Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At her confirmation hearing, Kelly Knight Craft suggested that she would be tougher than President Trump on Saudi Arabia and that climate change is a threat. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/world/americas/un-kelly-knight-craft-nomination.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The new measure will very likely prompt a flurry of legal challenges. If upheld in court, it could tie the hands of future presidents on global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/epa-coal-emissions.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, a wave of heat waves. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/climate/dont-do-just-one-thing.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The state would pledge to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with all its electricity coming from carbon-free sources. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/greenhouse-gases-ny.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The British government rejected proposals from a cross-party committee on how to tackle fashion’s footprint, prompting an outcry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/fashion/fast-fashion-environment-britain.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A reporter’s uncomfortable reckoning with the role his family’s vacation travel plays in global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/reader-center/travel-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plant breeders are fast-tracking genetic improvements in food crops to keep pace with global warming and a growing human population. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/science/food-agriculture-genetics.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Temperatures in Greenland have been as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, helping fuel a pulse of melting across much of the ice sheet surface. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/climate/greenland-ice-sheet-melting.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The final permit from regulators in Queensland came less than a month after a conservative coalition that champions coal won in national elections. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/climate/adani-australia-carmichael-mine.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Swarms of insects move across continents each year. Scientists used radar to track one species and discovered a vast ecological force. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/science/animals-migration-insects.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, a Texas bill that could make environmental protests riskier. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-bbq.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The change, prompted in part by Hurricane Sandy, should help improve predictions of severe weather events like winter storms and hurricanes. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/climate/noaa-weather-forecast-gfs.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Demographic shifts. Climate change. The internet. “Sea Ranch is changing, like our society,” said the architect Mary Griffin. “We simply can’t build the way we did even 20 years ago.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/arts/design/sea-ranch-california.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The regulator, who sits on a powerful government panel that oversees major financial markets, likened global warming risks to the 2008 mortgage crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/climate/climate-financial-market-risk.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The prime minister’s plan leaves many questions unanswered, but sets a new standard that she hopes other countries will adopt. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/world/europe/uk-emissions-net-zero.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The speech in his home state of Indiana seemed aimed at easing concerns about his age and lack of experience in world affairs. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/us/politics/buttigieg-foreign-policy.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The pledge by the former New York City mayor is part of an effort to close every coal-fired power plant in the United States and halt the growth of natural gas. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/bloomberg-climate-pledge-coal.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Administration officials said proposed testimony by a State Department scientist amounted to “climate alarm propaganda.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/climate/rod-schoonover-testimony.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Three years after the school board passed a resolution mandating climate justice education in all public schools, a rollout may be coming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/09/us/portland-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Midwest floods have highlighted a gap in disaster readiness: Fewer Americans are buying flood insurance, even as climate change increases their risk. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/climate/climate-flood-insurance.html?emc=rss&partner=rss