Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Judges in The Hague are weighing what, exactly, international law requires countries to do about global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/climate/icj-climate-case-hague.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The price of a single Bitcoin rose to six figures for the first time, an extraordinary level for a 16-year-old cryptocurrency once dismissed as a sideshow. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/technology/bitcoin-price-record.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a landmark international hearing on climate change, a U.S. representative backed the Paris Agreement, but left unanswered questions about U.S. commitments in a Trump presidency. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/climate/paris-agreement-international-court-justice.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers are trying a new strategy to reintroduce Hawaiian crows, which have been extinct in the wild for two decades. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/climate/hawaiian-crows-alala.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The psychology of fear, blame and scarcity keeps us from solving the crisis of displaced people. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/special-series/refugees-migrants-crisis.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/health/epa-chlorpyrifos-kennedy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/science/google-ai-weather-forecast.html
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
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
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
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment General Motors and other foreign automakers are selling fewer cars and losing lots of money in China, where domestic electric and hybrid cars have taken off. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/business/general-motors-china-electric-vehicles.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Companies continue to invest in sustainability, though many are no longer broadcasting it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/special-series/patagonia-ceo-sustainability-greenwashing.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment LG Energy Solution will now solely own a factory in Michigan that it had planned to operate through a joint venture with General Motors. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/business/gm-ev-batteries-lg.html
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
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, is beginning landmark hearings on global warming. Here’s a guide. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world/icj-climate-change-opinion-hearings.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Talks on the world’s first treaty to tackle plastic pollution will continue in coming months, delegates said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/climate/united-nations-plastic-pollution.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/climate/california-farallones-ocean-warming.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Delegates from more than 170 countries are working to salvage a treaty that would tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/climate/saudi-arabia-global-plastic-treaty.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/climate/us-cemeteries-wild-flowers.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Paul Varry was run over on a city street in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage, as bikers and drivers choose sides. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/world/europe/cyclist-death-paris-paul-varry-cars.html