Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The species was declared critically endangered on Thursday, with fewer than 450 left. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/climate/trump-north-atlantic-right-whale.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Record-breaking rains this week in the country’s southernmost main island, which have killed 62, have shown the vulnerability of people living in nursing homes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/world/asia/japan-climate-change-rains-elderly.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, our reporter battles wild wind and a leaky air mattress Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/climate/wildfires-smoke-covid-coronavirus.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rapid melting this year showed that good snowpack doesn’t necessarily translate into full reservoirs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/climate/southwest-megadrought-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Defeats at three projects reflect increasingly sophisticated legal challenges, shifting economics and growing demands by states to fight climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/climate/dakota-access-keystone-atlantic-pipelines.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment High temperatures and dry soil mean ideal conditions for fires. Blazes in June produced more carbon emissions than any other fires in almost two decades of monitoring. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/climate/climate-change-arctic-fires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Sunrun is acquiring Vivint in an all-stock deal, valued at $3.2 billion, leaving Tesla further behind as a provider of residential solar panels and batteries. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/business/energy-environment/sunrun-vivint-solar.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment But the justices stayed the rest of a federal trial judge’s ruling striking down a permit program, allowing construction of other pipelines around the nation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/supreme-court-keystone-xl-pipeline.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The ruling, a victory for the Native American and environmentalist groups who oppose the pipeline, said that it must be emptied of oil by Aug. 5. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/dakota-access-pipeline.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some conservationists say the recent die-off in Botswana could be natural, but others expressed more concern. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/science/elephants-dead-botswana.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Tshiuetin line, the first railroad in North America owned and operated by First Nations people, is a symbol of reclamation and defiance for the communities it serves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/travel/tshiuetin-railroad-canada.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The former vice president’s allies and some of the Democratic Party’s leading progressives have quietly started to forge common ground to shape a climate plan before Election Day. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/joe-biden-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As coal declines and wind and solar energy rise, some are pushing to limit the use of natural gas, but utilities say they are not ready to do so. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/business/energy-environment/renewable-energy-natural-gas.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Officials said that at least 17 people were feared dead as a result of the deluge and mudslides that struck the island of Kyushu overnight. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/world/asia/japan-rains-flooding-landslides.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Melati and Isabel Wijsen began campaigning to reduce plastic waste in Bali seven years ago. Now 19 and 17, they say the pandemic shows that stark measures to protect the planet are possible. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/world/asia/bali-sisters-plastic-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Commerce Department is impeding findings into whether it coerced the top NOAA official to support President Trump’s inaccurate claim that Dorian would hit Alabama, the department’s inspector general said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/climate/trump-dorian-noaa-investigation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, face masks for the environmentally conscious Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-masks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Wind giants are trying to shrug off the effects of the pandemic. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/business/renewable-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a concerted reintroduction effort two decades ago, the state is now home to the largest population of elk east of the Mississippi. The animals’ home: reclaimed coal mines. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/science/kentucky-elk-wildlife-coal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The policy road map, expected on Tuesday, could guide the party if it gains control of Congress and the White House in November. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/climate/house-democrats-climate-plan.html