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Will There Be Enough Power to Remove Carbon From the Sky?

February 14, 2025 - 14:34
The direct air capture industry has ambitious plans to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but it’s vying for limited renewable power resources.
Categories: Climate

Trump’s Funding Freeze Raises a New Question: Is the Government’s Word Good?

February 14, 2025 - 09:48
Companies that get federal grants or loans usually sign a legally binding agreement and depend on getting reimbursed. The new administration has upended that expectation.
Categories: Climate

FEMA Quietly Eases Rules Meant to Protect Buildings in Flood Zones

February 14, 2025 - 05:04
The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.
Categories: Climate

Tracking Trump’s Biggest Climate Moves

February 13, 2025 - 15:10
In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges.
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FEMA Can Freeze Money for Migrant Shelter Program in New York, Judge Says

February 12, 2025 - 18:59
The court ruled that the Trump administration had a narrowly defined path to withhold some funds to the city that had been approved by Congress.
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Trump Nominates Oil and Gas Advocate to Run Bureau of Land Management

February 12, 2025 - 13:48
The nominee, Kathleen Sgamma, has worked for nearly two decades on behalf of oil and gas companies in Western states.
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Environmentalists Gear Up to Fight Trump in Court

February 12, 2025 - 13:29
As Trump pledges regulatory rollbacks, environmental groups say the administration’s aggressive cost-cutting tactics could make it easier for them to win some long-term battles.
Categories: Climate

How Can My Valentine’s Flowers Show the Earth Love, Too?

February 12, 2025 - 05:02
If you’re scooping up a bouquet at the grocery store, here are a few things to consider.
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California’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires

February 11, 2025 - 18:20
The move will likely lead to higher costs for households across the state, and may push more insurers to leave, intensifying a home insurance crisis.
Categories: Climate

S.E.C. Moves to Kill Climate Disclosure Rule

February 11, 2025 - 14:52
The acting chair, Mark Uyeda, is directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to pause its legal defense of a rule requiring companies to make climate disclosures.
Categories: Climate

Under Trump, Billionaire Climate Champions Have Gone Quiet

February 11, 2025 - 12:26
Since the inauguration, billionaires who funded climate action over the last decade have avoided criticizing Trump’s climate policies.
Categories: Climate

Trump Can’t Kill Green Energy

February 11, 2025 - 05:01
The 20-year move toward lower emissions won’t stop just because of the president.
Categories: Climate

NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears

February 10, 2025 - 22:36
Staff members search for spending on “climate science,” “climate crisis” and “pollution” as one of the world’s premier climate research agencies girds for cuts.
Categories: Climate

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

February 10, 2025 - 05:02
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
Categories: Climate

Trump Is Freezing Money for Clean Energy. Republican States Have the Most to Lose.

February 10, 2025 - 05:01
About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.
Categories: Climate

Trading Hope for Reality Helps Me Parent Through the Climate Crisis

February 9, 2025 - 09:00
In the hospital, I learned the first lesson of parenting: You are not in control of what is going to happen, nor can you predict it.
Categories: Climate

U.S. Aid Agency’s Climate Programs Aimed to Curb Migration. Now They’re Gone.

February 8, 2025 - 05:02
Aid projects were designed to help Central Americans withstand extreme weather at home. Their end could undercut Trump’s goal of reducing migration.
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How Could the Weather Service Change Under Trump?

February 8, 2025 - 05:00
President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that means for weather data.
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Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States

February 7, 2025 - 19:50
Some have halted work on the Biden-era $5 billion program to build E.V. charging stations. Others plan to keep building. Most are confused.
Categories: Climate

Trump Vows to End Paper Straws Initiative and Bring Back Plastic

February 7, 2025 - 16:23
The move would run counter to a Biden administration push to cut back on single-use plastic, which was considered a milestone.
Categories: Climate