Frankenthaler Foundation Energy Project Is Giving Museums $10 Million

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Grants awarded to 79 U.S. visual arts institutions will finance energy-efficiency initiatives and measures for protection from wildfires and earthquakes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/arts/design/frankenthaler-foundation-energy-project-is-giving-museums-10-million.html

Finding the ‘Believers’ Who Will Remake a Damaged Earth

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In a travelogue, Lisa Wells searches for communities and individuals committed to healing the damage of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/books/review/believers-lisa-wells.html

Scores Die in India as Monsoon Rains Swamp Towns and Send Boulders Tumbling

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Every monsoon season poses risks to the country, but this one is shaping up as especially destructive as climate change turbocharges rainfall. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/world/asia/india-landslides-floods.html

As China Boomed, It Didn’t Take Climate Change Into Account. Now It Must.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment China’s breathtaking economic growth created cities ill-equipped to face extreme weather. Last week’s dramatic floods showed that much will have to change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/world/asia/china-climate-change.html

Toyota Led on Clean Cars. Now Critics Say It Works to Delay Them.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The auto giant bet on hydrogen power, but as the world moves toward electric the company is fighting climate regulations in an apparent effort to buy time. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/climate/toyota-electric-hydrogen.html

In Charleston, S.C., Saving Historic Homes Means Hoisting Them in the Air

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A city known for extraordinary architecture is coming to terms with intensifying storms, a rising sea and streets that flood with distressing regularity. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/us/charleston-sc-flooding-climate-change.html

Flood Deaths in China Show Road Risks From Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At least four people died in a highway tunnel in central China that flooded at the same time as a subway tunnel after eight inches of rain fell in a single hour. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/asia/china-floods-climate-change.html

Russia Signs Deal With Dubai Logistics Company to Navigate Thawing Arctic

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment DP World, a leading logistics company, agreed on Friday to cooperate with a Russian state company on shipping ventures in the Arctic Ocean. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/world/europe/arctic-shipping-russia-dubai.html

It’s a Grizzly Bear Survival Program. For Grizzly Bears.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In British Columbia, researchers have undertaken a unique challenge: tracking orphan grizzly cubs, reared in a shelter, to see whether they can thrive back in the wild. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/orphan-grizzly-bears-wildlife-rehabilitation.html

Washington Issues Warning Not to Eat Raw Shellfish After ‘Heat Dome’

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Health officials said that high temperatures and low tides were likely to blame for an outbreak of vibriosis, an intestinal disease associated with eating raw oysters and other shellfish. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/us/oysters-washington.html

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