Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A split Congress makes it unlikely that Republicans will undo Biden’s climate legislation, but they’re likely to try to slow it. There may also be room for agreement on infrastructure. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/climate/divided-congress-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Droughts, cyclones and floods have forced the people of Madagascar, a poor country in the southern Indian Ocean, to find new homes, new livelihoods and even new diets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/world/africa/madagascar-climate-change-drought-cyclone.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Leaders call an explosion in Poland an “unfortunate accident.” Plus, Tuvalu’s “digital twin.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/briefing/poland-russia-explosion-nato-asia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment On Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first trip abroad after winning last month’s election, he pledged to protect the Amazon rainforest and said Brazil was “leaving its cocoon.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/climate/lula-brazil-rainforest-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover, a new study suggests. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/health/deforestation-bats-hendra-virus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The mantra has been: Limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or risk climate catastrophe. But at COP27, there are hints of backsliding. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/climate/cop27-global-warming-1-5-celsius.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new report found that 90 percent of all counties nationwide have suffered a major disaster since 2011. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/climate/climate-change-county-natural-disaster.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Canada is looking to its Indigenous communities to help manage its boreal forests, the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem and one of its biggest stores of carbon. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/climate/canada-climate-change-indigenous-people.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had one of Latin America’s best presidencies ever in the century’s first decade. His second try looks far more difficult. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/americas/brazil-lula-presidency.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus a deadly explosion in Poland and a record-breaking global population estimate. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/briefing/trump-2024-explosion-poland-asia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The country’s first leftist president says oil is his economy’s worst addiction. Phasing it out would be a global first for a major oil producer. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/climate/colombia-climate-latin-america.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate cooperation could get a boost from breakthroughs at a meeting of the world’s 20 biggest economies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/climate/biden-xi-g20-bali.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment During the U.N. climate conference in Egypt, world leaders pressed the Egyptian president to release Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on a hunger strike for more than seven months. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/world/middleeast/egypt-alaa-abd-el-fattah-hunger-strike.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The deal is the most ambitious effort yet by the United States and European countries to persuade a developing nation to abandon the dirtiest of the fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/climate/indonesia-coal-agreement.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The three countries, home to more than half of the world’s tropical rainforests, have agreed to negotiate a “funding mechanism” for conservation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/climate/brazil-indonesia-democratic-congo-rainforest-protection-pact.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Discussions about combating climate change between the world’s two largest economies — and two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases — had been frozen since August. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/business/china-us-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A note in the handwriting of Alaa Abd El Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for about seven months, read: “I began drinking water, my vitals are good.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/world/africa/alaa-abd-el-fattah-egypt-alive.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While sales are still skewed toward affluent buyers, more people are choosing electric vehicles to save money. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/business/electric-vehicles-buyers-mainstream.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a country where protests are banned, hundreds rallied at the COP27 climate talks, demanding climate reparations and freedom for a political prisoner. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/climate/cop27-protests-egypt.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Financial institutions have made big climate pledges. But they’ve also found reasons and ways to pass the buck, continuing to funnel money toward fossil fuels. Here’s why. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/finance-fossil-fuels-climate-change.html