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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

DOGE Could Jeopardize the Ability to Track Extreme Weather

March 17, 2025 - 05:02
We’re unplugging the monitors of the Earth’s vital signs.
Categories: Climate

Wind and Solar Firms Have a Pitch for Trump: ‘You’re Going to Need Us’

March 17, 2025 - 05:00
Electricity demand is soaring and gas-burning power plants are in short supply. The renewable industry sees an opening — even if Washington is souring on green energy.
Categories: Climate

Geriatric Penguins Get a ‘Retirement Home’ at New England Aquarium

March 16, 2025 - 15:42
Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches and pains of aging.
Categories: Climate

It Fought to Save the Whales. Can Greenpeace Save Itself?

March 16, 2025 - 14:25
The storied group has a remarkable history of daring protests and high-profile blunders. It faces a reckoning in North Dakota.
Categories: Climate

Can Trump and Musk Convince More Conservatives to Buy Teslas?

March 16, 2025 - 05:01
President Trump rallied support for Elon Musk’s car company, but there may not be enough conservatives willing to buy electric cars to make up for the Democrats who now shun Teslas.
Categories: Climate

Mauna Loa Observatory’s Lease May End Because of NOAA Cuts

March 14, 2025 - 21:22
NOAA, the nation’s leading climate science agency, may lose dozens of offices, including one that is key to the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
Categories: Climate

‘We Hear You, Mr. President’: The World Lines Up to Buy American Gas

March 13, 2025 - 15:57
Facing Trump tariff threats, governments and companies are proposing major investments in American liquefied natural gas projects.
Categories: Climate

The E.P.A. Shifts Its Mission

March 13, 2025 - 13:22
The agency was created to protect the environment and public health, but a series of moves suggests it is transforming under President Trump.
Categories: Climate

Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

March 13, 2025 - 12:51
The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is closing fast.
Categories: Climate

E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’

March 12, 2025 - 20:04
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, reframed his agency’s mission, saying it is to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.
Categories: Climate

EPA Cancels $20 Billion in Climate Grants

March 12, 2025 - 15:25
Here is what we know about the billions in funds that have led to federal investigations, lawsuits and frozen bank accounts for climate nonprofit groups.
Categories: Climate

Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat

March 12, 2025 - 15:13
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.
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E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

March 12, 2025 - 08:54
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
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E.P.A. Grant Recipients Find Their Funds Frozen, With No Explanation

March 11, 2025 - 16:14
Dozens of nonprofit groups have been unable to access the federal government’s payment system. The E.P.A. hasn’t explained why.
Categories: Climate

Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024

March 11, 2025 - 00:01
The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.
Categories: Climate

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters

March 10, 2025 - 18:28
About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Categories: Climate

U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

March 10, 2025 - 18:05
To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”
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Supreme Court Rejects an Effort to Block States From Suing Oil Giants

March 10, 2025 - 16:46
The justices declined to hear unusual arguments from Republican-led states that sought to end lawsuits against energy companies over their role in global warming.
Categories: Climate

What the War on California’s Water Is Really About

March 10, 2025 - 05:01
If we are to take seriously the threats of drought, climate change and water security, we should not reduce this place to a warring of two — or even many — sides.
Categories: Climate