North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Carrboro accused Duke, one of the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/business/energy-environment/duke-energy-climate-change-lawsuit.html

Trump Will Have Enormous Power Over Climate Action. Here’s Why.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Presidents have extraordinary control over climate policy, in part, because it’s been decades since Congress has passed a comprehensive environmental bill. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/climate/donald-trump-climate-change-policy-power.html

What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President-elect Donald Trump’s chief advisers would include one person who calls global warming an “existential” threat and some who don’t accept it as a problem at all. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/climate/trump-cabinet-stefanik-zeldin-wright.html

An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world/americas/canada-arctic-permafrost-thawing.html

Maine Becomes the Latest State to Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a new lawsuit, the state’s attorney general claims oil companies deceived the public about fossil fuel products’ contributions to climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/climate/maine-climate-change-oil-company-lawsuit.html

Saudi Arabia and Russia Block Mention of Fossil Fuel Exit in Climate Resolution

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A handful of oil-producing nations ensured that a United Nations General Assembly resolution on climate change steered clear of a call to transition away from fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/climate/saudi-arabia-russia-fossil-fuels-un.html

Why the Rain Won’t End the Drought in the Northeast

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Hundreds of brush fires and wildfires have sparked all over the New York City region. Hilary Howard, who covers climate change and the environment in the region, explains what’s happening. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000009836298/why-the-rain-wont-end-the-drought-in-the-northeast.html

Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In Azerbaijan, site of the COP29 climate talks and a petrostate, people aren’t only proud of their oil. They swear by its health benefits and visit resorts to soak in it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/europe/cop29-azerbaijan-oil-baths.html

The Perfect Novel for the Baku Climate Summit: Lydia Kiesling’s Mobility

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/climate/mobility-kiesling-baku-climate-summit.html

At COP29, Tourism Gets Its Day. How Has It Fared With Climate Goals?

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The tourism industry will be officially recognized at COP29 on Wednesday. Industry leaders signed a climate accord in 2021 to make travel more sustainable, but the results so far are meager. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/travel/tourism-climate-cop29.html

COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/climate/cop29-climate-summit-final-stretch.html

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