The Environmental Forum

LEAD FEATURE The Trump administration succeeded in reducing environmental criminal enforcement. Given decades of partisan infighting and under-investment, it could have been worse had not dedicated staff maintained organizational responsibilities and professional duties.

CENTERPIECE Internationally, human rights and environmental protection have largely evolved as separate systems, with different standards and obligations. Can a new UN council resolution joining the two branches succeed with aspiration rather than enforcement?

COVER STORY Filling the gap created by the absence of federal legislation, businesses with growing climate change commitments can join with U.S. government initiatives to form powerful public-private partnerships that will accelerate carbon reductions.

PROFILE EPA Assistant Administrator Radhika Fox speaks on her journey to water, the historic infrastructure law investments, and her team’s approach to managing the country’s most essential resource.

Methane is over 80 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, making reducing emissions crucial to slowing climate change. But satellite technologies pinpoint tens of thousands of methane sources—from oil and gas wells, to natural gas pipelines, to livestock feedlots, to landfills. We ask experts from a range of backgrounds: How can we come up with the best policies to foster innovation and cut methane from such a variety of sources?