, Gore commends some of Obama's early moves, such as ...

The Obama administration could be selling out environmental protections in order to cement a complex international trade deal, according to new documents revealed on Wednesday by WikiLeaks. Today, the ...