Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The environmental group, battling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, told the North Dakota Supreme Court it can’t get a fair trial. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-dakota-access-pipeline-lawsuit.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the city of Del Mar, near San Diego, most agree the train tracks must move off eroding bluffs. But debate over its new route has stalled the project while climate change raises the risks. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/del-mar-train-tracks-san-diego.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/climate/plankton-ocean-warming.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/climate/trump-logging-national-forests.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/climate/trump-us-climate-policy-changes.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/science/volcano-vesuvius-pompeii.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Underground fungal networks are “living algorithms” that quietly help regulate Earth’s climate. Now scientists know what makes them so efficient. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/science/climate-mycorrhizal-fungus-networks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment “Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/weather/national-weather-serivce-cuts-trump-impact.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Zero-sum thinking has spread like a mind virus, from geopolitics to pop culture. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/asia/trump-zero-sum-world.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The resignations came a day after a wave of firings at the agency, a world center of climate research. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/climate/noaa-trump-staff-cuts.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The New York Times for Kids asked young people whose lives changed in an instant about what they kept, and what they lost. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/magazine/8-kids-on-what-they-saved-from-the-la-fires.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new French ban on “forever chemicals” allows their use in nonstick pans after industry opposition, including a rally by employees of Tefal, a cookware maker. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/climate/france-pfas-ban-tefal-cookware.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A spending freeze could disrupt systems that warn communities when eruptions appear imminent. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/climate/alaska-volcano-monitoring-doge.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Last year, the state passed a law to tackle a major barrier to cleaner energy: the long bureaucratic delays to get basic permits. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/climate/minnesotas-red-tape-cutting-experiment.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The cost of steel pipe used to line oil and gas wells rose after President Trump said he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/energy-environment/trump-oil-steel-tariffs.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/climate/noaa-layoffs-trump.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Tucked away near the White House is a tribute to the environmental agency and its history — for the time being, anyway. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/science/trump-climate-epa-museum.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/climate/cop16-biodiversity-rome.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Along with about 1,000 rank-and-file workers, FEMA is losing some of the managers most experienced in handling emergency efforts. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/climate/fema-trump-resignations-firings.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Indigenous activists behind protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline say a lawsuit against Greenpeace is trying to rewrite their role and history. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-standing-rock-history.html