Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The surprise victory is widely seen as a protest vote against Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government and some of his policies, including a goal to slash nitrogen emissions, which many say will imperil farming operations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/world/europe/netherlands-elections-farmers-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The biologically diverse land is central to the creation story of the Mojave and other tribes. Energy companies have also identified it as a prime location for wind or solar installations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/climate/spirit-mountain-avi-kwa-ame-national-monument.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Key industries — including some that the White House is backing through other policies — are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/politics/toxic-chemicals-biden-epa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists and musicians are recording the sounds of unfreezing water to document and predict the effects of climate change. Can their work help slow it, too? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/arts/music/melting-ice-music.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Sunflower sea stars, hit by a “climate-fueled pandemic,” play a key role in keeping marine ecosystems balanced. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/climate/sunflower-sea-star-endangered.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who championed it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/world/europe/hungary-china-battery-plant.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wild birds passed the virus to seals in New England at least twice last summer, a new study suggests. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/health/avian-influenza-seals.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A century ago, Thomas Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Biden administration is strengthening the ‘Good Neighbor’ rule, to cut pollution from power plants and factories in the West and Midwest that wafts east. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/climate/epa-states-pollution-smog.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The star-studded Apple TV+ series about climate change could have felt like a plea to eat your vegetables. But not if Burns could make it entertaining. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/arts/television/extrapolations-scott-z-burns.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration canceled a plan that would have allowed road construction in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/climate/izembek-alaska-road-jimmy-carter.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by summer to create a rotting, stinking, scourge. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/seaweed-blob-florida-mexico.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The government will strictly limit in drinking water two chemicals that are ubiquitous in modern society but are linked to a range of health effects. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/climate/epa-water-pfas-chemicals.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Huge profits and higher demand have empowered the industry. Here’s what that might mean. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/climate/oil-gas-industry.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment High gas prices, a looming election and fears of a costly legal battle seem to have shifted the political calculus for the president. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/climate/willow-biden-oil-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Campuses across the nation are promoting the sustainable construction material as a low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/mass-timber-universities.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanity’s first beast of burden. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/science/donkeys-genetics-archaeology.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The storm could produce snowfall rates of two inches or more an hour, with areas of higher elevation getting accumulations of more than a foot, forecasters said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/us/northeast-winter-storm-weather.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration also announced new limits on Arctic drilling in an apparent effort to temper criticism over the $8 billion Willow oil project, which has faced sharp opposition. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/climate/biden-willow-arctic-drilling-restrictions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The bank had relationships with more than 1,500 companies working on technologies aimed at curbing global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/12/climate/silicon-valley-bank-climate.html