Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new cocktail of enzymes that degrades plastic faster is a step to fully recycling soda bottles and other waste, British and American researchers said this week. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/world/europe/plastic-recycling-super-enzyme.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Embracing solar panels to save money, homeowners have made the country a powerhouse in renewable energy. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/business/energy-environment/australia-rooftop-solar-coal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As an unusually high-stakes Supreme Court battle begins during the most bitter election season in decades, Joe Biden is wading cautiously into the fight. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/supreme-court-joe-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Amid pandemics and environmental disasters, designers and architects have been forced to imagine a world in which the only way to move forward is to look back. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/t-magazine/design-future-pandemic-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The E.P.A. will tout a new rule on testing lead in drinking water as President Trump’s latest environmental achievement, but water experts see only modest improvements at best. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/climate/trump-environment-lead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Improving technology could make it possible to better anticipate weather conditions weeks in advance, especially in the tropics. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/science/weather-predictions-forecasts.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment This year’s events come amid a climate reckoning in the world’s richest country. Here are the takeaways. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/climate/climate-week-2020.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The effort to open the Alaskan wilderness area, the nation’s largest national forest, has been in the works for about two years. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/climate/tongass-logging.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The “blob” of hotter ocean water that killed sea lions and other marine life in 2014 and 2015 may become permanent. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/climate/ocean-heat-waves-blob.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The executive made “offensive” remarks about the state’s political leaders, the company said, in meetings recorded by an environmental group. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/pebble-mine-resignation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The proposal would speed up the state’s efforts to fight global warming at a time when California is being battered by wildfires, heat waves and other consequences of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/california-ban-gas-cars.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study finds that what used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently in recent decades because of climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/heat-drought-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agency’s new assessment directly contradicts federal scientists’ conclusions five years ago that chlorpyrifos can stunt brain development in young children. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/epa-pesticide-chlorpyrifos-children.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, learning to live with smoke. And, climate experts talk about the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/wildfires-smoke.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment There’s a huge fire debt in the West that must be paid off, experts say, either through controlled burns or out-of-control blazes. Either way, that means smoke. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/fires-west-smoke.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some conservationists accepted the explanation provided by Botswana’s government, but others raised doubts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/science/dead-elephants-botswana.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Under international pressure to do more to address global warming, Xi Jinping made a surprise commitment to drastically reduce emissions. Now comes the hard part. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/world/asia/china-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Court losses are piling up for President Trump’s environmental deregulation agenda. But a second term in the White House could help them stick. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/climate/trump-environment-courts.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Xi Jinping pledged, among other goals, to achieve “carbon neutrality by 2060.” It was China’s boldest promise yet on climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/climate/china-emissions.html