Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Top White House officials have assumed control over a sensitive blueprint, expected by June 30, laying out future oil and gas drilling leases in the outer continental shelf. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/climate/biden-offshore-drilling-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The government’s power to tackle pollution is not the only question at stake in a potentially far-reaching lawsuit. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/podcasts/the-daily/west-virginia-v-epa-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Efforts to lower the industry’s carbon footprint have led to new practices, like more sea shipping and rethinking auctions and fairs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/art-climate-change-environment.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment We are honoring the Top 11 winners of our Student Editorial Contest by publishing their essays. This one is by Evelyn Wang, age 17. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/learning/how-fast-fashion-became-faster-and-worse-for-the-earth.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment To understand the perilous, often illegal logging industry in the Congo Basin, we needed to get out on the water ourselves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/insider/on-the-congo-river-following-a-loggers-dangerous-journey.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil are home to the world’s biggest rainforests. Their challenges are similar, but on climate they are pursuing divergent paths. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/climate/rainforest-brazil-congo.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Mullica River fire in Wharton State Forest in South Jersey has burned about 12,000 acres. Officials have ruled out natural causes as the source of the blaze. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/us/new-jersey-wildfire.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment One company says it has the technology. And though investors looking for cleaner power generation are lining up, some environmentalists are skeptical. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/business/net-power-natural-gas-emissions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the Mekong River in Cambodia, fishers and researchers found a 13-foot-long, 661-pound stingray — a win for conservation efforts in the area. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/science/giant-stingray-mekong.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The reality of climate change is upon us, but there’s reason for hope. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/special-series/reality-climate-apocalypse-hope.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Three sisters braved lions, crocodiles, poachers, raging rivers and other dangers on a 1,300-mile transnational effort to forge a new dynasty. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/science/african-wild-dogs-zambia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe’s leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/world/asia/ukraine-war-climate-crisis-activists-protests.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/climate/supreme-court-climate-epa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As a new version of bird flu spread through North America this spring, scientists began finding the virus in red foxes, bobcats and other mammals. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/health/avian-flu-h5n1-foxes.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Fixing our flawed perception of what is real will take nothing less than a revolution. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/special-series/ben-okri-reality-philosophy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment One of the most popular ways to visualize rising temperatures is a simple graphic known as warming stripes. Here’s the backstory. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/climate/climate-warming-stripes.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment La escasez de fertilizantes, agravada por la guerra en Ucrania, tiene a los agricultores desesperados. Pero resulta que la orina humana tiene los mismos nutrientes que necesitan los cultivos Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/es/2022/06/17/espanol/orina-fertilizante.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/climate/peecycling-farming-urine-fertilizer.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The prosecution of Vietnam’s most prominent environmental activist, as well as others, has cast doubt on the country’s commitment to cut coal. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/world/asia/nguy-thi-khanh-environmental-activist-arrested.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The overall threat to the animals from climate change remains, but a new finding suggests that small numbers might survive for longer as the Arctic warms. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/climate/climate-change-polar-bears.html