Published by The New York Times Science & Environment 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. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/climate/noaa-lease-mauna-loa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment 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. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate/epa-climate-grants-canceled.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment 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.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/climate/energy-secretary-climate-change-fossil-fuels.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment 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. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/climate/supreme-court-climate-lawsuits-states.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a lawsuit, Climate United claims the E.P.A. is illegally withholding funds that have become a target of the Trump administration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/climate/epa-climate-funds-lawsuit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A New York Times analysis of campaign finance data also revealed an influx of funding to Nigel Farage’s right-wing party from fossil fuel investors, climate skeptics and multimillionaires. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/world/europe/wealthy-conservatives-reform-uk.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Justice Department and F.B.I. are investigating $20 billion in climate funds, despite a top prosecutor’s decision that there was not sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/climate/green-bank-climate-trump-freeze.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the city of Del Mar, near San Diego, most agree the train tracks must move off eroding bluffs. But debate over its new route has stalled the project while climate change raises the risks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/del-mar-train-tracks-san-diego.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/climate/plankton-ocean-warming.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/science/climate-mycorrhizal-fungus-networks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The resignations came a day after a wave of firings at the agency, a world center of climate research. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/climate/noaa-trump-staff-cuts.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate change is behind the windfall gains, and growers are worried about whether they can adapt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/business/coffee-prices-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The funding, approved by Congress and overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, had been blocked since January, when President Trump ordered a pause and review of climate and clean energy programs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-epa-spending-unfrozen.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An attempt by the agency to claw back billions in climate funds has led to confusion and the resignation of a top prosecutor. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/climate/epa-climate-funds-green-banks-20-billion.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A microbiologist, he popularized “vertical farming” — raising crops in tall buildings — to remediate climate change and feed more people. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/science/dickson-despommier-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/climate/tracking-trumps-biggest-climate-moves.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The acting chair, Mark Uyeda, is directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to pause its legal defense of a rule requiring companies to make climate disclosures. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/sec-climate-disclosure-rule.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Since the inauguration, billionaires who funded climate action over the last decade have avoided criticizing Trump’s climate policies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/climate/trump-climate-change-billionaires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Staff members search for spending on “climate science,” “climate crisis” and “pollution” as one of the world’s premier climate research agencies girds for cuts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/climate/noaa-trump-executive-orders.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/climate/trump-clean-energy-republican-states.html