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Finding Positive Climate News, One State at a Time

April 9, 2025 - 03:00
A new project by the Climate desk aims to recognize local climate and environmental solutions in all 50 states.
Categories: Climate

Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry

April 8, 2025 - 19:54
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.
Categories: Climate

Dozens Die in Floods Hitting Congo’s Capital

April 8, 2025 - 18:14
While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods.
Categories: Climate

Trump Tariffs May Make It Too Expensive to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

April 8, 2025 - 15:27
President Trump’s tariff polices have sent oil prices falling, which may push energy companies to reconsider their plans to drill.
Categories: Climate

‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain

April 8, 2025 - 15:01
With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme levels.
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Trump Administration Lifts Mining and Drilling Restrictions in Nevada and New Mexico

April 8, 2025 - 09:48
The move, focused on Nevada and New Mexico, is aimed at removing “burdensome” restrictions on energy and mineral development, a statement said.
Categories: Climate

How Climate Change Could Make Homes Disappear

April 8, 2025 - 05:01
In the next 15 years, the New York area could lose more than 80,000 homes to floods, worsening the housing shortage, according to a new report.
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How Climate Change Could Make Homes Disappear

April 8, 2025 - 05:01
In the next 15 years, the New York area could lose more than 80,000 homes to floods, worsening the housing shortage, according to a new report.
Categories: Climate

Should I Replace My Gas Appliances With Electric?

April 7, 2025 - 05:01
They’re a big source of greenhouse gases. Here’s what to think about if you’re considering switching to electric.
Categories: Climate

In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding

April 7, 2025 - 03:00
The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.
Categories: Climate

Republican Plan to Kill California’s E.V. Policies Hits Senate Snag

April 4, 2025 - 17:40
The Trump administration asked Republicans in Congress to stop California’s ban on new gas-powered cars. The Senate parliamentarian said it wasn’t allowed.
Categories: Climate

How Tariffs Could Upend the Transition to Cleaner Energy

April 3, 2025 - 18:03
The levies are expected to drive up costs for U.S. companies that rely on renewable energy technology from abroad and scramble supply chains worldwide.
Categories: Climate

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Hobble a U.S. Battery Boom

April 3, 2025 - 12:18
Across the country, companies have been installing giant batteries that help them use more wind and solar power. That’s about to get much harder.
Categories: Climate

Coal Plant Ranked as Nation’s Dirtiest Asks for Pollution Exemption

April 2, 2025 - 18:32
The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting special waivers from President Trump.
Categories: Climate

Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP

April 2, 2025 - 15:41
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
Categories: Climate

E.P.A. Hunt for Shady Deals and ‘Gold Bars’ Comes Up Empty

April 2, 2025 - 09:31
The agency head said a $20 billion Biden climate program was marred by fraud and abuse. Documents filed for a court hearing this week don’t support that.
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Why Al Gore Is Shifting His Climate Activism Abroad

April 1, 2025 - 15:15
Given the Trump administration’s recent moves relating to climate, the former vice president is looking to the developing world for the next generation of climate activism.
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Trump Said Auto Emissions Don’t Affect the Environment. That’s Not True.

April 1, 2025 - 13:55
The president wants to weaken limits on tailpipe pollution. Scientists say it’s driving climate change and taking human lives “every day.”
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Lee Zeldin, E.P.A. Head, Shuts National Environmental Museum

March 31, 2025 - 20:08
The exhibits were dedicated to the agency’s history. Mr. Zeldin said closing the collection would save $600,000 annually.
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A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss

March 31, 2025 - 16:40
A pipeline company’s lawsuit against the environmental group could chill free speech, experts said. First Amendment issues are likely to figure prominently in an appeal.
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