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7 Steps L.A. Could Take to Gird Against Future Wildfires

February 1, 2025 - 10:45
Around the world, other communities are experimenting with ideas that Los Angeles could borrow as it rebuilds from disastrous wildfires.
Categories: Climate

Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects

February 1, 2025 - 05:01
The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.
Categories: Climate

The Climate Fix: Africa’s Solar Revolution

January 31, 2025 - 13:04
In announcing a $35 billion program to bring inexpensive solar power to some 300 million Africans, officials left out two words: climate change.
Categories: Climate

Doug Burgum Is Confirmed by Senate as Interior Secretary

January 30, 2025 - 20:02
The former governor of North Dakota is promoting President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda and wants more oil, gas and mining on public lands.
Categories: Climate

Trump’s First Two Weeks Have Thrown U.S. Climate Spending Into Chaos

January 30, 2025 - 15:45
Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.
Categories: Climate

Shell and Equinor Oil and Gas Production Is Blocked at Sites Off British Coast

January 30, 2025 - 05:18
A court ruling requires the British government to consider the potential climate impact of the oil and gas produced in the North Sea.
Categories: Climate

How Birds Survive Winter Cold: Adaptations and Behavioral Strategies

January 29, 2025 - 05:00
Their feathers, roosting behaviors and adaptability help birds survive the cold, “nature’s proving ground.”
Categories: Climate

Transportation Secretary Seeks Rollback of Biden’s Fuel Economy Standards

January 29, 2025 - 01:00
The order is the latest Trump administration effort against Biden-era initiatives that intended to promote electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Categories: Climate

Doomsday Clock Moves One Second Closer to Catastrophe

January 28, 2025 - 17:28
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists shifted the hands of the symbolic clock to 89 seconds to midnight, citing the threat of climate change, nuclear war and the misuse of artificial intelligence.
Categories: Climate

Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule

January 28, 2025 - 12:58
A rule known as the endangerment finding requires the E.P.A. to regulate greenhouse gases. It has proved resilient against earlier attacks.
Categories: Climate

The Climate Migration Question: Rebuild or Relocate?

January 28, 2025 - 11:06
After a flood destroyed their town, Kentucky residents faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay or to relocate to new communities built on former strip mines.
Categories: Climate

Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers

January 28, 2025 - 08:00
The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services.
Categories: Climate

Kentucky’s Strip Mines Get Turned Into Neighborhoods

January 28, 2025 - 05:00
As the risk of extreme flooding increases with climate change, an effort is underway to relocate hundreds of flood survivors to unique higher ground.
Categories: Climate

Oil Companies Embrace Trump, but Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

January 27, 2025 - 12:57
Oil and gas executives welcomed President Trump’s early moves on energy policy, but many said they did not plan to increase production unless prices rose significantly.
Categories: Climate

A $35 Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa

January 27, 2025 - 12:54
Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”
Categories: Climate

Esto es lo que el presidente Trump ordenó cambiar en su primera semana

January 25, 2025 - 16:13
A través de una ráfaga de órdenes, el nuevo presidente comenzó rápidamente a conducir al país en una dirección diferente en muchas cuestiones polémicas.
Categories: Climate

Here’s What Trump Ordered in First Week, on Immigration, DEI and More

January 25, 2025 - 14:25
Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.
Categories: Climate

Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists

January 25, 2025 - 14:05
Top political appointees are already at the E.P.A. preparing to erase the agency’s climate rules and pollution controls. Many of them have tried it before.
Categories: Climate

California, We Feel Your Pain Here in Australia

January 25, 2025 - 07:00
In California’s fire-stoked debate over how aggressively to manage both nature and urban sprawl, Australia can share both empathy and insight.
Categories: Climate

In Visit to Pacific Palisades, Trump Praises Firefighters and Blames Democratic Officials

January 24, 2025 - 22:20
After a tour of areas damaged by the California wildfires, the president sparred with local leaders and blamed them for a wide variety of issues affecting the disaster response.
Categories: Climate