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Residents Turn to Home Lifting In Response to the Threat of Flooding

December 27, 2024 - 05:00
As climate change intensifies, flooding is emerging as a threat for homes not previously seen as high-risk. Some residents are responding creatively by lifting up their homes.
Categories: Climate

Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

December 26, 2024 - 12:31
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
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Raging Waves Batter California’s Coast and Its Beloved Piers

December 26, 2024 - 11:02
An increasingly ferocious and volatile surf is raising questions about the future of the state’s piers, which have defined the coastline for generations.
Categories: Climate

The Secrets of the World’s Favorite Smell

December 26, 2024 - 05:01
Your holiday baking wouldn’t be the same without it.
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Trump’s Plans to Scrap Climate Policies Has Unnerved Green Energy Investors

December 25, 2024 - 10:07
President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles.
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What I Learned Most From My Trip to China

December 24, 2024 - 17:05
America must compete with China, but there’s also a complicated reality that both countries have to face.
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Trump quiere controlar Panamá y Groenlandia. Esta vez no es una broma

December 24, 2024 - 07:52
En los últimos días, el presidente electo ha pedido que se afirme el control estadounidense en el exterior, demostrando que su filosofía de “Estados Unidos primero” tiene una dimensión expansionista.
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Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time

December 23, 2024 - 18:20
In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension.
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Climate Change Is Making Homeownership Even More Unaffordable

December 23, 2024 - 15:00
Extreme weather is creating a crisis in the home insurance market that has no easy solution.
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Why Champagne Producers Are Using the Perpetual Reserve Method More Frequently

December 23, 2024 - 14:45
A new method of making nonvintage Champagnes is taking hold. Producers see it as a hedge against climate change while improving overall quality.
Categories: Climate

A Picturesque New England Town’s Debt to the Right Whale

December 22, 2024 - 07:38
We owe it to the right whale — and to so many other species — to reconstruct what our own history has taken from them.
Categories: Climate

Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush

December 22, 2024 - 05:00
Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
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The World Is Falling Apart. Should I Scrap My Plans to Have Kids?

December 20, 2024 - 15:00
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on family planning in uncertain times.
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E.P.A. Administrator Michael Regan to Depart at End of December

December 20, 2024 - 13:37
Mr. Regan informed agency employees that he would leave before the formal end of the Biden term.
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More People Are Now Dying From the Cold

December 20, 2024 - 13:03
A new study finds that deaths related to cold weather in the United States have risen in the past two decades.
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Yes, Biden’s Green Future Can Still Happen Under Trump

December 20, 2024 - 11:09
Jigar Shah and Robinson Meyer discuss how the decarbonization rollout can continue during the second Trump administration.
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Cyclone Chido Death Toll Nearly Doubles in Mozambique

December 20, 2024 - 10:39
The swirling wind and rain hit an area where a yearslong insurgency had already forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.
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At 23, Surviving Scandal to Take a Green Seat in the E.U. Parliament

December 20, 2024 - 05:00
Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in Brussels, faced a harsh questioning of her character and credibility before winning a chance to fight against climate change in the halls of power.
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How the Climate Crisis Became an Insurance Crisis

December 19, 2024 - 14:42
Even in formerly low-risk areas, home insurers are raising premiums and ending coverage. The upheaval could push down home values and reverberate through the economy.
Categories: Climate

Biden, Headed to the Exit, Sets an Aggressive Climate Goal for the U.S.

December 19, 2024 - 05:00
The promise of deeper emissions cuts will very likely be ignored by the Trump administration, but officials hoped it would send a signal to the world.
Categories: Climate