The Justice Department and F.B.I. are investigating $20 billion in climate funds, despite a top prosecutor’s decision that there was not sufficient evidence of wrongdoing.

The U.S. is skipping a meeting for the next IPCC report, a sweeping science assessment on the current state of climate change, raising concerns about delays

The mayor of Washington, D.C. signaled Tuesday that the mural marking Black Lives Matter Plaza in view of the White House will likely be painted over after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill threatening the District’s federal funding if it fails to change the name.

The statement by an agency spokesperson comes after two judges ordered the environmental agency to pay contracts signed under Biden.

Again and again, state leaders describe Washington as a national “leader” in key priorities like encouraging entrepreneurial business creation and fighting climate change. But few, if any ...