Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Many federal and state park systems offer inexpensive access for children and their families. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/19/at-home/kids-outdoors.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Regan, if confirmed, will take over an agency central to achieving the new administration’s climate agenda. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/climate/michael-regan-epa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The historic choice would elevate a Native American to a cabinet secretary position for the first time, and do so at an agency that played a central role in the nation’s long-running abuse of native peoples. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/climate/deb-haaland-interior-department-native-american.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A trove from a Portuguese trading ship that sank in 1533 preserved genetic traces of whole lineages that have vanished from West Africa. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/science/ivory-elephants-shipwreck.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The office, the Council on Environmental Quality, is expected to have an expanded focus on environmental justice under Ms. Mallory, an environmental lawyer. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/climate/brenda-mallory-council-environmental-quality.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/climate/climate-change-winter.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president-elect’s choices so far firm up his strategy to try to reclaim global climate leadership for the United States, despite many obstacles. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/climate/gina-mccarthy-john-kerry-climate-adviser.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week: Wildfires destroyed ‘irreplaceable’ trees Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/climate/biden-climate-cabinet-nyt-newsletter.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research offers further signs that racial and economic inequality leave some Americans more exposed to the worsening effects of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/climate/wildfires-minorities-aid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president-elect is expected to pick Gina McCarthy, a former E.P.A. chief, as White House climate coordinator. Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor, is said to be his choice for the Energy Department. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/biden-cabinet-mccarthy-granholm-buttigieg.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ms. Granholm is widely credited with steering her state through a recession and working with the Obama administration on a bailout of the automobile industry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/Jennifer-Granholm-energy-department.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Ms. McCarthy will serve as a senior adviser to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., coordinating climate change policy throughout the government. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/gina-mccarthy-biden-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Officials said they did not have the money or resources to protect the species even though it meets the criteria under the Endangered Species Act. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/monarch-butterflies-endangered-species-list.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The central bank joined a network of global financial regulators focused on climate risk. The response to the move underlined its tricky politics. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/business/economy/fed-climate-network.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New research details major infrastructure work — including immense construction projects — that would need to start right away to achieve Biden’s goal of zero emissions by 2050. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/america-next-decade-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For one reporter, documenting the destruction of redwoods and sequoias was a heartbreaking assignment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/insider/wildfires-california-redwoods.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president-elect’s transition team is scrambling to find a new candidate for the E.P.A. after advocates objected to Mary D. Nichols. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/climate/mary-nichols-epa.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A group of experts gathered to debate the prospects for the new White House administration’s big promises on the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/business/dealbook/climate-policy-debate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Germany prepares for a lockdown. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/briefing/germany-lockdown-john-le-carre-brexit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Speaking at an online summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement, Xi Jinping said that China would reduce its carbon intensity by over 65 percent by 2030. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/climate/china-xi-greenhouse-gases.html