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‘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.
Categories: Climate

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.
Categories: Climate

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.”
Categories: Climate

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

What Kind of Workout Clothes Are Best for the Environment?

March 10, 2025 - 05:00
Every fabric has an environmental cost. Here’s how to make informed choices.
Categories: Climate

As Utility Bills Soar, New Yorkers Face the Cost of a Greener Future

March 9, 2025 - 03:02
The utility that serves New York City and Westchester County has filed a request to raise its rates to help pay for the shift to cleaner energy, sparking dismay among residents.
Categories: Climate

Climate United Sues E.P.A. Over Frozen $20 Billion

March 8, 2025 - 15:40
In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration.
Categories: Climate

More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut

March 8, 2025 - 14:32
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say.
Categories: Climate

Fossil Fuels Are the Future, Chris Wright Tells African Leaders

March 7, 2025 - 11:20
Chris Wright’s remarks were welcomed at a time when countries across the region have felt whipsawed by cuts to longstanding African energy initiatives.
Categories: Climate

Climate Change Made South Sudan Heat Wave More Likely, Study Finds

March 7, 2025 - 09:18
Years of war and food insecurity in the region made the extreme heat especially dangerous.
Categories: Climate

A Peruvian Woman Pushes for Other Indigenous Voices to Be Heard

March 7, 2025 - 05:00
Tarcila Rivera-Zea, a member of the Quechua community in Peru, has spent decades pushing for Native peoples to be heard.
Categories: Climate