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As Trump’s Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat

March 25, 2025 - 08:00
European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration’s cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.
Categories: Climate

Trump’s Environmental Agenda Is Actually Toxic

March 25, 2025 - 05:02
Trump says one thing about toxins — and does another.
Categories: Climate

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal in ‘Juliana’ Climate Case

March 24, 2025 - 19:14
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the long-running case, known as Juliana, which helped spawn legal strategies widely adapted to other lawsuits over climate.
Categories: Climate

The Vicious Cycle of Extreme Heat Leading to More Fossil Fuel Use

March 24, 2025 - 10:34
A new report illustrates a concerning dynamic: Record heat last year pushed countries to use more planet-warming fossil fuels to cool things down.
Categories: Climate

Paper Bags, Plastic Bags or Totes: What’s Best for Groceries?

March 24, 2025 - 05:01
All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think.
Categories: Climate

The Oil Oligarch Shaping Trump’s Energy Strategy

March 24, 2025 - 05:01
Harold Hamm, President Trump’s energy mentor, wants to take us back to the 1990s.
Categories: Climate

Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?

March 22, 2025 - 07:00
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
Categories: Climate

E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk

March 22, 2025 - 05:02
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.
Categories: Climate

Science Data May Soon Vanish From Government Websites.

March 21, 2025 - 05:01
Vast quantities of climate and environmental information have been removed from official websites in the past months. Scientists are trying keep it available.
Categories: Climate

Greenland Races Into New Era Without Losing Grip on Inuit Traditions

March 21, 2025 - 05:00
Amid dizzying changes caused by a warming climate and global attention, Greenlanders don’t want to have to choose between embracing the future and honoring their heritage.
Categories: Climate

A Personal Finance Reporter Ponders His Own Climate Change Risk

March 20, 2025 - 15:29
A Times reporter co-wrote a guide to buying a home in an era of record heat, floods and billion-dollar disasters.
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Greenpeace Is Ordered to Pay Energy Transfer, a Pipeline Company, $660 Million

March 19, 2025 - 18:31
The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States.
Categories: Climate

What Oil Executives Want From President Trump

March 19, 2025 - 08:40
Tariffs, tax credits and deregulation are among the industry’s top priorities.
Categories: Climate

How to Shop for a Home That Won’t Be Upended by Climate Change

March 19, 2025 - 06:39
Deciding where to live has always been a high-stakes financial decision, but a changing climate makes it even more critical. This guide will get you started.
Categories: Climate

Your Home Is Vulnerable to Extreme Weather. Here’s How to Protect It.

March 19, 2025 - 05:02
Here are some tips on how to defend your home against floodwaters, dangerous winds and wildfires.
Categories: Climate

Earth’s 10 Hottest Years Have Been the Last 10

March 18, 2025 - 20:01
A report from the World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year to be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial era.
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The Man Behind the Republican Case for Clean Energy

March 18, 2025 - 14:48
Representative Andrew Garbarino of New York is at the center of a Republican push to save a key part of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s climate agenda.
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

March 17, 2025 - 22:15
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
Categories: Climate

E.P.A. Offers No New Evidence in Battle Over $20 Billion in Climate Grants

March 17, 2025 - 20:38
Nonprofit groups have sued the agency to get access to grants approved by Congress to fund climate and clean energy projects across the country.
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The Republicans Pushing Trump to Save Biden’s Clean Energy Tax Credits

March 17, 2025 - 10:46
Despite President Trump’s rollback of climate policy, some Republicans and business leaders say clean energy can help his “energy dominance” agenda.
Categories: Climate