Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While major oil companies have been losing public battles over climate change, energy stocks and oil prices are soaring. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/business/energy-investing-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At 17, Juliane Diller was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon. Fifty years later she still runs Panguana, a research station founded by her parents in Peru. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/science/koepcke-diller-panguana-amazon-crash.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Royal Dutch Shell, though still reliant on profits from fossil fuels, is investing more in renewable energy. Critics say the changes have to come quicker. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/business/shell-renewable-energy.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Yes, the West is in extreme drought. But for part of the region, conditions have been bad for decades, rivaling periods in the distant past. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-a-megadrought.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Global warming has been fueling disasters in the region for years. Now, an early heat wave and severe drought are threatening lives and leaving water in perilously short supply. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/climate/wildfires-drought-climate-change-west-coast.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Will the battery hold out crossing a 10,666-foot pass? Where is the next charging station? Overcoming ‘range anxiety’ on Colorado’s highest mountains. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/16/travel/electric-cars-colorado-scenic-byways.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden suspended new oil and gas drilling leases on federal lands. A judge in Louisiana ruled those leases could not be temporarily halted. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/biden-drilling-federal-land.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/texas-heat-wave-electricity.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Deb Haaland, the interior secretary, has advised President Biden to reinstate boundaries at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, and also in a marine area off New England. All were reduced by former President Donald J. Trump. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/climate/bears-ears-biden-haaland.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When you have survived for hundreds or even thousands of years, there’s a strong chance you have seen it all before. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/travel/california-redwoods-oldgrowth.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment What is different when women lead? Hillary Clinton, Greta Thunberg and others discuss women’s role in shaping the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/europe/hillary-clinton-greta-thunberg-women-leaders-event.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment What is different when women lead? Hillary Clinton, Greta Thunberg and others discuss women’s role in shaping the future. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/world/europe/hilary-clinton-greta-thunberg-women-leaders-event.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden pushed climate action after four years in which Donald Trump rejected cooperation with allies. But leaders failed to set an expiration date for burning coal. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/us/politics/G7-climate-Biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Biden and other Western leaders had tough words for Russia and China after wrapping up a meeting in England, but they had trouble finding common ground on some big issues. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/us/politics/g7-summit-ends.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The referendum would have barred the use of the synthetic pesticides in farms and gardens. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/world/swiss-pesticide-referendum-ban.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The German chancellor, known for her commitment to compromise, is eager to revive deal-making on multilateral policy, joining the world’s top democratic leaders one last time. Can she be replaced? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/world/europe/angela-merkel-germany-g7.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration says it will “repeal or replace” the rule that opened up more than half of Tongass National Forest to logging. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/climate/tongass-biden-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Plus, mammoths in Vegas, watermelon snow, Miami’s looming sea wall and more in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/science/drought-las-vegas-grass-mars.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers are starting to investigate the species that drive alpine algal blooms to better understand their causes and effects. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/science/watermelon-snow-algae-glacier-blood.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The proposed lease sale is part of the Biden administration’s push to develop 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2030. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/climate/wind-energy-Atlantic-Biden.html