Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much.
More than half a million people were killed in 10 disasters that climate change worsened, according to a new report.
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CreditSusana Vera/Reuters Clean Energy Is Booming in the U.S. The Election Could Change That.
Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy.
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CreditKristian Thacker for The New York Times Three Mile Island, Notorious in Nuclear Power’s Past, May Herald Its Future
The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.
By Rebecca F. Elliott and
Credit E.P.A., Just Rebounding From Trump Years, Faces an Uncertain Future
Perhaps more than any other federal agency, the one responsible for protecting air, water and public health is a target for Donald Trump and his allies.
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Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.
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CreditGeorgia Department of Natural Resources, NOAA permit #20556-01 Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas
As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat.
By Mira Rojanasakul and
CreditThe New York Times They’ve Got a Plan to Fight Global Warming. It Could Alter the Oceans.
By tweaking the chemistry of rivers and oceans, humans could remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air. But huge challenges loom.
By Brad PlumerRaymond Zhong and
CreditGreta Rybus for The New York Times BUYING TIMEThe Hidden Environmental Costs of Food
Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.
By Lydia DePillisManuela Andreoni and
CreditAllie Sullberg How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?
Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse.
By Raymond Zhong and
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The former president says he wants “clean air and clean water,” but he has rolled back environmental rules and dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change.
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CreditMustafa Hussain for The New York Times Can Biological Engineering Change the World?
Altering the DNA of living organisms could be an early step in re-engineering the natural world to help curb climate change.
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CreditAmir Hamja for The New York Times Big tech companies say A.I. can help solve climate change, even as it’s driving up their emissions and raising doubts about their climate goals.
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CreditCaroline Chia/Reuters How Times Readers Made the Switch to Heat Pumps
Hundreds of Times readers wrote to us and shared their experiences of installing heat pumps, including the good, the bad and the daunting.
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CreditTim Gruber for The New York Times The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back
A Trump-era rollback of flood-protection rules has left critical infrastructure projects at higher risk, experts say.
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Why a Memphis Community Is Fighting Elon Musk’s Supercomputer
Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.
By Ivan Penn and Kate Conger
How a Tiny Panel, Up for Election, Could Steer Arizona Away From Clean Power
The vote, in a sunny state with huge solar potential, reflects a growing nationwide fight over America’s energy transition.
By Austyn Gaffney
What to Know About Spain’s Devastating Floods
At least 158 people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.
By Emma Bubola, Isabella Kwai and José Bautista
Theater ReviewsTwo Climate Change Plays Keep the Flames of Hope Alive
“Hothouse,” at Irish Arts Center, fends off despair with loopiness; “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,” at Playwrights Horizons, is a fuzzy world lacking depth.
By Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli
Europe Imposes Higher Tariffs on Electric Vehicles Made in China
The tariffs, some as high as 45 percent, are intended to protect Europe’s automotive sector, but they could escalate a trade war with China.
By Melissa Eddy and Jenny Gross
Was Stone Age Scandinavia Struck by Plague?
New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago.
By Franz Lidz
Ford Took an Early Lead in Electric Vehicles. Now G.M. Is Surging.
Ford is struggling to make money on battery-powered models while General Motors, which started more slowly, says it is getting close to that goal.
By Neal E. Boudette
The World’s Doomsday Plant Vault Gets Thousands of New Seeds
A storage facility in Norway built to safeguard crop diversity recently received more than 30,000 samples as concerns grow about climate change and food insecurity.
By Amelia Nierenberg
BP Profit Falls, but It Still Sees ‘Potential to Grow’ in Oil and Gas
The energy giant’s chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, has taken a profit-oriented approach and said in an interview that the company’s “principal aim” was increasing earnings.
By Stanley Reed
In a Decisive Election, a Jewish Group Focuses on Climate Voters
Dayenu, a nonprofit group, is mobilizing Jews around a threat that organizers warn every walk of life on earth must confront: climate change.
By Cara Buckley
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