Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Supporters of the president are monitoring many of the conversations between Biden teams and civil servants, chilling the flow of information. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/climate/biden-transition-trump.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment This year’s Arctic Report Card, an annual assessment by an international panel of scientists, warned that the effects of global warming are surging across the region. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/climate/arctic-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services is the first state attorney general to create an environmental justice bureau. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/climate/xavier-becerra-environmental-justice.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement removes a major hurdle to approving a plan to hunt for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, part of a push to allow drilling there by the Trump administration. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/climate/arctic-refuge-polar-bears.html
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, December 7, 2020 (ENS) – The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is finally over, after a record-breaking 30 named storms and 12 landfalling storms in the continental United States, breaking a record set in 1916. All this unprecedented activity was stoked by a La Niña that […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, December 6, 2020 (ENS) – Major players in the oil and gas industry such as Shell, BP and Total have agreed to report emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane with a new, much higher level of transparency. The goal is to enable the oil […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Health experts say the E.P.A. decision defies scientific research showing that particulate pollution contributes to tens of thousands of premature deaths annually. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/climate/trump-epa-soot-covid.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Honeybees and their problems get the most attention, but scientists are using tactics learned from bird conservation to protect American bees. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/science/native-bees-census.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The marsupials are not easy to find, or count accurately, so officials will deploy new methods. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/world/australia/great-koala-count.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment European scientists reported that November’s global temperatures were the highest ever, surpassing the previous record, set in 2016 and 2019. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/climate/climate-change-hottest-november.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In an unusual experiment, a coral reef in Mexico is now insured against hurricanes. A team of locals known as “the Brigade” rushed to repair the devastated corals, piece by piece. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/climate/Mexico-reef-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s energy and environment team will have the difficult task of crafting climate policies that can bypass Congress and survive judicial review. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/climate/biden-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In China, where any hint of protest is viewed with suspicion, one teenager is trying to draw attention to the dangers human development poses to the world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/world/asia/ou-hongyi-china-climate.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Diplomats say the Trump administration’s “America First” policy demeaned the United Nations. But the organization is feeling reinvigorated by the president-elect and his choice of ambassador. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/world/americas/feeling-spurned-by-trump-un-sees-redemption-in-biden-and-team.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Something was decimating the salmon that had been restored to creeks around Puget Sound. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/climate/salmon-kill-washington.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Trump administration’s announcement sets the stage for leases to be in the hands of oil companies before president-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is sworn in. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/climate/arctic-refuge-lease-sales.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The sea mammals vanished from Oregon’s coast long ago, but a technique from human archaeology offers a clue to restoring them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/science/otters-oregon-alaska.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Struggling energy companies are increasing the production of renewable diesel, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/business/energy-environment/oil-refineries-renewable-diesel.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new report presented climate change as an immediate public health danger and urged lawmakers to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/climate/climate-change-health-risks.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week: Greener holiday gifts, and climate resolutions Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/climate/kids-toxic-smoke-and-inequality.html