Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The $95 billion in damage came in a year marked by a record number of named Atlantic storms, as well as the largest wildfires recorded in California. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/climate/2020-disaster-costs.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Just half of the 22 available tracts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge got bids, and big oil companies stayed away. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/climate/arctic-refuge-drilling-lease-sales.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Activists are already calling on Democrats to take bold action Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/climate/georgia-senate-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new push for stricter rules in flood zones could force Biden’s team to choose: Increase construction costs, or leave people exposed to climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/climate/flood-zone-building-restrictions.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The venture aims to push climate-friendly businesses into the mainstream. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/business/dealbook/hank-paulson-climate-fund.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The rule change means companies will not be punished for killing migratory birds. It came a day after a new regulation restricting the use of scientific studies in policymaking. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/climate/trump-migratory-bird-protections.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Imagery from the Cold War’s Corona satellites is helping scientists fill in how we have changed our planet in the past half century. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/science/corona-satellites-environment.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Linda Zall is disclosing how she toiled anonymously within the intelligence agency to help scientists intensify their studies of a changing planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/science/linda-zall-cia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The E.P.A. has finalized a so-called transparency plan that it says will improve the credibility of science. Scientists say it is designed to stop new public health protections by limiting what research the agency can consider. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/climate/trump-epa-science.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some companies are having trouble surviving and making money installing panels because of intense competition and the high costs of doing business. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/business/energy-environment/rooftop-solar-installers.html
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, January 4, 2021 (ENS) – The first vaccinations using the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine were given today to members of the British public. It turns out that the vaccine rollout came on the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued an urgent order for a six-week […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Students and recent graduates struggle to get hired as the oil industry cuts tens of thousands of jobs, some of which may never come back. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/oil-industry-careers.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Xi Jinping has been making trade agreements in Asia and now Europe, hoping to head off the incoming president’s efforts to rally a united front against China. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/world/asia/china-eu-investment-biden.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Investor interest in the river could redefine century-old rules for who controls one of the most valuable economic resources in the United States. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/colorado-river-water-rights.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A marine biologist’s ideas for singling out sharks that attack humans have prompted objections from other shark scientists. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/science/problem-sharks-biteprinting.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The White House repeatedly attempted to thwart the country’s premier climate science document, one meant to steer policy for years. Scientists got in the way. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/climate/trump-national-climate-assessment.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment My toddler son and I spoke about the trees as people — and indeed, for the first month of quarantine, they were the only people besides us he got to see up close. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/well/family/teaching-my-child-to-love-a-dying-world.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment He steered Pennsylvania through the Three Mile Island nuclear plant meltdown and led the Justice Department under Reagan and the first President Bush. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/politics/richard-thornburgh-dead.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Each day, our editors collect the most interesting, striking or delightful facts to appear in articles throughout the paper. Here are 74 from the past year that were the most revealing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/insider/74-of-our-favorite-facts-for-2020.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With a deadline looming and weak interest from oil companies, the state of Alaska may step in and buy leases in the hope of reassigning them later. Some analysts saw that as a long shot. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/climate/anwr-arctic-drilling-leases.html